You're using printf like echo, which it's not. 'printf "%s" a b c d' will only print a because you're only telling it to print one string with '%s'. You might as well just use echo and print all of them.
You don't even need a variable here. Just echo it right into the file.
This may not be the best way to generate random numbers. If RANDOM is between 0 and 65536, you'll never have a decimal point higher than .65. Let's try printf again, properly, with:
This should generate random numbers between 0 and 1000, with three decimal places.
I know this isn't the proper way to do it but I am currently in a Linux/Unix programming class and they want this to be done using printf and $RANDOM (which I've never done it this way before). I need a new variable and a file both with the same outputted data.
Hi guys
I have a shell script that executes sql statemets and sends the output to a file.the script takes in parameters executes sql and sends the result to an output file.
#!/bin/sh
echo " $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7
isql -w400 -U$2 -S$5 -P$3 << xxx
use $4
go
print"**Changes to the table... (0 Replies)
How to I put my find command string into a script. It is currently to long to be entered manually at command line.
for FNAME in `find /unixsxxx/interface/x.x/xxxxxx -type f \( -name '*.KSH' -o -name '*.sh' -o -name '*.sql' -o -name '*.ksh' \) -exec grep -il xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx {} \;`; do C=`grep -c... (1 Reply)
i have written small script as follows:
name="hi hello"
printf "%-20s" $name
This gives me strange output. -20s format is applied on both word of string. i.e it displays both word hi and hello in space of 20 length.
I want to display entire string "hi hello" in length of 20 space.
plz... (2 Replies)
first off let me introduce myself. My name is Eric and I am new to linux, I am taking an advanced linux administration class and we are tasked with creating a script to add new users that anyone can run, has to check for the existence of a directory. if the directory does not exist then it has... (12 Replies)
This may be little confusing. I have Script1, which pulls data from the system and creates another script(lets say script2). While I run script1 I need to add printf/echo statements for script2, so that when I run script2 I see those statement.
eg: script1 765
printf " display frame-$1 timeoffset... (2 Replies)
I am currently running 2 scripts to gather data for a 3rd script and would like to combine the 2 scripts into one. Having issues with the final output format.
Note cannot post URL so replaced the http stuff with (name) in the examples
All scripts contain #!/bin/ksh OS = Red Hat Enterprise... (0 Replies)
Hi
I have a bash script which takes parameters
sh /tmp/gdg.sh -b BASE-NAME -n 1 -s /source/data -p /dest/data/archive -m ARC
gdg.sh will scan the /source/data and will move the contents to /dest/data/archive after passing through some filters. Its working superb from bash
I have... (0 Replies)
My requirement is need to add spaces to the string with the dynamic value to printf... this is a part of shell script ..which i have , the length is not static ...
length=15
value="1234567890"
printf "%-"$length"s\n" "$value";
The result it is printing is ... i am not sure y it is... (19 Replies)
I would like to use printf (or something else?) to create a line of text that has varying column widths. This will be used to create a fixed width file (with varying column widths). For example, consider variables $1 $2 $3 are equal to a, b, c respectively and they should be printed in column... (10 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a script which intends to create as many variables at runtime, as the number of parameters passed to it. The script needs to save these parameter values in the variables created and print them
abc.sh
----------
export Numbr_Parms=$#
export a=1
while
do
export... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
script
SCRIPT(1) BSD General Commands Manual SCRIPT(1)NAME
script -- make typescript of terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [-k] [-q] [-t time] [file [command ...]]
DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an
interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1).
If the argument file is given, script saves all dialogue in file. If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file typescript.
If the argument command ... is given, script will run the specified command with an optional argument vector instead of an interactive shell.
Options:
-a Append the output to file or typescript, retaining the prior contents.
-k Log keys sent to program as well as output.
-q Run in quiet mode, omit the start and stop status messages.
-t time Specify time interval between flushing script output file. A value of 0 causes script to flush for every character I/O event. The
default interval is 30 seconds.
The script ends when the forked shell (or command) exits (a control-D to exit the Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout or control-d (if
ignoreeof is not set) for the C-shell, csh(1)).
Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1), create garbage in the typescript file. The script utility works best with commands that do not
manipulate the screen. The results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal, not an addressable one.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variable is utilized by script:
SHELL If the variable SHELL exists, the shell forked by script will be that shell. If SHELL is not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. (Most
shells set this variable automatically).
SEE ALSO csh(1) (for the history mechanism).
HISTORY
The script command appeared in 3.0BSD.
BUGS
The script utility places everything in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. This is not what the naive user expects.
It is not possible to specify a command without also naming the script file because of argument parsing compatibility issues.
When running in -k mode, echo cancelling is far from ideal. The slave terminal mode is checked for ECHO mode to check when to avoid manual
echo logging. This does not work when in a raw mode where the program being run is doing manual echo.
BSD June 6, 1993 BSD