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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Eliminating output? Post 302376467 by rpraharaj84 on Tuesday 1st of December 2009 12:18:48 PM
Old 12-01-2009
Eliminating output?

Hi Folks,

I am writting a shell script for general purpose use....

i have created a function like below:-

Code:
 
largest_file()
{
clear
tput cup 20 30
echo please enter the full directory path where you want to search:-
tput cup 21 30
read lr_choice1
tput cup 22 30
echo please enter the no of files you want to get:-
tput cup 23 30
read lr_choice2
cd $lr_choice1
find $lr_choice1 -type f -print | xargs ls -l | sort -k5,5rn | head -"$lr_choice2" > 
$script_dir/top_$lr_choice2_file_$date_var.txt
tput clear
tput cup 20 0
cat $script_dir/top_$lr_choice2_file_$date_var.txt
tput cup 25 0
echo press hit to continue
read hit
}

I call the function in a interactive shell script for displaying the n largest file in a directory..

Now when i call this function in a switch case programme.....i dont want to show the output generated by the find command .....i just want end results....

like if i call the function it should write only to the file and not stdoutput for operation so that user shouldn't know what happening...

your help is appreciated... Smilie
 

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ppmtosixel(1)						      General Commands Manual						     ppmtosixel(1)

NAME
ppmtosixel - convert a portable pixmap into DEC sixel format SYNOPSIS
ppmtosixel [-raw] [-margin] [ppmfile] DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces sixel commands (SIX) as output. The output is formatted for color printing, e.g. for a DEC LJ250 color inkjet printer. If RGB values from the PPM file do not have maxval=100, the RGB values are rescaled. A printer control header and a color assignment table begin the SIX file. Image data is written in a compressed format by default. A printer control footer ends the image file. OPTIONS
-raw If specified, each pixel will be explicitly described in the image file. If -raw is not specified, output will default to com- pressed format in which identical adjacent pixels are replaced by "repeat pixel" commands. A raw file is often an order of magni- tude larger than a compressed file and prints much slower. -margin If -margin is not specified, the image will be start at the left margin (of the window, paper, or whatever). If -margin is speci- fied, a 1.5 inch left margin will offset the image. PRINTING
Generally, sixel files must reach the printer unfiltered. Use the lpr -x option or cat filename > /dev/tty0?. BUGS
Upon rescaling, truncation of the least significant bits of RGB values may result in poor color conversion. If the original PPM maxval was greater than 100, rescaling also reduces the image depth. While the actual RGB values from the ppm file are more or less retained, the color palette of the LJ250 may not match the colors on your screen. This seems to be a printer limitation. SEE ALSO
ppm(5) AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1991 by Rick Vinci. 26 April 1991 ppmtosixel(1)
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