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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have the following command that lists all the .o files from all the directories except of vwin (which I don't want it)
for i in `ls -d */*.o|awk '$0 !~ "vwin"'`; do echo $i; done
The result is something like that
dir1/file1.o
dir1/file2.o
dir2/file3.o
etc.
So, I want to create a... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: scor6800
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi.
I'm just wondering how can I read variable text files through cat command.
I made a shell script to count frequency of words and array them with variable conditions. It's only working for one file that I wrote in script now. But I want to make it working for every text file when I execute... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rlaxodus
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/bin/bash
#...
for i in `ls -c1 /usr/share/applications`
do
name="cat $i | grep ^Name= | cut -d = -f2"
echo $name
#...
done
Now inside name as output is present:
while i want only the result of the command.
Ideally i would like obtain that information using only bash ... or... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: alexscript
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I'm working on a short BASH script on my Ubuntu box that will run powerpoint scripts with MS Powerpoint Viewer 2007 via WINE.
I can run the presentation when I run it manually but what i'd like to do is have the script look for the newest file then run it.
#! /bin/sh
# Start the newest... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: binary-ninja
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Friends...
Please assist me to assign the result of a SQL query that results two column, to two variables.
Pls find the below code that I write for assigning one column to one variable. and please correct if anything wrong..
#! /bin/sh
no='
sqlplus -s uname/password@DBname... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: little_wonder
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/bin/sh
#
##
MYSTRING = `awk '/myApp.app/' /Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist`
if
then
echo String not found
defaults write /Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -dict-add -string Hide -bool YES -string Path -string... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: dedmakar
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a variable called PATH that contains a path
example: /Users/rtipton/Desktop/testusers/test
I need a sed command to set a variable called USER to the last directory name in that path
PATH="/Users/rtipton/Desktop/testusers/test"
and from that PATH i need USER to = test
I know sed... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: tret
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
For whatever reason I cant seem to fix my syntax to do the following. I want to run a grep and count how many instances come up and store that number in a variable but I keep erroring out. Here's my code in bash:
number=grep blah file.txt | wc -l (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: eltinator
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm quite new to scripting and I want to modify following line of an existing script:
MYVAR=`subst |grep 'L:\\\:' | sed -e 's/.*\\\//'`;
What I have to do is to use the content of a variable instead of the constant expression 'L:\\\:' as the grep string to be matched.
Assuming I already... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: snowbiker99
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10. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
I am working on a batch script where a filter is placed on a directory, and the files that come out of that filter have to be copied into another directory. More specifically, I am trying to set the results of a FIND command to a variable, so that I may access this variable / file later.
The... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: JP Favara
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