Sponsored Content
Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Automatically execute all programs in a directory Post 302428393 by Corona688 on Wednesday 9th of June 2010 04:59:17 PM
Old 06-09-2010
Probably, but you never gave any information whatsoever on that; do you have a list, or are we supposed to trawl the current directory for executable files, or executables but not scripts(if there's a ./configure in there you probably don't want your test system to run it! Smilie ) or should we look for files with a certain extension, or are you expecting us to query the makefile itself somehow, etc, etc, etc. Your pseudocode was the first hint we had. Smilie

To just run a list of commands from a textfile:

Code:
while read COMMAND
do
        $COMMAND
        echo -n "Hit enter"
        read
done < textfile

Or to find all executable files:

Code:
find ./ -maxdepth 1 -execuable -not -name 'configure' |
while read COMMAND
        $COMMAND
        echo -n "Hit enter"
        read
done

 

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Removing files automatically from a directory after 30 days.

Hello; I have a directory that is collecting log and act files. I need to write a script that will remove these files once they are 30 days old. I have read through a number of threads on this site that have given me a great deal of information. However I have what seems to be a unique... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: justinb_155
7 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

help to execute programs in sequence through batch

I need help to create batch file . I want to run some programs in sequence in batch mode . I have one file which contains the name of program and command The test.bat file contain this data stsrun -v devel area1.exp stsrun -v devel prime1.exp stsrun -v devel treat.exp Please help... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: getdpg
1 Replies

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

i want a script to execute if the time is 12:00 automatically

i write a script for displaying a xmessage.But i want it to run automatically for every one hour.can any one help me. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: lakshmananindia
2 Replies

4. AIX

Execute "telinit q" while programs are running ?

Hi, I want to make changes to inittab file and reread it using "telinit q" to make changes effective immediately. Is it safe to do that while important apps are running ? thanks Vilius (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vilius
1 Replies

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Initialization Problems - Cannot execute automatically

Figured out the first half but am still having a little trouble shooting problem with the Initialization Files. I am working in bash on a remote server. When I log on I am seeing the correct prompt but right before that I am also seeing this the id -u integer expression expected is what... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: moonunit
2 Replies

6. Fedora

Automatically execute a software without gui at boot

hi all, this is my first post here...i hope that this is the correct section to write my question. I have a distro linux without gui, only text mode. So, it's possible run automatically a command or a program as "top" or "ping" and get the result on the main shell , after the boot and after... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: gangiaemi
6 Replies

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

How to i execute .rdf file oracle report automatically in cron tab unix

Hi, I want to execute .rdf file which uses oracle report in crontab ..Can you please help me out how to schedule it crontab.as it is a rdf file Please give any suggestions regarding the above issue. (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: soumyamishra
0 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Automatically determining directory path for scripts and programs

I have some C++ code in the following directory structure /home/chrisd/tatsh/trunk/hstmy/ ├── baseLib ├── bin │ ├── awk │ ├── bash │ ├── diag │ ├── ksh │ │ └── TAG201011 │ ├── old │ ├── perl │ ├── prog │ ├── py │ └── tcsh ├── docs ├── fortran ├── others... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
0 Replies

9. Homework & Coursework Questions

Need help on how to execute several programs

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: Get each of these programs to run. Prove that you've done this(use script). Give a description of each program along with sample executions. These are the exact programs we were given. 2. Relevant commands, code, scripts,... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: FaTaL
11 Replies
SMRSH(8)						      System Manager's Manual							  SMRSH(8)

NAME
smrsh - restricted shell for sendmail SYNOPSIS
smrsh -c command DESCRIPTION
The smrsh program is intended as a replacement for sh for use in the ``prog'' mailer in sendmail(8) configuration files. It sharply limits the commands that can be run using the ``|program'' syntax of sendmail in order to improve the over all security of your system. Briefly, even if a ``bad guy'' can get sendmail to run a program without going through an alias or forward file, smrsh limits the set of programs that he or she can execute. Briefly, smrsh limits programs to be in a single directory, by default /etc/smrsh, allowing the system administrator to choose the set of acceptable commands, and to the shell builtin commands ``exec'', ``exit'', and ``echo''. It also rejects any commands with the characters ``', `<', `>', `;', `$', `(', `)', ` ' (carriage return), or ` ' (newline) on the command line to prevent ``end run'' attacks. It allows ``||'' and ``&&'' to enable commands like: ``"|exec /usr/local/bin/procmail -f- /etc/procmailrcs/user || exit 75"'' Initial pathnames on programs are stripped, so forwarding to ``/usr/ucb/vacation'', ``/usr/bin/vacation'', ``/home/server/mydir/bin/vaca- tion'', and ``vacation'' all actually forward to ``/etc/smrsh/vacation''. System administrators should be conservative about populating the /etc/smrsh directory. Reasonable additions are vacation(1), procmail(1), and the like. No matter how brow-beaten you may be, never include any shell or shell-like program (such as perl(1)) in the /etc/smrsh directory. Note that this does not restrict the use of shell or perl scripts in the sm.bin directory (using the ``#!'' syntax); it simply disallows execution of arbitrary programs. FILES
/etc/smrsh - directory for restricted programs SEE ALSO
sendmail(8) $Date: 2002/04/25 13:33:40 $ SMRSH(8)
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:00 AM.
Unix & Linux Forums Content Copyright 1993-2022. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy