03-28-2007
How do I pass a wild card as a variable
Hi,
I would like to pass a wild card as part of an argument. But when I do it the script views the wild card as text.
Example:
sFile=MG1A*
sort $sFile > $sFile.sorted
What I get is MG1A*.sorted
The problem is I am passed a series of files where the first few characters like "MG1A" are constant. The additional part of the file name is a date time stamp. I will never know the exact date time stamp. I need to do a search for MG1A* which will find me one file. How can I write my script so the variable $sFile will know that the "*" in MG1A* is a wild card not text?
I know I can write code to run "ls" on a directory and get all file names then write a loop or do statement to do my sort based upon that list regardless of the file name. But I have more files in the dir than I want to grab. I also know I can run the "ls" command output the file names in the dir to a file and grep for the part fo the file names I am looking for. I also think this can be done if I pput the whole comamnd iBut current design restricts me form going that path. It would require a whole re-write and I am trying to avoid that.
Thank you.
Last edited by eja; 03-28-2007 at 11:37 AM..
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scf_card_reset
SCF_Card_reset(3SMARTCARD) Smartcard Library Functions SCF_Card_reset(3SMARTCARD)
NAME
SCF_Card_reset - perform a reset of a smartcard
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lsmartcard [ library...]
#include <smartcard/scf.h>
SCF_Status_t SCF_Card_reset(SCF_Card_t card);
PARAMETERS
card The card (from SCF_Terminal_getCard(3SMARTCARD)) to be reset
DESCRIPTION
The SCF_Card_reset() function causes the specified smartcard to be reset by the terminal.
A card can be reset only if it has not been locked (with SCF_Card_lock(3SMARTCARD)) by another client. A client wishing to reset a card
should either first call SCF_Card_lock() to obtain the card lock, or be prepared to retry the reset operation if it fails because another
client holds the card lock.
When the card is reset, any SCF_Card_t object representing the card will continue to remain valid after the reset. When the reset occurs,
an SCF_EVENT_CARDRESET event will be sent to all registered event listeners for the terminal (assuming they registered for this event).
This is the only notification of a reset provided to SCF clients. When a client receives this event, it should be prepared to reinitialize
any state on the card that might have been interrupted by the reset. New information about the card (for example, ATR, if it changed) can
also be available from SCF_Card_getInfo(3SMARTCARD).
RETURN VALUES
If the card is successfully reset, SCF_STATUS_SUCCESS is returned. Otherwise, the status of the card remains unchanged and an error value
is returned.
ERRORS
The SCF_Card_reset() function will fail if:
SCF_STATUS_BADHANDLE The specified card has been closed or is invalid.
SCF_STATUS_CARDLOCKED The card cannot be reset because another client holds a lock on the card.
SCF_STATUS_CARDREMOVED The card cannot be reset because the card represented by the SCF_Card_t has been removed.
SCF_STATUS_COMMERROR The connection to the server was lost.
SCF_STATUS_FAILED An internal error occured.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Reset a card.
SCF_Status_t status;
SCF_Card_t myCard;
/* (...call SCF_Terminal_getCard to open myCard...) */
status = SCF_Card_lock(myCard, SCF_TIMEOUT_MAX);
if (status != SCF_STATUS_SUCCESS) exit(1);
status = SCF_Card_reset(myCard);
if (status != SCF_STATUS_SUCCESS) exit(1);
status = SCF_Card_unlock(myCard);
if (status != SCF_STATUS_SUCCESS) exit(1);
/* ... */
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
libsmartcard(3LIB), SCF_Card_getInfo(3SMARTCARD), SCF_Card_lock(3SMARTCARD), SCF_Terminal_addEventListener(3SMARTCARD), SCF_Terminal_get-
Card(3SMARTCARD), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 28 Feb 2001 SCF_Card_reset(3SMARTCARD)