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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting grep not accepting variable filename Post 302498262 by cfajohnson on Sunday 20th of February 2011 10:12:42 PM
Old 02-20-2011

What does this print?
Code:
#!/bin/sh
filename=$1
echo "The program that you will be editing is called $filename"
if [ -f "$filename" ]
then
  if [ -r "$filename" ]
  then
     grep "//" "$filename"
  else
     printf "%s is not readable\n" "$filename"
  fi
else
   printf "%s does not exist\n" "$filename"
fi

 

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DCM2NII(1)							   User Commands							DCM2NII(1)

NAME

       dcm2nii - convert DICOM or PAR/REC image into the NIfTI format

SYNOPSIS

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OPTIONS

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       -b load settings from specified inifile, e.g. '-b /etc/mricron.ini'

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       -d Date in filename [filename.dcm -> 20061230122032.nii]: Y,N = Y

       -e events (series/acq) in filename [filename.dcm -> s002a003.nii]: Y,N = Y

       -f Source filename [e.g. filename.par -> filename.nii]: Y,N = Y

       -g gzip output, filename.nii.gz [ignored if '-n n']: Y,N = Y

       -i ID  in filename [filename.dcm -> johndoe.nii]: Y,N = Y

       -n output .nii file [if no, create .hdr/.img pair]: Y,N = Y

       -o Output Directory, e.g. '/tmp' (if unspecified, source directory is used)

       -p Protocol in filename [filename.dcm -> TFE_T1.nii]: Y,N = Y

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