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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Using arguments Post 302569816 by Corona688 on Tuesday 1st of November 2011 04:02:28 PM
Old 11-01-2011
Whenever you find yourself writing the same 4 lines 9 times running, there's probably a better way. Smilie I'd suggest a case statement:
Code:
case "$1" in
1)    VAR1=$(grep "Primary ESA")  ;;
2)    VAR2=$(grep "Secondary ESA")  ;;
3)    VAR3=$(grep "Primary Customer") ;;

...

*)   echo "Unknown option $1" >&2 ;;
esac < "$FILENAME"

You can redirect in $FILENAME at the bottom that way, instead of repeating it over and over. Without a filename, grep just reads from standard input, which is what's being redirected at the bottom of the case statement there.
 

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utility_handlers(3)						     net-snmp						       utility_handlers(3)

NAME
utility_handlers - Simplify request processing A group of handlers intended to simplify certain aspects of processing a request for a MIB object. Modules bulk_to_next Convert GETBULK requests into GETNEXT requests for the handler. cache_handler Maintains a cache of data for use by lower level handlers. debug Print out debugging information about the handler chain being called. mode_end_call At the end of a series of requests, call another handler hook. multiplexer Splits mode requests into calls to different handlers. read_only Make your handler read_only automatically The only purpose of this handler is to return an appropriate error for any requests passed to it in a SET mode. row_merge Calls sub handlers with request for one row at a time. serialize Calls sub handlers one request at a time. stash_to_next Convert GET_STASH requests into GETNEXT requests for the handler. Detailed Description Simplify request processing A group of handlers intended to simplify certain aspects of processing a request for a MIB object. These helpers do not implement any MIB objects themselves. Rather they handle specific generic situations, either returning an error, or passing a (possibly simpler) request down to lower level handlers. Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for net-snmp from the source code. Version 5.5 23 Sep 2009 utility_handlers(3)
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