07-12-2011
Thanks so much, Jean-Pierre!!! Just wondering, what exactly does the parentheses surrounding the variable do?
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
i have following statement in the script
echo -e "$str_XML_col_name:$str_field_type;" >> $i_DC_Key_$i_Tgt_DC_key_Schema
here $i_DC_Key is DC key and $i_Tgt_DC_key are the variables...............
when i ran the script i am getting error rec_merge.sh: $i_DC_Key_$i_Tgt_DC_key_Schema:... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mahabunta
1 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi everyone, While I was trying to do
DATE=`date +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S"`
STARTLOG=$TUXSTDDIR/start_$DATE.log
tmboot -y > $STARTLOG 2>&1
I got an error i.e. Ambiguous output redirect error. Here the first part is to boot the account so there is nothing wrong with that.... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: pareshan
6 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Everyone,
# ll
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-05-13 11:29 a1.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-05-13 11:29 a2.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 2010-05-13 11:29 a3.log
# rm a.log
above rm no problem, but when i use "> a.log", it says "-bash: a.log: ambiguous redirect".
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: jimmy_y
3 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am trying to run the following script and I am getting an "ambiguous redirect" error. I have checked to make sure that the files are all where I have specified and are read/write as needed. Any ideas?
Note: I have removed the actual path info for privacy sake. I have triple checked to make... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: malantha
1 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello there,
I'm totally new in bash programming and ran into my first problem.
My script should generate 3 textfiles where the content of the first and the third row are the same in each file. Only the second row is different.
This is what I did in a very simplified explanation:
... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: johndoe
6 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
This script has ambiguous redirect error.
...
cd $HOME
cd folder/work
# search all subfolders in work directory
find -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read directory
do
CUR_FOLDER="${directory#"./"}"
cd $CUR_FOLDER
chmod 644 *
for ff in *; do
if ; then
... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: candyme
5 Replies
7. Linux
Hi,
I need help on following linux bash script. When I linux commands for loop or while loop on individual file it runs great. but now I want the script to run on N number of files so it gives me ambiguous redirect error on line 12 and syntax error on line 22 : (pls help );
#!/bin/bash
#... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: Madhusudan Das
16 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I've been working on a bash script to help with backups that I have to do at work.
One of the lines in the script is supposed to launch an xterm, log into a specific server node and launch a tar backup to tape. This part works ok, but I've been trying to get stdout and stderr to... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Exitalterego
2 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear folks
I have two data set which there names are "final.map" and "1.geno" and look like this structures:
final.map:
gi|358485511|ref|NC_006088.3| 2044
gi|358485511|ref|NC_006088.3| 2048
gi|358485511|ref|NC_006088.3| 2187
gi|358485511|ref|NC_006088.3| 17654
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sajmar
2 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
New to the site, please let me know I'm not meeting the post guidelines.
I'm creating a bash script to generate a report with output from a grep command. The goal is to direct
the output to a different log file by using a 'logger file'. But I get this error during the run: $1: ambiguous... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: dallas88
5 Replies
LEARN ABOUT LINUX
shtool-subst
SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)
NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
[-e|--exec cmd] [-f|--file cmd-file] [file] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-v, --verbose
Display some processing information.
-t, --trace
Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
-s, --stealth
Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
-i, --interactive
Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
Preserve backup of original file using file name extension ext. Default is to overwrite the original file.
-e, --exec cmd
Specify sed(1) command directly.
-f, --file cmd-file
Read sed(1) command from file.
EXAMPLE
# shell script
shtool subst -i -e 's;(c) ([0-9]*)-2000;(c) 1-2001;' *.[ch]
# RPM spec-file
%install
shtool subst -v -n
-e 's;^(prefix=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix};g'
-e 's;^(sysconfdir=).*;1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/etc;g'
`find . -name Makefile -print`
make install
HISTORY
The GNU shtool subst command was originally written by Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com> in 2001 for GNU shtool. It was prompted
by the need to have a uniform and convenient patching frontend to sed(1) operations in the OpenPKG package specifications.
SEE ALSO
shtool(1), sed(1).
18-Jul-2008 shtool 2.0.8 SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)