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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script for data entry Post 302228002 by AndrewP on Friday 22nd of August 2008 01:11:30 PM
Old 08-22-2008
Script for data entry
Hello everyone. I just registered like 17 minutes ago and am new to UNIX/Linux. I work in a small department of an animation company that does compositing tricks to fix movie frames. After our work is completed we are tasked with creating a text log that has information on what work we had performed and basic shot information. I have taken C++ programming ages ago in a junior college, but barely remember anything. I want to create a script to make these log files for me and my co-workers. All of the information that goes into the logs are easily found in the terminal and it is just a matter of copying and pasting the information into a new file. Creating the files take anywhere from ten minutes to half an hour and it is a major pain in the butt.

The script I have created so far just echoes the easily found data onto the terminal for copying and pasting. That was the easy part. Now what I need is to figure out three more things to have an awesome script.

1. I need a way to echo out the user name of the person that created a file in a different directory.

2. Echo out my own user name.

3. Echo a list of directories with "pf_" (e.g. pf_blurFix)

Again, I am a UNIX/Linux noob and don't have too much experience programming. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Here is my current script:

Code:
# This is a script to put in the basic info for the dreaded READMEs

#! /usr/local/bin/tcsh -fb

# "echo" everything on screen for copying
echo ================================================================================
echo Paint fix notes for:
a_get a_sq_name; a_get a_shot_name 
date +%D
echo 
echo SUP, TEAM
echo
echo ligherUsername, lighter
echo myUsername, pf
echo
echo Frames:
a_get a_firstfield; a_get a_lastfield
echo 
echo notes:
echo 
echo ________________________________________________________________________________
echo 
echo node info:
echo 
echo ================================================================================

 

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boolval

BOOLVAL(3)								 1								BOOLVAL(3)

boolval - Get the boolean value of a variable

SYNOPSIS

       boolean boolval (mixed  $var)

DESCRIPTION

	Returns the boolean value of $var.

PARAMETERS

	      o $var
		- The scalar value being converted to a boolean.

RETURN VALUES

	The boolean value of $var.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      boolval(3) examples

	      <?php
	      echo '0:	      '.(boolval(0) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '42:       '.(boolval(42) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '0.0:      '.(boolval(0.0) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '4.2:      '.(boolval(4.2) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '"":       '.(boolval("") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '"string": '.(boolval("string") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '"0":      '.(boolval("0") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '"1":      '.(boolval("1") ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '[1, 2]:   '.(boolval([1, 2]) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo '[]:       '.(boolval([]) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      echo 'stdClass: '.(boolval(new stdClass) ? 'true' : 'false')."
";
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      0:	false
	      42:	true
	      0.0:	false
	      4.2:	true
	      "":	false
	      "string": true
	      "0":	false
	      "1":	true
	      [1, 2]:	true
	      []:	false
	      stdClass: true

SEE ALSO

       floatval(3), intval(3), strval(3), settype(3), is_bool(3), Type juggling.

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