Hi ...
I am trying to calculate the time needed for a command to execute..
but the resulting value is getting as string..
so i am not able to use "expr " command..
please help me to convert the value to integer so that i can proceed with my script..
Regards
esham (1 Reply)
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Hi I have a character string which contains some special characters and I need it to display as a hex string.
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I would like to know how to convert an integer to a string. for instance if i=1 i would like to creat a variable called constant1. i want to do this in a for loop so for each value of i, i create a new variable such as constant2, constant3,... and so on.
for i in 1 2 3
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I have a function that is supposed to check for user processes and wait for 0 count before exiting the function. I am sure I have more than one issue in my code, but the stumbling block right now is that I am trying to convert the value of my variable from a string to integer.
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I'm new here. I have a problem at work. One of our scripts was eventually having a bug and only detected recently. Here's the issue and background:
Bash Script which calls AWK script
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
recins
RECINS(1) User Commands RECINS(1)NAME
recins - insert records in a recfile
SYNOPSIS
recins [OPTION]... [t TYPE] [-n NUM | -e EXPR | -q STR | -m NUM] [(-f STR -v STR]|[-R RECDATA)]... [FILE]
DESCRIPTION
Insert new records in a rec database.
-f, --field=STR
field name; should be followed by a -v.
-v, --value=STR
field value; should be preceded by an -f.
-r, --record=STR
record that will be inserted in the file.
--force
insert the record even if it is violating record restrictions.
--no-external
don't use external descriptors.
--no-auto
don't insert auto generated fields.
--verbose
give a detailed report if the integrity check fails.
-s, --password=STR
encrypt confidential fields with the given password.
--help print a help message and exit.
--version
show version and exit.
Record selection options:
-i, --case-insensitive
make strings case-insensitive in selection expressions.
-t, --type=TYPE
operate on records of the specified type only.
-e, --expression=EXPR
selection expression.
-q, --quick=STR
select records with fields containing a string.
-n, --number=NUM,...
select specific records by position, with ranges.
-R, --random=NUM
select a given number of random records.
If no FILE is specified then the command acts like a filter, getting the data from standard input and writing the result to standard out-
put.
AUTHOR
Written by Jose E. Marchesi.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: bug-recutils@gnu.org
GNU recutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/recutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Jose E. Marchesi. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for recins is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and recins programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info recins
should give you access to the complete manual.
recins 1.4.93 January 2012 RECINS(1)