I need to create a shell script having the menu with few options such as
1. Listing 2. Change permissions 3. Modify Contents 4. Delete Files 5. Exit
1. For 1. Listing: Display a special listing of files showing their date of modification and access time (side by side) along with their... (2 Replies)
Hi, I'm having problems with a script where I wanted every single option specified in the command line to have an argument taken with it, but for some reason only d works in the code I will be showing below.
For example if I did ./thisfile -a something
it would come up with "a chosen with " as... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Unexpectedly, the function below doesn't seem to work
when called a second time. The output shows that when
the function is called the first time, it works as expected
but when it is called a second time, the loop that processes
the options passed to the function, with the while loop,... (2 Replies)
Hello All,
I have shell script as below in a.ksh.
#! /usr/bin/ksh
while getopts a: b: ab:f: VAR
do
case $VAR in
a) A=${OPTARG}
echo $A;;
b) B=${OPTARG}
echo $B;;
ab) AB=${OPTARG}
echo $AB ;;
f) F=${OPTARG}
echo $F ;;
esac
done
When I execute sh a.ksh -a 1 -b 2 -ab 3 -f 4 as below... (7 Replies)
i have the following scenario want to run the following script with manadory and optional argumnets
Manadory options are :
filename=""
port=""
optional arguments
type -t
balances -b bal
prices -p
./test filename port -t A -b bal
my code i have that won't parse the options is... (1 Reply)
I'm using getopts to process command line args in a Bash script. The code looks like this:
while getopts ":cfmvhs:t:" option; do
case $option in
c) operationMode="CHECK"
;;
f) operationMode="FAST"
;;
m) ... (6 Replies)
Heyas
Just recently there was a thread about parsing arguments, where i read the first time about getopts.
This said, i'd like to 'provide' a list function that can be 'trigered' using an 'option'(?).
The regarding code snippets are:
while getopts... (7 Replies)
EDIT: -- SOLVED --
Heyas,
Getting used to optargs, but by far not understanding it.
So i have that script that shall be 'changeable', trying to use the passed arguments to modify the script visuals.
Passing:
browser -t test -d sect $HOME
Where -t should change the title,
and -d... (0 Replies)
Hello Gurus :)
I'm "currently" (for the last ~2weeks) writing a script to build ffmpeg with some features from scratch.
This said, there are quite a few features, libs, to be downloaded, compiled and installed, so figured, writing functions for some default tasks might help.
Specialy since... (3 Replies)
here is my script that expects the user to run it like
./best.sh -f /tmp/log.txt
more best.sh
#!/bin/bash
while getopts ":f:" opt; do
case $opt in
f) file_in="$OPTARG"
;;
\?) echo "Invalid option -$OPTARG" >&2
;;
esac
done uname -a
SunOS mymac 5.11 11.2 sun4v... (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
echo
echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS -n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.11 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)