For one thing, it assumes that a keystroke is one character(frequently untrue).
For another, it runs stty twice per keystroke... I'd be tempted to leave the terminal as is instead of changing it that often, save you a lot of CPU time.
This should work work:
It should be able to read entire keystrokes at once.
Hi all!
I need a little help with an imbedded fuction I am trying to write. What I am trying to do is go to a series of hosts and get the contents of an XML file, storing some of the data, along with the name of the host it was gathered from. My intent is to store this in an array for later... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I would like to use a power function in Bash in an awk '{ } .
e.g pow(2,3)=8
Any suggestion? I try to find online resources but most of them stated by using BC.
Please advise. Thanks. (3 Replies)
I want to have a function with a similar interface:
search *.cpp asdf
that will search recursively all directories for *.cpp file, containing line 'asdf' inside. I tried this:
function search { find . -name "$1" | xargs grep -li $2; }
But it doesn't work all the time. For example, if i run it... (3 Replies)
Hello all,
I would like to know if it is possible to return a the result of a boolean expression from a function like this
function()
{
# some code
return ||
}
and what will be the return value ?
Thank you for help. (6 Replies)
My script-
result=""
times()
{
echo "inside the times function"
result=8
echo "Inside function $result"
return $result
}
result=$(times)
echo "the value is "$?
echo "the value of result $result"
when I run I get this, why the value still remain 0.
$ ./func
the value is 0
the value... (5 Replies)
Hey everyone.
I am currently testing my first function based BASH script. The ultimate goal is going to be moving logs from point A to point B (or if B is down, to point C).
Part of this involves the following function:
function testAlive{
ping -c 1 -q $1
}
Now when I run ping -c... (1 Reply)
I need to add a selection within the bash function below and am having some trouble doing so.
phox2b() {
printf "\n\n"
printf "What is the id of the patient getting Phox2B analysis : "; read id
printf "Is this an intronic variant? Y/N "; read match_choice
case... (5 Replies)
I am putting this thread to shell-threads, because it is about how to make a function work properly. I need a hint for declaring a function right, it has been more than a year I did not work that straight with bash.
So my aim is to turn off the eth0 (as it would be in linux, and bge0 in bsd ),... (2 Replies)
I am trying to figure out why I am having a "problem" with some functions in a bash script I am running. The reason for air quoting is that the functions are working, they are just not displaying anything to screen when called from another function. Here's an example:
function Create_Input
{... (6 Replies)
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profile
profile(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual profile(4)NAME
profile - set up user's environment at login time
DESCRIPTION
If the file exists, it is executed by the shell for every user who logs in. The file should be set up to do only those things that are
desirable for every user on the system, or to set reasonable defaults. If a user's login (home) directory contains a file named that file
is executed (via the shell's before the session begins. files are useful for setting various environment parameters, setting terminal
modes, or overriding some or all of the results of executing
EXAMPLES
The following example is typical (except for the comments):
# Make some environment variables global
export MAIL PATH TERM
# Set file creation mask
umask 22
# Tell me when new mail comes in
MAIL=/var/mail/myname
# Add my /bin directory to the shell search sequence
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
# Set terminal type
echo "terminal: c"
read TERM
case $TERM in
300) stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
300s) stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
450) stty cr2 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
hp) stty cr0 nl0 tabs; tabs;;
745|735) stty cr1 nl] -tabs; TERM=745;;
43) stty cr1 nl0 -tabs;;
*) echo "$TERM unknown";;
esac
A more complete model can be found in
FILES SEE ALSO env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), su(1), environ(5), term(5).
profile(4)