It might be useful to see how the shell is interpreting everything. Using set -x will show you the commands. This is from a vanilla bash called as sh:
cheers, drl
Everything else seems to be working, but this isn't. Is it the "cat..." that is wrong of the condition? Thanks.
cat tc_result.txt | while read LINE
do
if
then
let "files_run += 1";
echo "inside the if loop"
# save current filetype
case $LINE... (5 Replies)
i have this code for a simple if loop:
#!/bin/bash
array="1 2 3 4 5"
array2="5 6 7 8 9"
if } -gt ${array} ]; then
echo "${array2} is greater than ${array}!!"
fi
the error is
./script8: line 9: [: too many arguments
./script8: line 9: [: too many arguments
./script8: line 9: [:... (10 Replies)
Q. Write a script that behaves both in interactive and non interactive mode. When no arguments are supplied it picks up each C program from the directory and prints first 10 lines.
It then prompts for deletion of the file.
If user supplies arguments with the script , then it works on those files... (1 Reply)
Hi Im running this script, which is supposed to find the max value build some tables and then stop running once all the tables are built. Thing is , it keeps assigning a null value to $h and then $g is null so it keep building tables i.e. testupdateNUL. How can I stop this? Here is what I have:
... (4 Replies)
Hi-
Here is the shell script that for some reason is not returning results:
#! /bin/ksh -
avg() {
AVG=0
typeset SUM=0
if
then
echo "You must have at least two numbers"
else
for NUM in "$*"
do
... (2 Replies)
Hi Friends,
I am presently migrating shell scripts writter in KSH to SH.I am stuck at this place and i am not able to find a work around:-
Let the script name is x.sh
Below are some of the codes in it...
export abc=hello
export abc=hi
export abc=how
When i am trying to compile the script ... (6 Replies)
I have a strange problem.
I have the following in a cron to find files older than a day.
find /dir1/dir2/ ! -name . -prune -name "s*.txt" -type f -mtime +1 -exec echo {} \; | wc -w
It was working fine for the last few days now it suddenly stopped working. I can clearly see files in the... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to run the factorial script but it’s not working.
The code is mentioned below:
------------------------------------------------------------------
/home/gc> cat fact.sh
#!/bin/bash
# using one command line parameter
factorial=1
for (( number = 1; number <= $1 ;... (3 Replies)
Hi
I'm using this script to transcode videos in an Ubuntu 12.04 machine.
#! /bin/bash
MOVDIR="/media/topaz_1/media/transcodes/transcode_mov/"
MOVDESTDIR="/media/topaz_1/media/transcodes/final_mov/"
DONEFILESDIR="/media/topaz_1/media/transcodes/dv_cache/"... (1 Reply)
I have a loop with cases
I am working on Bourne shell
for file in *.${Today}*.csv *.${Today}*.txt\
do
case ${file} in
sun_detail)
do something
;;
sum)
do something
;;
mod)
do something
;;
*)
do something
;; (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: digioleg54
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
openvt
OPENVT(1) Linux 1.x OPENVT(1)NAME
openvt - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
SYNOPSIS
openvt [-c vtnumber] [OPTIONS] [--] command
DESCRIPTION
openvt will find the first available VT, and run on it the given command with the given command options, standard input, output and error
are directed to that terminal. The current search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested command. If no command is specified then the
environment variable $SHELL is used.
OPTIONS
-c, --console=VTNUMBER
Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note you must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work;
-f, --force
Force opening a VT without checking whether it is already in use;
-e, --exec
Directly execute the given command, without forking. This option is meant for use in /etc/inittab. If you want to use this feature
in another context, be aware that openvt has to be a session leader in order for -e to work. See setsid(2) or setsid(1) on how to
achieve this.
-s, --switch
Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The VT of the new command will be made the new current VT;
-u, --user
Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run login as that user. Suitable to be called by init. Shouldn't be used with -c or -l;
-l, --login
Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to the name of the command to be executed;
-v, --verbose
Be a bit more verbose;
-w, --wait
wait for command to complete. If -w and -s are used together then openvt will switch back to the controlling terminal when the com-
mand completes;
-V, --version
print program version and exit;
-h, --help
show this text and exit.
-- end of options to openvt.
NOTE
If openvt is compiled with a getopt_long() and you wish to set options to the command to be run, then you must supply the end of options --
flag before the command.
EXAMPLES
openvt can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the command:
openvt bash
To start the shell as a login shell, use:
openvt -l bash
To get a long listing you must supply the -- separator:
openvt -- ls -l
HISTORY
Earlier, openvt was called open. It was written by Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>. The -w idea is from "sam".
SEE ALSO chvt(1), doshell(8), login(1)19 Jul 1996 V1.4 OPENVT(1)