How do I evaluate the result of a command assigned to a variable??
Example:
var1=`cmd`
rc=$?
rc will be the result of the assignment rather than cmd since it executes after. How do I evaluate the result of the command itself?
Cheers..:confused: (2 Replies)
Hi,
I want to check if a variable has a value assigned to it or not.
I can do following -
cat $Var > File1
if
then
echo "$Var has value"
else
echo "$Var is null"
fi
But I have to check for 3 Variables and I want to wrap it up in couple of unix statements.
Any... (3 Replies)
Hi
I've few shell scripts which are responsible for triggering the continuous builds for a specific module. Each shell script is for a Module. Shell script has some module specific settings in the beginning and then it triggers the builds (which are nothing but some combination of Java programs... (2 Replies)
Hey ,
I'm trying to perform the following command, however it cannot read the variable assigned earlier. I'm not sure why this happen. Please help thanks
while :
do
echo "what's ur name? (if none just press )"
read name
changeName = echo $name | sed "s/on/ey/"
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#! /bin/bash
for imod in K33_j1b_WS9_6
do
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ex:
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I am trying to check whether a variable has been assigned on the command line or not.
Here is what I did:
#!/usr/bin/bash
if( $variable == '\0')
{
print "variable was not assigned"
exit
}
else
NF = 2 {print $1, ""}
exit
fi
awk -f question1.awk variable = 58 letters.txt.
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Experts,
I'm having problems with the code below.
I'm trying to test $var2 for two different regexs.
I thought it could be done per below, but I'm getting the following error when running.
$ ./test.pl b fed50c0100****
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Discussion started by: timj123
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LEARN ABOUT V7
escape
escape(1) Mail Avenger 0.8.3 escape(1)NAME
escape - escape shell special characters in a string
SYNOPSIS
escape string
DESCRIPTION
escape prepends a "" character to all shell special characters in string, making it safe to compose a shell command with the result.
EXAMPLES
The following is a contrived example showing how one can unintentionally end up executing the contents of a string:
$ var='; echo gotcha!'
$ eval echo hi $var
hi
gotcha!
$
Using escape, one can avoid executing the contents of $var:
$ eval echo hi `escape "$var"`
hi ; echo gotcha!
$
A less contrived example is passing arguments to Mail Avenger bodytest commands containing possibly unsafe environment variables. For
example, you might write a hypothetical reject_bcc script to reject mail not explicitly addressed to the recipient:
#!/bin/sh
formail -x to -x cc -x resent-to -x resent-cc
| fgrep "$1" > /dev/null
&& exit 0
echo "<$1>.. address does not accept blind carbon copies"
exit 100
To invoke this script, passing it the recipient address as an argument, you would need to put the following in your Mail Avenger rcpt
script:
bodytest reject_bcc `escape "$RECIPIENT"`
SEE ALSO avenger(1),
The Mail Avenger home page: <http://www.mailavenger.org/>.
BUGS
escape is designed for the Bourne shell, which is what Mail Avenger scripts use. escape might or might not work with other shells.
AUTHOR
David Mazieres
Mail Avenger 0.8.3 2012-04-05 escape(1)