Assuming you are using ksh or bash, and if your config file contains just shell assignment statement like
then you can source (sometimes called dotting in) the file. For instance, if the above exists in the file xxx.cfg in your bin directory, then the script(s) that need it can source it like this:
Sourcing a file (in Kshell or bash) causes the shell to open the named file and parse the contents as though they were a part of the script that it is executing. It is possible to put more than just assignment statements in the file being source; any valid shell statement can be included, but that's moving beyond the topic of this thread.
If your configuration file has a different format, or you are not using ksh, bash or a shell that supports sourcing like this, then as CodeManiac indicated please post more information.
Greetings Friends,
Suppose I wish to invoke some shell level commands inside an awk script how to do that?
say I wish to use : "wc" on a record to count number of characters in a record
Any clues?
Thanks,
Rishi (1 Reply)
I want to log into a remote server transfer over a new config and then backup the existing config, replace with the new config.
I am not sure if I can do this with BASH scripting.
I have set up password less login by adding my public key to authorized_keys file, it works.
I am a little... (1 Reply)
Hi ,
I have a situation i need to write a while loop until the end of control file.In the control file i have a 5 lines which contains commands.how can i execute all with out waiting for the first one to complete.
Ex ControlFile:
ScripitName Test
ScriptName Test1
ScriptName Test2
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Hi All,
Please let me know how do I execute some of the shell commands like cat, find ,grep within sftp.
Any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to write a shell script which execute certain commands within certain folders in each user's home directories
I started off with a bash script -
#!/bin/csh -f
su -l cvsusr1
cvs -d /home/cvsadm/repository status
But the shell script finishes immediately after... (1 Reply)
Please help with this simple example. I can not figure out how to do it. A file named “job” contains only this one line:var=5I need a script to read the job file and execute it as a command. This is my attempt (it does not work):#!/bin/sh
exec < job
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I frequently use some commands, which I want to save in some file say myregularshell.shthese are the commands I use, I tried saving and executing, but couldn't get the preview of execution, and result is also not coming if I copy same commands and paste it on terminal result is coming
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hi,
is there a way i can execute a batch file containing ftp commands like we execute sftp batch file.
sftp -b batchfile user@server > output
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Hi,
The below command is not giving me the count , Can somebody help me in re-writing this pls .
Proc_Exist=`ssh -q -o "BatchMode=yes" -o "PasswordAuthentication=no" $OAUSER@${Primary_Node} ps -ef |
grep -v grep | grep "${ICM_Proc}" |wc -l `
Also the same problem with below... (13 Replies)
Hi Friends,
We have a application "getstatus" which needs to run on application prompt.
But it is not working with shell script.
Example:
Unix Root Prompt#
execute "crp" to go to application prompt
CRP>getstatus
displays output of app health
CRP>exit
Unix Root Prompt#
Script , which... (2 Replies)
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surfraw-update-path
SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)NAME
surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files
SYNOPSIS
surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help] [-shell=SHELL]
DESCRIPTION
surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your PATH in your shell's config file.
Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es
Don't forget to login again or source your login files for it to take effect.
OPTIONS -check
Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present. This is the default.
-add
Adds the surfraw config code.
-remove
Removes the surfraw config code
-sys
Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user. Must be done as root.
-shell=SHELL
Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL environment variable.
Currently supported shells are:
sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es.
-all
Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells
-help
Gives a usage message
RETURN VALUE -check returns 0 if the surfraw code is present in the file, 1 if it is not found, or 2 on error.
All other options return 0 on success, or 2 on error.
ENVIRONMENT
SHELL
Used to determine which shell to configure, if -shell is not given.
HOME
Used to find users config files.
ENV Used by posix-compliant shells to specify a startup rc file.
ZDOTDIR
Used to find user config files for zsh. If not set, defaults to HOME.
SEE ALSO surfraw(1), sh(1), ash(1), bash(1), dash(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), ksh(1), pdksh(1), zsh(1), rc(1), es(1)AUTHOR
Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>
perl v5.12.4 2011-07-12 SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)