Hello guys.
In my script, i have the following code:
echo "The tarfile contains these directorys"
tar -tf file.tar > tarlist.txt
cat tarlist | awk -F/ '{print $1 "/" $2}' | nl
echo "Enter path of the directory you want to extract or just press enter to extract everything: "
read path... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I want to checkl whether my file has text in it or not.
if ; then
...
if ; then
...
But none of these work
Can someone help me?
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The code-tags caused an displayerror,... (5 Replies)
Hello everyone, I'm trying the best way to implement a check on a variable ... in particular I need to assess the content of characters and numbers , I tried on various manuals bash scripting but I could not figure out how to do ... any help? (3 Replies)
How to check the variable is empty or not?
aaa=" "
how to check aaa variable is empty or just spacing?
If only spacing inside.. it will asume it is empty.
some are 6 spacing, or 8 spacing.. as long as variable is empty with spacing..
anyone can help me? (2 Replies)
I have the following code and for some reason when I call the program using
/home/tcdata/tatsh/trunk/hstmy/bin/bash/raytrac.bash --cmod=jcdint.cmod
I get
hasArgument =
hasArgument = true
Somehow the array element is returning even though I have not chosen the option.
... (41 Replies)
hi,
i want to check whether a a variable contains some value or is empty in a shell script. so if the variable contains some value i want to do some job and if the variable doesnt contain any value then i need to skip that job.
here is a sample script
read_filenames.sh contains
... (5 Replies)
Hello again!
I have some trouble with scripting in bash.
In the following script I read from a folder with the files
line0_Ux.xy
line1_Ux.xy
line2_Ux.xy
.
.
.
Some of the files are empty. For those I would like to print a "0" in list.
I think the problem with the code is that... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am simply trying to check if the variable is empty in the code below but it isn;t working. Anything that I might have missed here
#Check if values in job card are not empty
title=`cat $filename | grep "TITLE:" | cut -d ":" -f3`
if ]
then
echo "10:Title Empty" ":Fail">> $rptfile... (13 Replies)
while i've used arrays to work with variables, i've never used them to loop through a set of strings and wanted to ask the community for some feedback or assistance.
let me be specific. here's my code:
# URL port Variables
port2195=`nc -z $url2195 2195`
port2196=`nc -z $url2196 2196`... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: hungryd
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surfraw-update-path
SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)NAME
surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files
SYNOPSIS
surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help] [-shell=SHELL]
DESCRIPTION
surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your PATH in your shell's config file.
Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es
Don't forget to login again or source your login files for it to take effect.
OPTIONS -check
Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present. This is the default.
-add
Adds the surfraw config code.
-remove
Removes the surfraw config code
-sys
Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user. Must be done as root.
-shell=SHELL
Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL environment variable.
Currently supported shells are:
sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es.
-all
Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells
-help
Gives a usage message
RETURN VALUE -check returns 0 if the surfraw code is present in the file, 1 if it is not found, or 2 on error.
All other options return 0 on success, or 2 on error.
ENVIRONMENT
SHELL
Used to determine which shell to configure, if -shell is not given.
HOME
Used to find users config files.
ENV Used by posix-compliant shells to specify a startup rc file.
ZDOTDIR
Used to find user config files for zsh. If not set, defaults to HOME.
SEE ALSO surfraw(1), sh(1), ash(1), bash(1), dash(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), ksh(1), pdksh(1), zsh(1), rc(1), es(1)AUTHOR
Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>
perl v5.12.4 2011-07-12 SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)