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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting test: argument expected Post 302415720 by gotam on Friday 23rd of April 2010 07:45:16 AM
Old 04-23-2010
test: argument expected

Code:
# to search a file if it exists and whether its readable or not
# if yes print its first 5 lines
echo enter the filename to be searched
read fname
if [ ! -e $fname ] #-d $fname
then
echo file doesn exists
elif [ -d $fname ]
then
echo its a directory
elif [ -r $fname ]
then
cat $fname
else
echo its not readable
fi
# end of program

###########################
this program is running fine but is getting a warning message i guess
it says
/filesearch2.ksh[5]: test: argument expected
and then showing the result.
please suggest

Last edited by Scott; 04-23-2010 at 08:48 AM.. Reason: Code tags, please...
 

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clm residue(1)							  USER COMMANDS 						    clm residue(1)

  NAME
      clm residue - extend clustering of subgraph to clustering of graph.

      clmresidue  is  not  in  actual fact a program. This manual page documents the behaviour and options of the clm program when invoked in mode
      residue. The options -h, --apropos, --version, -set, --nop are accessible in all clm modes. They are described in the clm manual page.

  SYNOPSIS
      clm residue -icl fname (input clustering) -imx fname (input graph) [-rpm fname (residue projection matrix)]  [-o	fname  (output	clustering
      file)]

  DESCRIPTION
      The cluster file presumably contains a clustering of a subgraph of the graph G contained by the matrix file, implying that the row domain of
      that clustering is a subset of the node domain of the graph. clm residue will compute  a	simple	upwards  projection  of  that  clustering,
      resulting in a clustering of G.

  OPTIONS
      -imx fname (input graph)

      -icl fname (input clustering)

      -rpm fname (residue projection matrix)
	The name for the file in which the residue projection matrix is stored.  It contains for each node and for each cluster in the input clus-
	tering the combined weight of the (edges to the) neighbours of that node in that cluster.  The default output file name is out.rpm.

      -o fname (output clustering file)
	The name for the file in which the majority vote projection clustering is stored. Aka the majority vote projection clustering storage file
	name.

	This  embodies	a very crude approach to distributing the missing nodes in the input clustering onto that same cluster. For each node, the
	cluster is taken for which the residue projection is the largest (see above). The residue (i.e. the set of  missing  nodes)  is  initially
	viewed	as  a  cluster;  the set of nodes for which the projection is largest for the residue itself will form a new cluster, if it is not
	empty.

	By default output is sent to STDOUT.

  AUTHOR
      Stijn van Dongen.

  SEE ALSO
      mclfamily(7) for an overview of all the documentation and the utilities in the mcl family.

  clm residue 12-068						      8 Mar 2012						      clm residue(1)
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