05-04-2009
how to run script? call other script? su to another user? make a cron?
Good morning. I am searching for "how-to"'s for some particular questions:
1. How to write a script in HP-UX 11.
2. How to schedule a script. [using cron job.]
3. How to "call" scripts from the original script.
4. How to su to another user from within a script.
This is the basics of what the script should do.
su to a user
go to a specific directory
execute a process to stop a driver,
then another process to start a driver
exit su
begin the same as above, for the next user, and so on.
[I know the gist of the steps, because I do them from command line, but I
consulted with a person who works here, and he said you can't just script
the exits all in one file, because it'll make the script quit. My idea, is that
if we could somehow have the script call other scripts, that would work,
right? I hope that you gurus can assist lil 'ol me]
I need a script that does this:
1. call a second script, that does this:
2. su to user_x
3. cd to a specific directory
4. run a specific process to stop a driver [process already made, only
user_x can run it]
5. run a specific process to start a driver [process already made, only
user_x can run it]
6. exit [to quit out of su for user_x]
7. call a third script, that does this:
8. su to user_y
9. cd to a specific directory
10. run a specific process to stop a driver [process already made, only
user_y can run it]
11. run a specific process to start a driver [process already made, only
user_y can run it]
12. exit [to quit out of su for user_y]
13. call a fourth script, that does this: (you probably know where I'm
going with this by now ...)
14. su to user_z
15. cd to a specific directory
16. run a specific process to stop a driver [process already made, only
user_z can run it]
17. run a specific process to start a driver [process already made, only
user_z can run it]
18. exit [to quit out of su for user_z]
19. end of script
20. schedule script to run every morning at 5:30 AM using cron
I had looked around the forum, and I think I could do this so far:
script name: startdriver.sh
and it calls other scripts (something like this)
startdriver1.sh && startdriver2.sh && startdriver3.sh
I hope that someone can assist me. I don't know the syntax for writing
the scripts. I know the manual commands to type in during a session, but
not the scripting.
I know that we use HP-UX, and that we use cron for scheduling jobs.
I wish that I was more help.
If you need more information prior to assisting me, please give me a
command I can run to find out that information.
[I don't normally do Unix work. I want the script so that I don't have to
manually type in the commands.]
If this forum is not the proper place for a beginner such as myself, please
direct me to the proper forum.
Thanks!
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi.
I write a shell script for import data to oracle using sql loader.
I set permission 755 or 777 for that script. I can run that script in the consol okay.
When I call it from PHP using system command. I got return value 126 this value when don't have permission right ?
I check step... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: raccsdl
2 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
One of our servers runs Solaris 8 and does not have "ls -lh" as a valid command. I wrote the following script to make the ls output easier to read and emulate "ls -lh" functionality. The script works, but it is slow when executed on a directory that contains a large number of files. Can anyone make... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: shew01
10 Replies
3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
My shell script runs fine both as a cron job and when i issue it.
However, I wish to differentiate when it runs as a cron-job so the "echo" statements are not issued (they get mailed to me, which i don't want).
I tried checking $USER but since the cron was created in my user that does not... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sentinel
5 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have the following script :
#!/bin/ksh
#################### Function macAddressFinder ########################
macAddressFinder()
{
`ifconfig -a > ipInterfaces`
`cat ipInterfaces`
}
#######################################################################
#
#
print... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: presul
2 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,shell script is scheduled from maestro and we want mastero should not run shell script so can we edit the shell script so that it should run.ThanksPrakash (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: prakashdba2010
5 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have this little bash script I use to transcode mkv files using handbrake.
#!/bin/bash
sourcedir="/media/raid10/video/to_be_encoded_series"
destdir="/media/raid10/video/series"
cd "$sourcedir"
for i in *.mkv; do
HandBrakeCLI -i "$i" -o "$destdir/${i%.*}.mkv" -e x264 -q 20.0 -E copy -B... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: barrydocks
4 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi everyone,
I wrote a script that is supposed to be run by cron on a daily basis. It works just fine if I run it manually, but due to a lack of environment variables (which are available during my user session but not when cron runs the script) it keeps failing to run successfully.
