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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Ping bash script to file Post 302559729 by asenav1 on Wednesday 28th of September 2011 04:00:21 AM
Old 09-28-2011
ericadm@amxcruas1> /bin/sh ./file.sh
./file.sh: syntax error at line 2: `outputfile="pingtestlog"$' unexpected
ericadm@amxcruas1> cat file.sh
#!/bin/bash
outputfile="pingtestlog"$(date +%Y%m%d)


The last one seems to be working:

outputfileericadm@amxcruas1> /bin/sh ./file2.sh
pingtestlog.20110928
ericadm@amxcruas1> cat file2.sh
#!/bin/bash
outputfile="pingtestlog".`date +%Y%m%d`
echo $outputfile

---------- Post updated at 03:00 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:55 AM ----------

Thanx!!! itkamaraj

It's working:

ericadm@amxcruas1> /bin/sh ./pingdate.sh
ericadm@amxcruas1> cat pingtestlog.20110928
Wed Sep 28 01:58:42 CST 2011
10.196.60.4 is alive
10.196.61.210 is alive
10.196.62.73 is alive
10.196.61.152 is alive
ericadm@amxcruas1> cat pingdate.sh
#!/bin/bash
outputfile="pingtestlog".`date +%Y%m%d`
date > $outputfile
while read ip
do
ping $ip | grep "is alive" >> $outputfile
done < ips
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

gst-thumbnail

gst-thumbnail(1)						   User Commands						  gst-thumbnail(1)

NAME

       gst-thumbnail - thumbnailer for Nautilus

SYNOPSIS

       gst-thumbnail [gst-std-options] inputfile outputfile

DESCRIPTION

       Creates a PNG thumbnail for a video file, used by Nautilus.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gst-std-options Standard options available for use with most GStreamer applications.  See gst-std-options(5) for more information.

       inputfile       A video file.

       outputfile      A PNG thumbnail file.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gst-thumbnail  Executable for thumbnailer for Nautilus

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-media		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |External			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gst-complete(1),  gst-compprep(1),  gst-feedback(1),  gst-inspect(1),  gst-launch(1), gst-md5sum(1), gst-register(1), gst-typefind(1), gst-
       xmlinspect(1), gst-xmllaunch(1), gstreamer-properties(1), nautilus(1), libgstreamer-0.8(3), libgstgetbits(3), gst-std-options(5)

NOTES

       Original man page written by the GStreamer team at http://gstreamer.net/.

       Updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    2 Sep 2004							  gst-thumbnail(1)
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