+ set -x + FIND=-name "*" + find /root/bin -name '"*"' + echo -name '"*"' -name "*"
+ touch '/root/bin/"foo"'
+ set -x + FIND=-name "*" + find /root/bin -name '"*"' /root/bin/"foo" + echo -name '"*"' -name "*" You'll note the file with quotes in the name. Looks to me that bash puts an extra set of quotes around the quoted term in the variable upon expansion. I can't think why that would be. I don't think this is going to display properly, sorry. Thanks for your help, Mike
Hi,
I'm making progress on this but hung up on one last detail. I'd like to use AWK to pass the system date and time(among other things) to the first line of a file.
Here's what I have:
BEGIN {TOTALPP = 0;FREEPP=0;USEDPP=0;print "LPAR NAME:",lpar,"DATE:",tdate }
I call AWK with the... (4 Replies)
I'm not very familiar with the ssh command. When I tried to set a variable and then echo its value on a remote machine via ssh, I found a problem. For example,
$ ITSME=itsme
$ ssh xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx "ITSME=itsyou; echo $ITSME"
itsme
$ ssh xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx 'ITSME=itsyou; echo $ITSME'
itsyou
$... (3 Replies)
I have some troubles with variables and quotes...
I want:
if $URL is empty (no user input) go to http://www.localhost/index.php/ else add this string (search) "?s=+$URL"
EXAMPLE:
No user input
string= http://www.localhost/index.php/
User input = "unix"
string=... (3 Replies)
Hi.
please help me to write the following query in a shell script.
the Query is :select no,salary from emp_info where name='$var_name'
the following is my code.
#! /bin/sh
var_name=$1
sqlplus -s user/pwd@DB << EOF
select no,salary from emp_info where name="'$var_name'";... (4 Replies)
I have the following line of code:
sed -i "/MatchText/ s/${tgrepLine}/${tNewLine}/" filename.outputfilename.output contains this:
blablabla
PATH=".:/home/root/bin/:/usr/local/bin/"
blablablaVariable ${tgrepLine} contains:
PATH=".:/home/root/bin/:/usr/local/bin/"
Variable ${tNewLine}... (3 Replies)
Hello. I'm trying to write a bash script that uses GNU screen and have hit a brick wall that has cost me many hours... (I'm sure it has something to do with quoting/globbing, which is why I post it here)
I can make a script that does the following just fine:
test.sh:
#!/bin/bash
# make... (2 Replies)
file1
----
34556745
32678343
31576776
31455566
21356666
I want to assign the record values to a variable in the below format, so that I can use output in .sql file for querying in database.
('34556745', '32678343', '31576776', '31455566', '21356666')
-----------
below is the... (11 Replies)
Ok, this one isn't for everybody, it's pretty tough and I've spent a good deal of time on it without figuring it out yet.
Can anybody get this script to work:
#!/bin/bash
cq_fname="%let outputfile="/user/cq_"$1".csv";"
sed "29s/.*/\"$cq_fname\"/" file1.sas >... (3 Replies)
Hi,
Trying to change the prompt. I have the following code.
export PS1='
<${USER}@`hostname -s`>$ '
The hostname is not displayed
<abc@`hostname -s`>$ uname -a
AIX xyz 1 6 00F736154C00
<adcwl4h@`hostname -s`>$
If I use double quotes, then the hostname is printed properly but... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobbygsk
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
hal-find-by-capability
HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1) General Commands Manual HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1)NAME
hal-find-by-capability - find device objects by capability matching
SYNOPSIS
hal-find-by-capability [options]
DESCRIPTION
hal-get-capability finds device object in the HAL device database by looking at device capabilities. For more information about both the
big picture and specific HAL properties, refer to the HAL spec which can be found in /usr/share/doc/hal-doc/spec/hal-spec.html depending on
the distribution.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--capability
The name of the capability.
--verbose
Verbose output.
--help Print out usage.
--version
Print the version.
RETURN VALUE
If devices matching the given capability are found each UDI (Unique Device Identifier) is printed on stdout and the program exits with exit
code 0. If no devices are found or an error occured, the program exits with a non-zero exit code.
BUGS
Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the HAL mailing list, see http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal on how to
subscribe.
SEE ALSO hald(8), lshal(1), hal-set-property(1), hal-get-property(1), hal-find-by-property(1), dbus-send(1)AUTHOR
Written by David Zeuthen <david@fubar.dk> with a lot of help from many others.
HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1)