Here's the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gacanepa
2 Replies
8. AIX
My first post evidently did not materialize so I posted it again:
Runnning a cron job every 5 mins to send data files to a state facility.
My original cron entry at worked fine:
01,06,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * * /home/sftpuser/stateinoc-from-appname.ksh
Somewhere I have a... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Skyybugg
1 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I've created a tag in the makefile:
mytag: $(shell ${PWD}/script.sh)
When i do: make clean - the script is executed
When i perform make or make mytag the script is again executed with the output:
make: Nothing to be done for mytag
What i want ?
I want script.sh to be executed only... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pufo
0 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Linux System having all Perl, Python, PHP (and Ruby) installed
From a Shell script, can call a Perl, Python, PHP (or Ruby ?) file
eg
eg
a Shell script run in a case statement call to run a php file, also Perl or/and Python file???
Like
#!/usr/bin/bash
....
....
case $INPUT_STRING... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: hoyanet
1 Replies
LEARN ABOUT NETBSD
npm-run-script
NPM-RUN-SCRIPT(1) NPM-RUN-SCRIPT(1)
NAME
npm-run-script - Run arbitrary package scripts
SYNOPSIS
npm run-script <command> [--silent] [-- <args>...]
alias: npm run
DESCRIPTION
This runs an arbitrary command from a package's "scripts" object. If no "command" is provided, it will list the available scripts.
run[-script] is used by the test, start, restart, and stop commands, but can be called directly, as well. When the scripts in the package
are printed out, they're separated into lifecycle (test, start, restart) and directly-run scripts.
As of ` https://blog.npmjs.org/post/98131109725/npm-2-0-0, you can use custom arguments when executing scripts. The special option -- is
used by getopt https://goo.gl/KxMmtG to delimit the end of the options. npm will pass all the arguments after the -- directly to your
script:
npm run test -- --grep="pattern"
The arguments will only be passed to the script specified after npm run and not to any pre or post script.
The env script is a special built-in command that can be used to list environment variables that will be available to the script at run-
time. If an "env" command is defined in your package, it will take precedence over the built-in.
In addition to the shell's pre-existing PATH, npm run adds node_modules/.bin to the PATH provided to scripts. Any binaries provided by
locally-installed dependencies can be used without the node_modules/.bin prefix. For example, if there is a devDependency on tap in your
package, you should write:
"scripts": {"test": "tap test/*.js"}
instead of
"scripts": {"test": "node_modules/.bin/tap test/*.js"}
to run your tests.
The actual shell your script is run within is platform dependent. By default, on Unix-like systems it is the /bin/sh command, on Windows it
is the cmd.exe. The actual shell referred to by /bin/sh also depends on the system. As of `
https://github.com/npm/npm/releases/tag/v5.1.0 you can customize the shell with the script-shell configuration.
Scripts are run from the root of the module, regardless of what your current working directory is when you call npm run. If you want your
script to use different behavior based on what subdirectory you're in, you can use the INIT_CWD environment variable, which holds the full
path you were in when you ran npm run.
npm run sets the NODE environment variable to the node executable with which npm is executed. Also, if the --scripts-prepend-node-path is
passed, the directory within which node resides is added to the PATH. If --scripts-prepend-node-path=auto is passed (which has been the
default in npm v3), this is only performed when that node executable is not found in the PATH.
If you try to run a script without having a node_modules directory and it fails, you will be given a warning to run npm install, just in
case you've forgotten.
You can use the --silent flag to prevent showing npm ERR! output on error.
You can use the --if-present flag to avoid exiting with a non-zero exit code when the script is undefined. This lets you run potentially
undefined scripts without breaking the execution chain.
SEE ALSO
o npm help 7 scripts
o npm help test
o npm help start
o npm help restart
o npm help stop
o npm help 7 config
January 2019 NPM-RUN-SCRIPT(1)