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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need assistance with a file issue and a terminal issue Post 302607899 by MrMagoo22 on Thursday 15th of March 2012 03:27:38 PM
Old 03-15-2012
Need assistance with a file issue and a terminal issue

Hello everyone, I'm in need of some assistance. I'm currently enrolled in an introductory UNIX shell programming course and, well halfway through the semester, we are receiving our first actual assignment. I've somewhat realized now that I've fallen behind, and I'm working to get caught up, but for now I really could use some clarification on the two different tasks I need to setup in csh.

First one I've got about halfway finished. The assignment is to write a csh script that takes in a file and a directory name as parameters, validates that both arguments exist, then reads in a list of file names located in the parameter file and creates backups of those files within the param directory. I've got the permissions down, and I think I can handle creating the backup files, but I can't figure out any good way to read the file names from within the param file. Any commands I should be aware of here?

Second, and I haven't quite gotten very far on this one just yet, I need to create a simple script program which displays a welcome message to the user that opens it, but is only accessible from a specific terminal. Accessing the script from a different terminal should cause the program to immediately exit. Seems simple enough, but I don't know how to access the terminal ID or find any way to identify it.

If anyone is feeling generous enough to offer some assistance/clarification, I would greatly appreciate some help here. I'm pretty well stuck.
 

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bioutil(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						bioutil(1)

NAME
bioutil -- tool for viewing/changing Touch ID configuration and listing/deleting enrolled fingerprints SYNOPSIS
bioutil {-r | -w [-f { 0 | 1 }] [-u { 0 | 1 }] [-a { 0 | 1 }]} | [-c] | [-p] | [-d <uid>] [-s] DESCRIPTION
bioutil provides the possibility of viewing and changing Touch ID configuration, both system-wide and user-specific. It also allows listing and deleting enrolled fingerprints. OPTIONS
-r, --read Read Touch ID configuration. -w, --write Write Touch ID configuration. -s, --system Indicates that system-wide configuration is to be read/written (user-specific configuration is the default) or that a system-wide list/delete operation is to be performed. -f, --function Enables (1) or disables (0) overall Touch ID functionality (system-wide configuration only). -u, --unlock Enables (1) or disables (0) Touch ID for unlock. -a, --applepay Enables (1) or disables (0) Touch ID for ApplePay (user-specific configuration only). -c, --count Provides number of enrolled fingerprints of the current user or of all users (when run with -s as an administrator) -p, --purge Deletes all enrolled fingerprints of the current user or of all users (when run with -s as an administrator) -d, --delete Deletes all enrolled fingerprints of the user with given user ID (must be run as an administrator) EXAMPLES
bioutil -r Reads Touch ID configuration for the current user. bioutil -r -s Reads system-wide Touch ID configuration. bioutil -w -u 1 Enables Touch ID for unlock for the current user. sudo bioutil -w -s -u 0 Disables Touch ID for unlock for the whole system. bioutil -c Prints the number of enrolled fingerprints of the current user. bioutil -p Deletes all enrolled fingerprints of the current user. sudo bioutil -c -s Prints numbers of enrolled fingerprints of all enrolled users. sudo bioutil -p -s Deletes all fingerprints from the system. sudo bioutil -s -d 501 Deletes all fingerprints of user 501. Darwin May 31, 2019 Darwin
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