Found this piece of code written in ksh. I have no ideas what do the stuff like ${SRF##*\.} do.
SUFFIX=${SRF##*\.}
if ; then
SUFFIX=""
fi
I have encountered similar expressions in other programs also. Any pointers on where to learn more about these... (1 Reply)
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#! /bin/bash
head -5 $1
echo "remove $1 ?"
read answer
if
then
echo invalid answer
elif
rm $1
echo "$1 is deleted"
elif
then
echo file is not deleted
else
echo "invalid answer"
fi
What i really want this to do is to ask to delete the file or not..it says something wrong... (1 Reply)
#! /bin/bash
USAGE=" | ]
if
then
echo "$USAGE"
exit 1
fi
while getopts lb: OPTION
do
case $(OPTION)in
a) echo Hi there!
exit 2;;
b) echo hello
o) OARG=$OPTARG;;
\?)echo "$USAGE" ;;
exit 2;;
esac
done
shift `expr... (1 Reply)
hi all,
i found NAME=${0##*/} in a script.
i given this coomand in my unix box(presently in ksh).
echo ${0##*/} it returned ksh.
the purpose of the above is to return the shell name or more than that.
do you have any more information like this, please share with me.
one more query... (7 Replies)
can anyone tell me why this code doesn't work how its supposed to, its the hangman game but it doesn't play how its supposed to
#!/bin/bash
NoAttempts="0"
livesgiven="5"
LivesRemain=$livesgiven
LettersAttempted=""
wordfile=words
numwords=0
function menu()
{
clear
cat << menu... (1 Reply)
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
ls -ld htdocs
drwxr-x--- 3 root root 8192 2006-11-19 10:41 htdocs
How would a host administrator... (1 Reply)
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beep options [<frequency [<length in 0.001sec>]]>
diagnostics options device name (e.g. ttyS2
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play options [<file names]+>
record options file name
shell options [<shell script [shell options]]>
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-t, -m, -i, -e, -s, -H equals to -d <2,3,4,5,6,7>
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-w use off / on hook signal from local handset to start and stop recording
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-L n set maximum recording length in sec
-P print first DTMF tone on stdout and exit
-R read and print DTMF string on stdout and exit
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Around line 30:
You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
Around line 32:
'=item' outside of any '=over'
Around line 71:
You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
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