I have seen this done before - and maybe there is a better way too.
I want to be abe to use a for loop (or other better method) to loop through the database instance names that are part of the script - not an external file where a read might be ok.
Here is what I have and I know won't work -... (5 Replies)
i don't get what's wrong here. i'm writing a shell script that takes 1 argument (a number) from the command-line, but it's throwing an error:
Syntax error: Bad for loop variable
doesn't make much sense
for (( i = 1; i = ${1}; i++ )) # error points to this line everytime
do
echo... (9 Replies)
I'm trying to understand if it's possible to create a set of variables that are numbered based on another variable (using eval) in a loop, and then call on it before the loop ends.
As an example I've written a script called question (The fist command is to show what is the contents of the... (2 Replies)
When I run the following command in the shell it works fine. It prints a city name and then a path for a file.
~$ for i in `awk -F':' '{print $0}' /home/knoppix/Desktop/data/subs | grep -m 1 $ city | sed "s/:/ /"`
>do
>echo $i
>done
Now, when I place it in this shell script (sh) it prints... (6 Replies)
HI there,
I am trying to count manually what this code does but I am stuck and I don't learly see the result. The code works and it compiles and runs but I just don't follow the value of var.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<sys/types.h>
#include<unistd.h>
#include<wait.h>... (2 Replies)
#!/bin/bash
function check_num_args()
{
if ; then
echo "Please provide a file name"
else
treat_as_file $*
fi
}
function treat_as_file()
{
numFiles=$#
for((i=1;i<=$numFiles;i++));do
echo $i
... (3 Replies)
Hello All,
Maybe I'm Missing something here but I have NOOO idea what the heck is going on with this....?
I have a Variable that contains a PATTERN of what I'm considering "Illegal Characters". So what I'm doing is looping
through a string containing some of these "Illegal Characters". Now... (5 Replies)
Good evening all I have what might be a simple problem to solve but I do not know how to solve it myself. I am writing a bash script and my code looks something like this:
mp3=`ls | grep \.mp3`
for f in $mp3
do
echo $f
done
Basically what I want to do is look through the current... (4 Replies)
I have the text file where each line has the format:
chr10 101418889 101418904 0.816327
Right now the interval between column 2 and 3 is 15. I only want the two consecutive positions starting at position 1, write it to a file, then move up one position write to file etc. So that:
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jfern
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
chsh
CHSH(1) User Commands CHSH(1)NAME
chsh - change login shell
SYNOPSIS
chsh [options] [LOGIN]
DESCRIPTION
The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change
the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account.
OPTIONS
The options which apply to the chsh command are:
-h, --help
Display help message and exit.
-s, --shell SHELL
The name of the user's new login shell. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell.
If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current login shell. Enter the new
value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use the current one. The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.
NOTE
The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser,
and then any value may be added. An account with a restricted login shell may not change her login shell. For this reason, placing /bin/rsh
in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a restricted shell would prevent the user from ever changing her login shell
back to its original value.
FILES
/etc/passwd
User account information.
/etc/shells
List of valid login shells.
/etc/login.defs
Shadow password suite configuration.
SEE ALSO chfn(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5).
User Commands 06/24/2011 CHSH(1)