Bash Script Issues (If statement for file copying)
Writing a bash script for use with Geektool, pulls the battery info, and shuffles images around so that an Image geeklet can display the correct expression as the desktop background. (Eventually I intend to make it more intricate, based on more variables, and add more expressions)
I'm extremely new to the language, but the script below did return a result the first time I ran it through Geektool. The only problem is that the variable did not match the result (batt at 95%, result was for 5% and below). It stopped working after that.
The percentage display works every time, but that's most likely because I didn't write that part of the script, I scavenged it. I'd rather use a variable than rerun the calculation over and over, but I couldn't get it to work.
Hi,
I'm having a few issues with rsh. I'm trying to copy data from one host to another using tar with the following command:
tar -cf - /data | rsh xx.xx.xx.xx tar -xf -
I'm copying the data from an X4100 to an X4140 server and have done this before with no issues. But with these... (1 Reply)
Hello
I need assistance with a bash script that needs to tell me whether in the last "x" days (which is a variable) anyone connected to the xxxx IP (which is another variable).
Thank you! (1 Reply)
Hi.
The below part of my bash script kicks out the following error message:
$ ./extract_eod_report_stats_new.sh 2010-04-23
./extract_eod_report_stats_new.sh: line 204: syntax error near unexpected token `('
./extract_eod_report_stats_new.sh: line 204: `TRANSACTIONS_RECEIVED_TOP=`grep... (6 Replies)
I have one file "file.a.b.c-d.r" that I would like to use to spawn 4 other files:
"file.a.b.1-A.r"
"file.a.b.1-B.r"
"file.a.b.1-C.r"
"file.a.b.1-D.r"
where the field "c-d" changes into my 1 and A-D.
I was doing this manually at the prompt with
> cp "file.a.b.c-d.r" "file.a.b.1-A.r"
>... (13 Replies)
So what i am trying to do is write a script that takes in any number of scrambeled words and unscrambles them.
I have already addressed the issues of partial matches, exits silently if there are no matches, and finds words regardless of case that they were input. but while trying to get it so... (3 Replies)
Hi, i want to rename a group of directories and files of my music, some items are like this:
- , for directories.
- , for files.
I want to do something like this:
, for directories.
, for files.
This is my code:
#!/bin/bash
for fname in *.mp3; do
echo item: $fname
mv... (2 Replies)
Hey guys,
I've registered here as I need urgent help. This is assignment for school and as you can see below I've completed the work. I'm simply stuck on one area.
:wall:
This script takes the first parameter (which is to be the new extension) and each parameter after that is a file... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I'm new to this forum and like to first of all say hello to everyone.
I've got a really annoying problem at the moment.
I'm trying to rsync some files (about 200MB with one file of 120MB) from a Raspberry PI with raspbian to a debian server via rsync.
This procedure is stored in a... (3 Replies)
Dear All,
I have a situation where I want to copy some files of type .txt.
These files are o/p from one program. Some of the files are named as
fileName .txt instead of fileName.txt
after fileName by mistake I have specified "space". Now I want to move these files as follows.
mv fileName*... (13 Replies)
The bash stores each uniqueid in an array and then passes them to %q to get the unique path. That seems to work what I am having trouble with is renaming each .png with the unique value in %q. I thought it was working but upon closer inspection, a .png file is being sent to scp.... but only 1 and... (21 Replies)
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sysprofile
SYSPROFILE(8) System Manager's Manual SYSPROFILE(8)NAME
sysprofile - modular centralized shell configuration
DESCRIPTION
sysprofile is a generic approach to configure shell settings in a modular and centralized way mostly aimed at avoiding work for lazy sysad-
mins. It has only been tested to work with the bash shell.
It basically consists of the small /etc/sysprofile shell script which invokes other small shell scripts having a .bash suffix which are
contained in the /etc/sysprofile.d/ directory. The system administrator can drop in any script he wants without any naming convention
other than that the scripts need to have a .bash suffix to enable automagic sourcing by /etc/sysprofile.
This mechanism is set up by inserting a small shell routine into /etc/profile for login shells and optionally into /etc/bashrc and/or
/etc/bash.bashrc for non-login shells from where the actual /etc/sysprofile script is invoked:
if [ -f /etc/sysprofile ]; then
. /etc/sysprofile
fi
For using "sysprofile" under X11, one can source it in a similar way from /etc/X11/Xsession or your X display manager's Xsession file to
provide the same shell environment as under the console in X11. See the example files in /usr/share/doc/sysprofile/ for illustration.
For usage of terminal emulators with a non-login bash shell under X11, take care to enable sysprofile via /etc/bash.bashrc. If not set
this way, your terminal emulators won't come up with the environment defined by the scripts in /etc/sysprofile.d/.
Users not wanting /etc/sysprofile to be sourced for their environment can easily disable it's automatic mechanism. It can be disabled by
simply creating an empty file called $HOME/.nosysprofile in the user's home directory using e.g. the touch(1) command.
Any single configuration file in /etc/sysprofile.d/ can be overridden by any user by creating a private $HOME/.sysprofile.d/ directory
which may contain a user's own version of any configuration file to be sourced instead of the system default. It's names have just to
match exactly the system's default /etc/sysprofile.d/ configuration files. Empty versions of these files contained in the $HOME/.syspro-
file.d/ directory automatically disable sourcing of the system wide version.
Naturally, users can add and include their own private script inventions to be automagically executed by /etc/sysprofile at login time.
OPTIONS
There are no options other than those dictated by shell conventions. Anything is defined within the configuration scripts themselves.
SEE ALSO
The README files and configuration examples contained in /etc/sysprofile.d/ and the manual pages bash(1), xdm(1x), xdm.options(5), and
wdm(1x). Recommended further reading is everything related with shell programming.
If you need a similar mechanism for executing code at logout time check out the related package syslogout(8) which is a very close compan-
ion to sysprofile.
BUGS
sysprofile in its current form is mainly restricted to bash(1) syntax. In fact it is actually a rather embarrassing quick and dirty hack
than anything else - but it works. It serves the practical need to enable a centralized bash configuration until something better
becomes available. Your constructive criticism in making this into something better" is very welcome. Before i forget to mention it: we
take patches... ;-)
AUTHOR
sysprofile was developed by Paul Seelig <pseelig@debian.org> specifically for the Debian GNU/Linux system. Feel free to port it to and use
it anywhere else under the conditions of either the GNU public license or the BSD license or both. Better yet, please help to make it into
something more worthwhile than it currently is.
SYSPROFILE(8)