{bash scripting} Multiline initialisation of string variable
Hello,
The task is quite simple. I need to initialise а string variable and assign to it a very long value. For the reason of readability I want to devide this long value into equal parts and place each part at a separate line.
For instance, I have -
and I want to make it multiline but with equal meaning -
i.e. eventually between "QWERTU" there shouldn't be any space or enything else if we echo it, and the string have to be equal to previous initialisation.
In a bash script I've set a variable that is the directory name of where an executable lives.
the_dir=`dirname $which myscript`
which equates to something like "/path/to/dir/bin"
I need to cut that down to remove the "bin" so I now have "/path/to/dir/".
This sounds easy but as a... (2 Replies)
Hey,
So I've run into a problem, due to my limited knowledge of Bash scripting.
Basically I've got a long script and I want to understand it before I even try and edit it. As long as I don't understand the script, I will not bother editing it.
Anyway, the following variable confuses me... (5 Replies)
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I dont want to use high level languages like java,python or perl for doing the job. (2 Replies)
Hi ,I am trying to assign string to variable ,but it doesn't work
Also could you show me different ways to use grep,(I am trying to get the first,second and first column form file,and I am counting the chars)
let name=`grep "$id" product | cut -c6-20` (25 Replies)
Hello,
Why is this not working in a script?
files="test.fsa"
echo $files
for file in $files
do
if
then
echo "$file does not exist."
fi
run a command
done
I get an error saying (3 Replies)
Hello All,
I am learning BASH scripting and I would appreciate any help with a small problem I am having...
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Hi,
I've been stuck for several days on this. Using grep on a command line, I can use quotes, eg...
grep 'pattern of several words' filename
I want to do this in my bash script. In my script I have captured the several command line arguments (eg arg1 arg2) into a variable:
variable=$@
I... (2 Replies)
Hi all
I have data files which contain data as shown below:
Line 5: FIDE
INST_DESC: DIAM Co Ltd/Japan => MAID Co Ltd/Japan
INST_NME: DIAM Co Ltd/Japan => MAID Co Ltd/Japan
Line 6: FIDE
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I'm trying to write a basic bash script that takes input you give (what directory, if any, what name, if any ....) and passes the information to find.
I'm trying to just create a string with all variables and then pass it to find. So far I have this extremely simple:
#!/bin/bash -f
... (2 Replies)
Hi All;
I have 2 variable let's say $A and $B. These are actually some remotely executed command outputs. I captured these values in my local variables. Here is my problem. When I try to do some arithmetic operation with these variables, I receive an error message. Neither expr nor typeset -i... (3 Replies)
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ltostr(3C)ltostr(3C)NAME
ltostr(), ultostr(), ltoa(), ultoa() - convert long integers to strings
SYNOPSIS
Obsolescent Interfaces
DESCRIPTION
Convert a signed long integer to the corresponding string
representation in the specified base. The argument base must be between 2 and 36, inclusive.
Convert an unsigned long integer to the corresponding string
representation in the specified base. The argument base must be between 2 and 36, inclusive.
Convert a signed long integer to the corresponding base 10
string representation, returning a pointer to the result.
Convert an unsigned long integer to the corresponding base 10
string representation, returning a pointer to the result.
These functions are smaller and faster than using for simple conversions (see printf(3S)).
Obsolescent Interfaces
convert long integers to strings.
ERRORS
If the value of base is not between 2 and 36, and return NULL and set the external variable to ERANGE.
WARNINGS
The return values for and point to data whose content is overwritten by subsequent calls to these functions by the same thread.
and are obsolescent interface supported only for compatibility with existing DCE applications. New multi-threaded applications should use
and
AUTHOR
and were developed by HP.
SEE ALSO strtol(3C), printf(3S), thread_safety(5).
ltostr(3C)