I understand this question probably poses some child like stupidity, but I can't get this if statement to work for love or money.
#!/bin/ksh
echo "Input either 1 or 2"
read Num
if ; then
echo "Message 1"
if ; then
echo "Message 2"
else
echo "false"
fi
$ ksh decisions
Input either 1... (6 Replies)
im trying to write an until statement which dont go onto the next stage until the user inputs a certain phrase. It is then stored in an array. Ive come up with this code so far but its not working and i dont know why.
read in1
until
do
echo "Incorrect, try again"
... (2 Replies)
Pls this is emergency.I have written a script which is taking input from another script. and the contents of my second script are acting as functions to my main script.Now the problem is that in one of the functions i want the script ececution to stop and start when user enters any character r... (2 Replies)
Hi.
With the help of this group I have created a shell script to find the factorial of a number.
OK. Then I got wild.;) I tried to put in a check to make sure the entry is a number.
read num
If )) then
echo "This is not a valid number. Try again."
fi
while (( $var <= $num)) more... (5 Replies)
Hi Guys..
need some urgent help... I am stuck in something badly
I need to write a script which would read a sql statement (which might be a join/inner join/select/sub select etc. )
I need to read that sql statement ... and in the output I want all the table names and columns (doesn't... (4 Replies)
hi,
this is my script #!/bin/ksh
cat temp_file.dat | while read line
do
read test
if ]; then
break
else echo "ERROR"
fi
done
when i execute this code , the script does wait for the user input . it directly prints "ERROR" and terminates after the no. of times as there... (3 Replies)
hello guys,
i am having the below piece of code
error
()
{
echo"Press y /n"
read ans
case $ans in
y) main;;
n) exit
esac
}
In the abve code, read statement is not working i.e not waiting for user to enter input.
,i tested exit status its 1.
could anyone help me to do this
... (11 Replies)
I'm looking for some help in figuring why my little bit of code will not process any entries other then the first one in my list.
while read line ;do
hostname=${line//\"}
a=`ssh user@$hostname uptime;echo $?`
if ];then
dt=`date`
touch... (6 Replies)
I'm having an issue with bash read input when using a case statement.
The script halts and doesn't read the input on the first loop. if I hit enter then the scripts starts to respond as expected. Need some help here.
defaultans=8hrs
read -e -i $defaultans -p "${bldwht}How long would you like... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a script below that is running ssh <host> <command> on some servers.
Below is more or less the script. I have to modify it somehow to get rid of the 'confidential' hostnames
check_log.bash
#!/bin/bash
#
myPID=$$
parse_log ()
{
sub="parse_log"
host=${1}
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie_01
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
colors
COLORS(3) libbash colors Library Manual COLORS(3)NAME
colors -- libbash library for setting tty colors.
SYNOPSIS
colorSet <color>
colorReset
colorPrint [<indent>] <color> <text>
colorPrintN [<indent>] <color> <text>
DESCRIPTION
General
colors is a collection of functions that make it very easy to put colored text on tty.
The function list:
colorSet Sets the color of the prints to the tty to COLOR
colorReset Resets current tty color back to normal
colorPrint Prints TEXT in the color COLOR indented by INDENT (without adding a newline)
colorPrintN The same as colorPrint, but trailing newline is added
Detailed interface description follows.
Available colors:
Green
Red
Yellow
White
The color parameter is non-case-sensitive (i.e. RED, red, ReD, and all the other forms are valid and are the same as Red).
FUNCTIONS DESCRIPTIONS
colorSet <color>
Sets the current printing color to color.
colorReset
Resets current tty color back to normal.
colorPrint [<indent>] <color>
Prints text using the color color indented by indent (without adding a newline).
Parameters:
<indent>
The column to move to before start printing. This parameter is optional. If ommitted - start output from current cursor position.
<color>
The color to use.
<color>
The text to print.
colorPrintN [<indent>] <color>
The same as colorPrint, except a trailing newline is added.
EXAMPLES
Printing a green 'Hello World' with a newline:
Using colorSet:
$ colorSet green
$ echo 'Hello World'
$ colorReset
Using colorPrint:
$ colorPrint 'Hello World'; echo
Using colorPrintN:
$ colorPrintN 'Hello World'
AUTHORS
Hai Zaar <haizaar@haizaar.com>
Gil Ran <gil@ran4.net>
SEE ALSO ldbash(1), libbash(1)Linux Epoch Linux