Interesting you are correct. When the filename is entered into the read statement rather than on the command line it does indeed not expand the ~username.
How do I check if the argument passed to a script is an integer?
I am writting a script that will take to integers and want to be able to check before I go on.
I am using bourne shell.
Thanks in advance (13 Replies)
I need to accept a number of arguments at command line and print it in reverse order
i use eval `echo x=$1` to capture the argument
#! /bin/sh
counter=0
while
do
eval `echo x=$1`
arg$counter=$x
counter=`expr $counter + 1`
shift
done
but the error keeps... (1 Reply)
i want to write a shell script function that will ftp the files passed in the command line . i have written a shell script for ftp but how will it do for all files passed in command line argument ,
i am passing 4 files as argument
./ftp.sh file1 file2 file3 file4
code written by me... (5 Replies)
I am working on AIX 6.1 issuing #!/bin/sh at the beginning of the script.
I don't understand why $1 is not working as expected. I expect it to hold the value for the first argument coming from the command line consistently - and it is not.
At the beginning of the script starting I do this:... (4 Replies)
I want to make a script that check for the argument passed to it and generates an error in case any character/string argument passed to it.
I am using below code, but its not working. can anyone help.
#!/bin/bash
if ]; then
echo 'An integer argument is passed to the script hence... (3 Replies)
I have a script.
#!/bin/sh
cur_$1_modify_time=Hello
echo "cur_$1_modify_time"
When I run like
sh /root/script1 jj
I expect value "Hello" being assigned to variable "cur_jj_modify_time" and output being "Hello" ie echoing $cur_jj_modify_time
But the output comes as
# sh... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Extremely new to Perl scripting, but need a quick fix without using TEXT::CSV
I need to read in a file, pass any delimiter as an argument, and convert it to bar delimited on the output. In addition, enclose fields within double quotes in case of any embedded delimiters.
Any help would... (2 Replies)
Hi Experts,
I have been trying to work on a simple shell script that will just add the two argument passed to it. Here is what i tried :
#!/bin/bash
welcome(){
echo "Welcome to this Progg. which will accept two parameter"
}
main_logic(){
arg=$#
echo "Number of argument passed is... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mukulverma2408
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echo
echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS -n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.11 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)