No worries, I explain in greater detail. It might very well be that I do not understand you.
I have a process A that depends on two processes.
Process B is the one assigned to the file server.log
Process C is if a user writes something
If data comes from B or C should process A run
Pseudocode something like:
I do not know how to write something like this:
A problem with another solution like this is that it is locked on the tail line
And the same problem with a solution like this is that it is locked on the tail line
I hope I explained my problem better and if not do not hesitate to ask again.
Hi,
The gcc compiler has warned about using gets(), so I've been trying my hand at getline.
Problem is that I've been able to read from a file, but what I really need is to read from a user's input.
I want to use getline like a scanf() command, but I can't figure what to substitute for the fp... (6 Replies)
Hiii
I wanna a read a line of text from standard input. The user enter data like this way
name phone_no month1_salary month2_salary
that is user enter the name ,phone no and salary of 2 months in a single line by giving spaces. I wanna add the 3rd and 4th fields ...ie add both... (4 Replies)
I am trying to script simply data transfer. I would like to have the user input the source "SRC" (/Volumes/DriveName/Users/johnq123) and then name the directory that the copied information will go to, "DST" . put I can't get it to work -
#!/bin/bash
... (8 Replies)
Hi All,
I am working on a script which requires an input from user within one 1 min.
So if the user gives the required input within 1 min., it will execute on the basis of input provided by the user.Other wise it will execute on a default value(hard coded inside the script).
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I need to write a bourne shell script (solaris 10) that accepts input from the user. The input will be a command- any command like ls/ pwd/ mv etc. After the input is read, the shell must execute the command supplied by the user.
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Below is a simple script to prompt for user input while suggesting an editable default value at the prompt:
shortname=user1
read -e -i $shortname -p "Please enter the username you would like to add: " input
USERNAME="${input:-$shortname}"
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I am creating a bash that uses perl . The below code closes before the input is entered. If I run the perl as a .pl it is fine. What am I doing wrong? Thank you :).
#!/bin/bash
cd 'C:\Users\cmccabe\Desktop\wget'
wget -O getCSV.txt http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx/data/getCSV.csv
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Hi,
i am working on one automation , for that i have writing one shell program that take user input in "while read line" block. but read command is taking value that is readed by While block.
while read line; do
command 1;
command 2
echo -n "Do you want to continute > "
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Hi,
This query is a part of a much more lengthy script.
I wish to look for all the files in a folder named "data" which in this case has two files i.e. plan.war and agent.properties. For all the files found under data I wish to ask the user as to where they wish copy the files to.
Below,... (14 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
line
line(1) User Commands line(1)NAME
line - read one line
SYNOPSIS
line
DESCRIPTION
The line utility copies one line (up to and including a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns
an exit status of 1 on EOF and always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is:
0 Successful completion
>0 End-of-file on input.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 1 Feb 1995 line(1)