if "$1" has some data in it - assume it is not unset - then var="$1" places data in to the variable "var". Okay?
You seem to want to be able to echo to the screen, not use echo to write to a variable from a child process - which is what I first gave you as a workaround.
This writes to the console.
Is this what you want?
how can i redirect standard input? i dont remember :/, though could you redirec not from a command? i mean, to redirect always stdin and stout (1 Reply)
I tried copy the output files from find command into a directory.
Example,
find / -name core 2>/dev/null | xargs cp????
I have known that we can use xargs to execute command lines from standard input but how to use it in this case.
Or I can do something besides xargs. (2 Replies)
Dear...
I have a scrpit that contains multiple read command.... when I run the script I have to enter 3 variables so that I can get the output..
but, I dont want to put those 3 inputs manually every time... I want to make a shell that reads the 3 inputs from a file.
the script name is... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
How do I provide the output of a command to another command which is waiting for an input from the user ?
Ex : I need to login to a device via telnet. In the script, initially I use the "read" command to get the IP Address, Username and Password of the device from the user. Now,... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I'm writting a korn script that executes a daemon in a remote server. The problem is that daemon doesn't go background until it receives an enter from the standard input, and it maintains the rsh opened until it get it. I'm looking for the best (efficient and elegant) way to do send the... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I am new to scripting.
How do I read multiple lines from the command line?
I know read reads one line, but if I have to read multiple lines, how should I do?
Thanks,
Prasanna (4 Replies)
So, I am new to shell scripting and have a few problems.
I know how to read from standard input but I do not know how to really compare it to say, a character. I am trying to compare it to a character and anything exceeding just a character, the user will get an output message, but the program... (7 Replies)
I have a program that requires the user to enter input values while it is being run
for example in bash
...
...
..
echo "Enter your input"
read input
echo $input
...
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...I need to schedule this program with crontab, hence a problem, cronjobs run in the background, any ideas on how to... (10 Replies)
Just started learning Unix and received my first assignment recently. We haven't learned many commands and honestly, I'm stumped. I'd like to receive assistance/guidance/hints.
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
How do I write a shell script that takes in a file or... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: fozilla
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
echo
echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS -n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.10 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)