How can I control the screen output when trying to read a large file onto the screen x number of lines at a time. I'm trying to use this is a bourne shell script. I want to display 10 lines of a file, pause the screen so that a user can read the file, and then display the next 10 lines of the file,... (6 Replies)
Hello All,
I have a file that is formatted like this
1234556
1234567
1234588
1123888
1999999
1010101
1919191
1919191....
for a total of 26000 + lines
how do I get a script to read lets say 50 lines at a time
and display the output to the screen in column format around 5 or 6... (2 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I'm new to Linux and bash scripting.
Question? How can I display a menu at the bottom of the screen when displaying a content of a file with the less command?
Like in gvim with bash support, when debugging or testing your script this text "Press enter or type command to... (0 Replies)
Hi,
How can i increase the size of my display on AIX 5.3.What i mean is e.g if i do and ps -ef i would get some like:
/data/app/oracle/product/10.2
/usr/bin/ksh /usr/local/bin/s
i want it to show the whole thing on the screen without cutting it,because there is still space on the screen... (0 Replies)
So I'm pretty green still at this, and right now I don't even have the IF statements in just trying to get this part to work. I want to basically click optino 1,2,3,4 for which logs I want to search, and then be able to put in the variable I want to grep out? Sounds easy just not clear in my mind... (4 Replies)
I connect via vnc to a linux computer.
after a logout, I cannot see the files on the screen (although i can see the screensaver).
I can open a terminal and see the files etc.
How can i see the files on the screen again? (5 Replies)
Hi Guys,
Any good reference for me to perform user database update statement on table which has quite number of fields could be updated depend on user specified column name and the value to assign.
All the approaches are welcome and appreciated.
Thanks. (1 Reply)
I am trying to display the text the user selects from a bash menu. The below will display the menu and allow the user to enter a number, but will not display the choice selected.
bash
while true
do
printf "\n please make a selection from the MENU \n
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmccabe
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When I try to look at some of the posts (like "Rookie Grandmother"), I see the thread title and the menu at the bottom, but not the text of the post in the middle. I can see ALL of the posts in the Recent menu, but NONE of the others.
The screenshot I attached shows the situation.
I just... (2 Replies)
I pass a number to my script. Passing "1" below.
./getfile.sh 1
echo "User entered: $1"
ls -ltr *.conf | sed -n '$p'
I wish to use ls -ltr i.e list files in ascending order of time the latest showing at the bottom of the output.
Number 1 should get me the last row of ls -ltr output i.e... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
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LEARN ABOUT SUSE
osd_cat
XOSD(1xosd)XOSD(1xosd)NAME
osd_cat - X on-screen file displayer
SYNOPSIS
osd_cat [OPTION] [FILE]...
osd_cat -b percentage|slider [OPTION]
DESCRIPTION
Display FILE, or standard input, on X screen.
-p, --pos=POS
This option tells osd_cat where to display the text. POS can be top, middle, or bottom. The default is top.
-o, --offset=OFFSET
This option specifies the offset from the top or bottom of screen the text is displayed. The default is 0.
-A, --align=ALIGN
This option tells osd_cat where to display the text. ALIGN can be left, right or center. The default is left.
-i, --indent=OFFSET
This option specifies the INDENT from the left of screen the text is displayed. The default is 0.
-f, --font=FONT
This option specifies the FONT to be used for displaying the text. The default is fixed.
-c, --color=COLOR
This option specifies the COLOR to be used for displaying the text. The default is red.
-d, --delay=TIME
This option specifies the number of seconds the text is displayed. The default is 5 seconds.
-l, --lines=LINES
This option specifies the number of LINES to scroll the display over. The default is 5.
-s, --shadow=OFFSET
This option specifies the OFFSET of the text shadow. The default is 0, which means no text shadow is created.
-a, --age[=SCROLL_AGE]
This option affects screen redrawing. If SCROLL_AGE seconds pass before a new line is ready (for example, you're reading from a
pipe), all lines are cleared at once instead of being scrolled off as new lines replace old lines. The default is 0.
When no SCROLL_AGE is explicitly given, the current value from DELAY is used.
-w, --wait
This option also affects screen redrawing. When there is data ready to be put on screen, this option will cause osd_cat to wait
until the display is clear. An alternative to scrolling.
-b, --barmode=TYPE
Lets you display a percentage or slider bar instead of just text. TYPE may be percentage or slider. In this mode no text is read
from any file, but the following options can be used:
-P, --percentage=PERCENTAGE
This option specified the position of the percentage / slider bar. PERCENTAGE may be in the range from 0 to 100, the default is 50.
-T, --text=TEXT
This option specifies an optional TEXT which gets displayed above the percentage bar. The default is empty, so no additional text
is displayed.
-h, --help
display help (which is often more up to date) and exit
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
AUTHOR
Martijn van de Streek <martijn@foodfight.org>, Some patching done by Malcolm Valentine <farkit@iprimus.com.au> and Tim Wright
<tim@ignavus.net>.
xosd was written by Andre Renaud <andre@ignavus.net> and is maintained by Tim Wright <tim@ignavus.net>
SEE ALSO
More information on the X OSD Library and its author can be found on http://www.ignavus.net/software.html
<http://www.ignavus.net/software.html>
COPYRIGHT
It is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
X OSD cat January 2001 XOSD(1xosd)