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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Function doesn't work Post 302725733 by linas on Friday 2nd of November 2012 02:17:14 PM
Old 11-02-2012
Not exactly, but I see you managed to make it print the substituted value.

My desirable output is(if number read is 634):

634
A
7
2

Last edited by linas; 11-02-2012 at 03:22 PM..
 

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MAKE-PLOTS(1)							   User Commands						     MAKE-PLOTS(1)

NAME
make-plots - Plots histograms in FLAT format SYNOPSIS
make-plots [options] file.dat [file2.dat ...] OPTIONS
-h, --help show this help message and exit -n NUM_THREADS, -j NUM_THREADS, --num-threads=NUM_THREADS max number of threads to be used [8] --palatino Use Palatino as font (default). --cm Use Computer Modern as font. --times Use Times as font. --minion Use Adobe Minion Pro as font. Note: You need to set TEXMFHOME first. --ps Create PostScript output (default). --pdf Create PDF output. --eps Create Encapsulated PostScript output. --png Create PNG output. --pspng Create PS and PNG output. --pdfpng Create PDF and PNG output. --epspng Create EPS and PNG output. --tex Create TeX/LaTeX output. --no-cleanup Keep temporary directory and print its filename. --full-range Plot full y range in LogY plots. -c CONFIGFILES, --config=CONFIGFILES Plot config file to be used. Overrides internal config blocks. -v, --verbose print debug (very verbose) messages -q, --quiet be very quiet AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Lifeng Sun <lifongsun@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Rivet June 2012 MAKE-PLOTS(1)
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