Quotes do not work that way. Instead of wondering why, just test what they actually do:
Therefore, shell doesn't actually do what you think it does.
Putting variables in double-quotes is a good idea when you don't want them to split. Single quotes don't evaluate variables at all. And extra quotes inside double quotes don't get evaluated, just stick around.
Okay, I understand now.
My code is now:
This - WORKS!
This however, doesn't, with the * to denote the contents of the folder, not the folder itself, it complains about not being able to change to a directory, and the "directory" it lists, is the first file in that folder... how do I use *?
Thanks in advance.
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Sorry to bump, but I'm still having troubles with this script...could anybody point me in the right direction?
I'm trying to compile and install both most recent version of 'make' and the
most recent version of 'openssh' on my Sparc20.
I've run into the following problems... and I don't know what they mean. Can
someone please help me resolve these issues?
I'm using the 'make' version that was... (5 Replies)
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For example:
for file in $1
do
if
then
Var1=$(cat hello | egrep "that pattern" | awk '{ print $NF }')
cat $Var1
fi
done
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If ($argv == “-debug”) then
Echo “in loop”
Endif
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Similarly I am getting problem using grep command also
Grep “-debug” Filename
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Im sorry but I'm in need of help. How would I give the user the option to include the name of an html file as an arugment for the script? but if none is provided, then the script should prompt the user for the file name.
I have
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Hello,
Is there any method thorugh which script can take argument if pass otherwise if argument doesn't pass then it takes the argument from the configuration file
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chekout the code ,zip and copy to the... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am running the script
VBoxManage list vms |sed 's/"//g' | cut -d " " -f1 > har1out.mytxt
result=`cat har1out.mytxt | grep $1'
echo $result
echo $1
{
if
then
echo pass
else
echo fail
fi (2 Replies)
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atf-sh
ATF-SH(1) BSD General Commands Manual ATF-SH(1)NAME
atf-sh [-s shell] -- interpreter for shell-based test programs
SYNOPSIS
atf-sh script
DESCRIPTION
atf-sh is an interpreter that runs the test program given in script after loading the atf-sh(3) library.
atf-sh is not a real interpreter though: it is just a wrapper around the system-wide shell defined by ATF_SHELL. atf-sh executes the inter-
preter, loads the atf-sh(3) library and then runs the script. You must consider atf-sh to be a POSIX shell by default and thus should not
use any non-standard extensions.
The following options are available:
-s shell Specifies the shell to use instead of the value provided by ATF_SHELL.
ENVIRONMENT
ATF_LIBEXECDIR Overrides the builtin directory where atf-sh is located. Should not be overridden other than for testing purposes.
ATF_PKGDATADIR Overrides the builtin directory where libatf-sh.subr is located. Should not be overridden other than for testing purposes.
ATF_SHELL Path to the system shell to be used in the generated scripts. Scripts must not rely on this variable being set to select a
specific interpreter.
EXAMPLES
Scripts using atf-sh(3) should start with:
#! /usr/bin/env atf-sh
Alternatively, if you want to explicitly choose a shell interpreter, you cannot rely on env(1) to find atf-sh. Instead, you have to hardcode
the path to atf-sh in the script and then use the -s option afterwards as a single parameter:
#! /path/to/bin/atf-sh -s/bin/bash
ENVIRONMENT
ATF_SHELL Path to the system shell to be used in the generated scripts.
SEE ALSO atf-sh(3)BSD September 27, 2014 BSD