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Ok so i had to create a file and put some random text into it which i did. THen u make a script which takes 2 arguments. The first being a line of text, the second being your newly created file. The script should take the first argument and insert it into the very top (the first line) of...

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I can't find anything wrong with this line of code, it works when there is one file in the directory but more than one i get a "too many arguements2 error if ; then am i missing something?

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i don't know what's wrong with the code, says too many arguments in the first two if statements. how to change it? thx. the file is like in this format: ;dfs;dfdsf;fsd ff dsf;dfdffdfd; -f2 should be only one word with no space, but could be like this 'n/a', '**ABC' while read line; do ...

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hi I am getting too many arguments error for the below line if ; then Thx in advance

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Hi Experts , I have following code if ; then mv path /filename newdirpath echo "K* files moved successfully to newdirpath \n" else echo "K* files DID NOT moved successfully to newdirpath \n" fi I am getting "echo "K* files DID NOT moved successfully to newdirpath \n"...

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I have a SNMP agent that sends three arguments to the script to get a value at the end. The first is the LeafNumber, second is the request type (SET, GET, GETNEXT), and the last is a string that represents some value to be set(used only for set requests). The agent string looks like this: ...

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hi I have this code a="a b c" set -- $a if ; then echo empty fi why is it line 3 reports "test: [: too many arguments"? :wall: Thanks!

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line 5: #!/bin/bash old=$(du -sh /home/andy/Downloads/myfile.iso) while true; do new=$(du -sh /home/andy/Downloads/myfile.iso) if ; then break fi old=$new xdotool getactivewindow key Ctrl sleep 5 done line 5: bash - Meaning of " (square brackets)...

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