Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting File path with space as external input to the program Post 302210790 by keshav.murthy@r on Wednesday 2nd of July 2008 02:55:46 AM
Old 07-02-2008
File path with space as external input to the program

Hello

I am getting error when the file (Folder or Application) path having space is given as external input to the shell program.

It works fine for the files which has no spaces in the file name

Thans,
 

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Input file redirect in output path and want name as inputfilename_new.txt

not required this time (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sandeep_Malik
6 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to run this program with only one input file at a time

i have a program ABC, which runs every two minutes and takes the input according to the a value called "pointer" files need to be processed by ABC are input0001 input0002 input0003 input0004 input0005 current value of pointer is 0001, now program runs and takes all the files from... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Prat007
2 Replies

3. Programming

Problem with external program launch

Hello, in the application i'm writing i need to launch "recordmydesktop" to capture the screen,but i'm having a problem: when the recording stops,and the encoding of the saved file starts,the entire system hangs until the completion of the encoding.This happens if i launch recordmydesktop from my... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Zipi
7 Replies

4. Programming

Run external program in background

Hi, in my program i need to run an external program in background.I am aware that there are at least 2 alternatives for this: 1)fork+exec 2)system("program &"); I have read several posts about this,and they all tend to suggest to use fork+exec (and that's what i am doing now). I have some... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Zipi
2 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Can process substitution be used as an input file to another program?

Hey, I was trying to figure out how to launch a program from the command line, and it works if you pass it a config file. I was thinking about writing a script to dynamically create the config file and pass it to the command using something like command substitution (so I don't actually have to... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bj0
3 Replies

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Help to write a script or program to automatic execute and link input file data

Output file template format <input_file_name>a</input_file_name> <total_length_size>b</total_length_size> <log_10_length_size>c</log_10_length_size> Input_file_1 (eg. sample.txt) SDFSDGDGSFGRTREREYWW Parameter: a is equal to the input file name b is equal to the total length of... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: perl_beginner
2 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

For loop to run external program

Hi, I was hoping for help with a for loop to run a program (vina) repeatedly using all the files in a folder as input. Currently my code looks like this: #!/bin/bash FILES=/home/afalk/Desktop/battest/*.pdbqt for f in $FILES do vina --config /home/afalk/Desktop/A.txt --ligand "$f".pdbqt done... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: oldmanwinter
5 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Script to delete files with an input for directories and an input for path/file

Hello, I'm trying to figure out how best to approach this script, and I have very little experience, so I could use all the help I can get. :wall: I regularly need to delete files from many directories. A file with the same name may exist any number of times in different subdirectories.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: *ShadowCat*
3 Replies

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

function terminating if i give input as space or no input and enter

HI i have written a script to ask input from the user. this script should promote the user for y/n input. if user enters anyother input then y/n the script promotes him again. this below code is working fine for all the cases. except for space and enter " if i give space and enter it is... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: BHASKARREDDY006
2 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to give a text file as input while running a program?

Hi Friends, I am running a program /path/to/program -i 1 100 -o /path/to/output/op_1_100.txt In the above command, I have to try various number of combinations at the -i parameter and the output file name varies with each combination. Now, I have my -i parameter text file, which is like... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jacobs.smith
4 Replies
STDLIB(7)						   Erlang Application Definition						 STDLIB(7)

NAME
STDLIB - The STDLIB Application DESCRIPTION
The STDLIB is mandatory in the sense that the minimal system based on Erlang/OTP consists of Kernel and STDLIB. The STDLIB application con- tains no services. CONFIGURATION
The following configuration parameters are defined for the STDLIB application. See app(5) for more information about configuration parame- ters. shell_esc = icl | abort : This parameter can be used to alter the behaviour of the Erlang shell when ^G is pressed. restricted_shell = module() : This parameter can be used to run the Erlang shell in restricted mode. shell_catch_exception = bool() : This parameter can be used to set the exception handling of the Erlang shell's evaluator process. shell_history_length = integer() >= 0 : This parameter can be used to determine how many commands are saved by the Erlang shell. shell_prompt_func = {Mod, Func} | default : where * Mod = atom() * Func = atom() This parameter can be used to set a customized Erlang shell prompt function. shell_saved_results = integer() >= 0 : This parameter can be used to determine how many results are saved by the Erlang shell. SEE ALSO
app(5) , application(3erl) , shell(3erl) , Ericsson AB stdlib 1.17.3 STDLIB(7)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 03:47 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy