1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a script that facillitates NDM (Connect::\Direct) transfer to remote hosts. This script uses getopts to parse through the parameters passed to it and to set appropriate variables based upon what was passed in. Kickoff="mv $PATH/$FILE1 $PATH/$FILE2" ndm_shell.ksh -p $Node -s $Source -d... (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi i have part of the scripts below ,getopt for -h or ? not working for me. can anybody tell me if this sytax right or wrong. #!/usr/bin/ksh program=$(basename $0) ##################################################################################### function usageerr { RC=1 ... (3 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

while getopts l:f:s:o:h: c do case $c in l) tail -${OPTARG} /etc/passwd exit 2;; f) head -${OPTARG} /etc/passwd exit 3;; s) grep ${OPTARG} /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f7 exit 4;; o) OARG=$OPTARG exit 5;; h) ... (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am a new member to unix.com. Actually I am facing a problem with getopts. In my script i have used getopts to parse the parameters. when i use the script as shown below its working fine: find_status -p all ### where find_status is a script name. But even if I pass more than one... (3 Replies)

5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

i was going through the man page of getopts this particular section is not clear to me can anyone please clarify in a little detail so that i can understand the concept MANPAGE:: Since getopts affects the current shell execution environ- ment, it is generally provided as a... (7 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

How do I get the getopts command to display whats written at my help option if no option is types in? For example, myscript.sh -h will bring up my help option, however, I also want myscript.sh to do the same! #!/bin/bash while getopts :abh opt do case "$opt" in... (2 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi everyone I want to know how can we pass multiple argument in getopts suppose PARAMS="abcd" while getopts ${PARMS} FLAG do case ${FLAG} in (a) (b) (c) (d) esac (6 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

In the below code while getopts :rfw:d:s:a: options do case "$options" in r) echo reverse;; f) echo forward;; w) window=$OPTARG;; d) duration=$OPTARG;; s) search=$OPTARG;; a) value=$OPTARG;; *) help; exit;; esac done ... (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have written a script to take command line arguments using geopts.This is the code. #!/bin/sh # The usage of this script. usage="Usage is $0" usage="$usage " usage="$usage " usage="$usage " # Use the getopt utility to set up the command line flags. set -- `/usr/bin/getopt... (4 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

can anyone spot a problem with the below: $ $ cat getopts.sh #!/bin/sh usage() { echo "myscript.sh local /tmp data.txt 600s -query" 1>&2; exit 1; } while... (4 Replies)