It took you 6 months to post a followup question? Oh well...
Code:
$ set one two
$ set -vx
$ echo hello
echo hello
+ echo hello
hello
$ echo 1 = $1 and 2 = $2
echo 1 = $1 and 2 = $2
+ echo 1 = one and 2 = two
1 = one and 2 = two
$ set -- -o emacs
set -- -o emacs
+ set -- -o emacs
$ echo 1 = $1 and 2 = $2
echo 1 = $1 and 2 = $2
+ echo 1 = -o and 2 = emacs
1 = -o and 2 = emacs
$ echo hello
echo hello
+ echo hello
hello
So, ok I set the x and v option and I'm getting a bunch of output. The "set -- -o emacs" had the usual effect that we discussed above. Now I'll try a "set - -o vi" and see and happens...
Code:
$ set - -o vi
set - -o vi
+ set - -o vi
$ echo 1 = $1 and 2 = $2
1 = -o and 2 = vi
$ echo hello
hello
$
The "set -" had the additional effect of turning off both -v and -x. The "set -" was invented first and at the time, x and v were the only options available and so "set -" turned off all options. Modern thinking frowns on syntax like "set -" and now "set --" is preferred. Modern thinking also frowns on a single item like "set -" having that many effects. Now we have "set +v" to turn off an option. And while "set -v" and "set +v" may seem a little backwards, at least it's now one effect per syntax item and that's progress.
So "set -" is a historical oddity and should be avoided.
I'll check back next April in case you have a further question.
Hi,
i'm programming on /bin/csh and i need to get the number extracted by this:
set ppl_kn = $(awk '{ field = $6 } ; END{ print field }' < ppl_LM_kn.ppl )
and the output is: "Illegal variable name."
Please anyone can help me what's wrong?
Thanks in advance (2 Replies)
Hi,
Please clarify what is the difference between "env" and "set" command.
I guess set will display the system variables and user defined variables.
Thanks
Sweta (1 Reply)
Hi Friends,
Can any of you explain me about the below line of code?
mn_code=`env|grep "..mn"|awk -F"=" '{print $2}'`
Im not able to understand, what exactly it is doing :confused:
Any help would be useful for me.
Lokesha (4 Replies)
while (my $row = $sth->fetchrow_arrayref) {
$var->{"@$row"}=" ";
}
Can anyone help me understanding above mentioned.
i) As per my knowledge $row is taking ARRAY Refernce from the database
ii) @$row is containing the value of 0th index of the array, testted the same.
but I am not able... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I have line in input file as below:
3G_CENTRAL;INDONESIA_(M)_TELKOMSEL;SPECIAL_WORLD_GRP_7_FA_2_TELKOMSEL
My expected output for line in the file must be :
"1-Radon1-cMOC_deg"|"LDIndex"|"3G_CENTRAL|INDONESIA_(M)_TELKOMSEL"|LAST|"SPECIAL_WORLD_GRP_7_FA_2_TELKOMSEL"
Can someone... (7 Replies)
How to use "mailx" command to do e-mail reading the input file containing email address, where column 1 has name and column 2 containing “To” e-mail address
and column 3 contains “cc” e-mail address to include with same email.
Sample input file, email.txt
Below is an sample code where... (2 Replies)
Look at the following data file（cou.data） which has four fields separated by tab.
Four fields are country name, land area, population, continent where it belongs.
As for country name or continent name which has two words, two words are separated by space.
(Data are not accurately... (1 Reply)
Hi everybody,
I am new at Unix/Bourne shell scripting and with my youngest experiences, I will not become very old with it :o
My code:
#!/bin/sh
set -e
set -u
export IFS=
optl="Optl"
LOCSTORCLI="/opt/lsi/storcli/storcli"
($LOCSTORCLI /c0 /vall show | grep RAID | cut -d " "... (5 Replies)
Hello.
System : opensuse leap 42.3
I have a bash script that build a text file.
I would like the last command doing :
print_cmd -o page-left=43 -o page-right=22 -o page-top=28 -o page-bottom=43 -o font=LatinModernMono12:regular:9 some_file.txt
where :
print_cmd ::= some printing... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jcdole
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
shift
shift(1) User Commands shift(1)NAME
shift - shell built-in function to traverse either a shell's argument list or a list of field-separated words
SYNOPSIS
sh
shift [n]
csh
shift [variable]
ksh
* shift [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
The positional parameters from $n+1 ... are renamed $1 ... . If n is not given, it is assumed to be 1.
csh
The components of argv, or variable, if supplied, are shifted to the left, discarding the first component. It is an error for the variable
not to be set or to have a null value.
ksh
The positional parameters from $n+1 $n+1 ... are renamed $1 ..., default n is 1. The parameter n can be any arithmetic expression that
evaluates to a non-negative number less than or equal to $#.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), ksh(1), sh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 shift(1)
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