The Shell way to test if you are in background:
Script tests whether STDOUT is a terminal.
For question 2, please post your exact Operating System and version and what Shell you are using. It also helps to know if the script will be normally invoked by root or another named user.
In the situation where I don't want a script executed by accident I usually call the script with an activation parameter and exit if the correct parameter is not supplied.
Hi
I am new to this forum.I need a help in the following:
We receve pipe delimited file with
transaction ID,tran_date,Quest_cd,Ans_cd,ans_value.
Same transaction ID can be repeated with different quest_cd and ans_cd.
Basically I need to check if a perticular pair of quest_cd and ans_cd... (1 Reply)
How to validate a date and optionly a time in shell scripting when i get the date and time as pararmeters that sent out with the call of the file? (in my case sh union.sh `first parameter ,second parameter...` (4 Replies)
Hi,
Can anyone provide me the code snippet for EMail Address Validation.
User is going to enter the email address in form window. I need to validate the format is correct.
Thanks in Advance
BS (3 Replies)
Hi Experts, we do have a shell script for Unix Solaris, which will kill all the process manullay, it used to work in my previous env, but now it is throwing this error.. could some one please help me to resolve it
This is how we execute the script (and this is the requirement) ... (2 Replies)
Hi, I am looking for a solution for the following problem:
Im Using tcpdump within a shellskript started in a subshell by using brackets: ( /usr/sbin/tcpdump -i ... -c 1 )
- I want the outout of tcpdump saved in a variable
- Than tcpdump-Process in the Subshell should be killed
- and I... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
I am a newbie...I would like to have a function which ll check if a file contains valid strings before "=" operator. Just to give you my requirement:
assume my file has content:
hello= gsdgsd sfdsg sgdsg sgdgdg
world= gggg hhhh iiiii
xxxx= pppp ppppp pppp
my... (1 Reply)
I need help with one of my shell script. The script is working fine but i need to add two condition -
i need to get rid of all the below ftp messages and need to have only ftp completed or failed message.
example when i run the script i get below lines -
Connected to xxxx
220 (vsFTPd... (1 Reply)
hello every one
I wrote the script to validate all the urls from my server . sourcing text file which contains the list of urls and trying to check every url and based on response printing url is up or not. the issue when i use the below code with url is printing url exist and and in loop it's... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: markjohn1
3 Replies
LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
test::script
Test::Script(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Test::Script(3pm)NAME
Test::Script - Basic cross-platform tests for scripts
DESCRIPTION
The intent of this module is to provide a series of basic tests for 80% of the testing you will need to do for scripts in the script (or
bin as is also commonly used) paths of your Perl distribution.
Further, it aims to provide this functionality with perfect platform-compatibility, and in a way that is as unobtrusive as possible.
That is, if the program works on a platform, then Test::Script should always work on that platform as well. Anything less than 100% is
considered unacceptable.
In doing so, it is hoped that Test::Script can become a module that you can safely make a dependency of all your modules, without risking
that your module won't on some platform because of the dependency.
Where a clash exists between wanting more functionality and maintaining platform safety, this module will err on the side of platform
safety.
FUNCTIONS
script_compiles
script_compiles( 'script/foo.pl', 'Main script compiles' );
The "script_compiles" test calls the script with "perl -c script.pl", and checks that it returns without error.
The path it should be passed is a relative unix-format script name. This will be localised when running "perl -c" and if the test fails the
local name used will be shown in the diagnostic output.
Note also that the test will be run with the same perl interpreter that is running the test script (and not with the default system perl).
This will also be shown in the diagnostic output on failure.
script_runs
script_runs( 'script/foo.pl', 'Main script runs' );
The "script_runs" test executes the script with "perl script.pl" and checks that it returns success.
The path it should be passed is a relative unix-format script name. This will be localised when running "perl -c" and if the test fails the
local name used will be shown in the diagnostic output.
The test will be run with the same perl interpreter that is running the test script (and not with the default system perl). This will also
be shown in the diagnostic output on failure.
SUPPORT
All bugs should be filed via the bug tracker at
<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Script>
For other issues, or commercial enhancement and support, contact the author.
AUTHOR
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
SEE ALSO
prove, <http://ali.as/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2006 - 2009 Adam Kennedy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.10.1 2009-11-24 Test::Script(3pm)