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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Debian 9 64x - LXDE
How can i disable escape sequences in a variable?
#!/bin/bash
#mainscript
. "./links.bash"
echo "$red_start This text should be red $color_end"#!/bin/bash
#links.bash
#colors
red_start="\eOutput that i get:
\e
Output expected:
This text should be... (5 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have an application which I am integrating with that accepts the password via a CLI. I am running in to issues with passwords that contain special characters. I tried to escape them all, but I ran in to an issue where I cannot escape the characters
'
]
My attempt is as follows:
$... (2 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have been looking at people posting commands like :
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
i am executing script from A server which will execute the script in B server , as below.
ssh A 'ssh B echo 'select * from testing where name ='test''
i am getting the below output.
select * from testing where name=test
but i need the output where clause with quotes , tried with... (3 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
i need to replace the any special characters with escape characters like below.
test!=123-> test\!\=123
!@#$%^&*()-= to be replaced by
\!\@\#\$\%\^\&\*\(\)\-\= (8 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello all,
I have a string var which contains formatting characters at the end, it is a string with EScape sequences at the end of it.
How can I remove them so that I only keep the 'real' text?
I tried :
var1=${var1%%\033[0m}
does not seem to do the job ....
Please help
Thanks (2 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I want to know if escape charaters work on all the popular UNIX shells. More specifically I want to know if echo "\c" will work on most of the UNIX shells and are there any specific shells on which \c won't work.
Please help.
Thanks,
Vineet (2 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all
I have been trying to write a script to look for a set of specific escape characters in a file. On viewing the file via vi it shows this :
^ I understand this means no end of line.
I have tried a vary of grep parameters such as grep ^\^. filename grep --binary-file=binary without... (8 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am trying to execute the following command from a batch script, but no matter how many escape characters I put in it doesn't execute properly. It works fine from the command line with quotes around the -exec part.
#!/bin/sh
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I'm trying to modify the /usr/lib/lp/model/netstandard file to generate a header for all the print jobs that are sent, but there is no formfeed defined so the the job prints right after the header with no page break. What is the sequence I need in order to generate a formfeed? Or, do you have... (4 Replies)
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