i am trying to create a script written in bash that will create configuration files for nagios. As some of you aware is has to be written in the below format:
what i want to do is print the options along with their values in an organized way. but the length of the option names may differ so i am looking for a way to spesify how many spaces or tabs the script should echo for each line. Is there a way to do this?
example of what i dont want :
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Reason: spaces are deleted
i more than one hp-ux 11.0 application server. some of these application server has an xterminal attached to them. ncd900 and ncd400. i would like to know how many xterm is connected to an application server. without physically checking each xterm, can i identify how many xterm?
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I have a variable (say $A) and while passing it gets either a number or some other string. Now how can test (with if else) whether the variable is just a ne or something else ?
Thanks a lot to all in advance
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I am pretty new to unix, and I have a project to do.
Part of the project asks me to determine the number of processes running and assign it to a variable. I know how to every part of the project but determine the number of processes running.
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In my Shell Script i am counting the duplicate IPs in LAN,...After counting i have to show in checklist in zenity which one to delete from the LAN........so initially i dont know no. of duplicate IPs in the LAN....Hence i can determine how many check list needed.....
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Anyone can tell me how to get the number of NFS threads RUNNING on the system for Solaris 10? Someone told me for Solaris 9, the method is "echo "*svc$<svcpool" | adb -k. But, I've tried to google the method for Solaris 10 and did not find the corresponding method, please help... (1 Reply)
I'd like to create a variable with the value of X number of space( no Perl please), printf seems to work, but , in following example,10 spaces becomes 1 space when assinged to a variable, Why? other solutions are welcome.
$printf "=%10s=\n"
= =
$var=$(printf "=%10s=\n")
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which one of the following is the correct expression to ignore line with multiple spaces after any string
cat file | grep -v "xyz *$"
or
cat file | grep -v "xyz*$"
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I'd like to determine the frequency that each number occurs within a text file. I know how to do this for a single number, but not for a set or list of numbers. Here's what I have grep -o 01 file.txt | wc -l
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When I create a bootable Linux distro installation USB drive, I use this command: sudo dd if=/Path/to/linux_distro.iso of=/dev/rdisk<disk number>
bs=<number of bytes>
When I look it up, I've seen variations of people choosing 4M, and I think 8M, 2M, and maybe even 1M.
If I leave the operand... (4 Replies)
I would like to find an undetermined number of spaces and shorten them to one space. I am running Debian in mksh. Script running in #!/bin/sh. Sorry to not include all code. The program is too big and involves an online file... too much hassle to solve a simple issue.
Ex.,
I start with... (11 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
rbash
RBASH(1) General Commands Manual RBASH(1)NAME
rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1)RESTRICTED SHELL
If bash is started with the name rbash, or the -r option is supplied at invocation, the shell becomes restricted. A restricted shell is
used to set up an environment more controlled than the standard shell. It behaves identically to bash with the exception that the follow-
ing are disallowed or not performed:
o changing directories with cd
o setting or unsetting the values of SHELL, PATH, ENV, or BASH_ENV
o specifying command names containing /
o specifying a file name containing a / as an argument to the . builtin command
o specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument to the -p option to the hash builtin command
o importing function definitions from the shell environment at startup
o parsing the value of SHELLOPTS from the shell environment at startup
o redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirection operators
o using the exec builtin command to replace the shell with another command
o adding or deleting builtin commands with the -f and -d options to the enable builtin command
o using the enable builtin command to enable disabled shell builtins
o specifying the -p option to the command builtin command
o turning off restricted mode with set +r or set +o restricted.
These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read.
When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed, rbash turns off any restrictions in the shell spawned to execute the script.
SEE ALSO bash(1)GNU Bash-4.0 2004 Apr 20 RBASH(1)