I need a little help with an imbedded fuction I am trying to write. What I am trying to do is go to a series of hosts and get the contents of an XML file, storing some of the data, along with the name of the host it was gathered from. My intent is to store this in an array for later use in the script, but I am having some issues getting the values I am looking for stored in a variable
Assumptions
PHYSICALS_FILE contains entries for hostnames
hosta
hostb
etc
Inventory.xml contains lots of stuff. I am only concerned about the 5th field on lines matching vmxCfgPath
The problem I am having is when I am trying to store the values from the "cat" line into a variable for later use. I have tried defining this line as a variable, but I think there is either an issue with defining a variable in a for loop, or something is happening when I use the pipe (|).... (see the commented out lines)
Hi,
I would like to use a power function in Bash in an awk '{ } .
e.g pow(2,3)=8
Any suggestion? I try to find online resources but most of them stated by using BC.
Please advise. Thanks. (3 Replies)
I want to have a function with a similar interface:
search *.cpp asdf
that will search recursively all directories for *.cpp file, containing line 'asdf' inside. I tried this:
function search { find . -name "$1" | xargs grep -li $2; }
But it doesn't work all the time. For example, if i run it... (3 Replies)
Hey everyone.
I am currently testing my first function based BASH script. The ultimate goal is going to be moving logs from point A to point B (or if B is down, to point C).
Part of this involves the following function:
function testAlive{
ping -c 1 -q $1
}
Now when I run ping -c... (1 Reply)
This is probably common knowledge to the professionals but not so much for amateurs like
myself.
This is a code snippet for the equivalent of BASIC's...
LET char$=INKEY$
As the timeout parameter cannot be less than 1 second then this is the only limitation...
It is a single line... (5 Replies)
I need to add a selection within the bash function below and am having some trouble doing so.
phox2b() {
printf "\n\n"
printf "What is the id of the patient getting Phox2B analysis : "; read id
printf "Is this an intronic variant? Y/N "; read match_choice
case... (5 Replies)
I am putting this thread to shell-threads, because it is about how to make a function work properly. I need a hint for declaring a function right, it has been more than a year I did not work that straight with bash.
So my aim is to turn off the eth0 (as it would be in linux, and bge0 in bsd ),... (2 Replies)
In the bash below, if the answer is "y" then goto function remove. If the answer is "n" then goto the id variable line (where the date is inputted). However, I am getting command remove not found, but remove is a function not an command. I must have the syntax incorrect? Thank you :).
... (3 Replies)
I am trying to figure out why I am having a "problem" with some functions in a bash script I am running. The reason for air quoting is that the functions are working, they are just not displaying anything to screen when called from another function. Here's an example:
function Create_Input
{... (6 Replies)
In the below bash the function execute is started with the while true at the end of the script. Currently, this works and processing does begin. The function panel in bold does not get called after execute completes, therefore the user does not get the menu selection and the files just loop... (3 Replies)
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rbash
RBASH(1) General Commands Manual RBASH(1)NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1)RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is
used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow-
ing are disallowed or not performed:
o changing directories with cd
o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV
o specifying command names containing /
o specifying a filename containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command
o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command
o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup
o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup
o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators
o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command
o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command
o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins
o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command
o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted.
These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read.
When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script.
SEE ALSO bash(1)GNU Bash-4.0 2004 Apr 20 RBASH(1)