In BASH, how does ||: get interpreted. I know || is logical or. And I believe : evaluates to true. Can someone give a thorough explanation for this usage?
Probably a simple one.
Basically I am retrieving a number from a file - setting a variable against it and then incrementing this by 1 and using this as an entry number in a log file for messages. I need the variable to re-evalute itself each time I call it so I get the latest number in the file -... (1 Reply)
Hi,
Could someone please help me with how to do the following?
Say I have a flat file test.lst and the content of the file is:
Report Date - `date '+%m%d%Y'`
I'm trying the following
while read myLine
do
echo ${myLine}
done<test.lst
This prints Report Date - `date... (1 Reply)
I have variables:
FOO="Text"
BAR="FOO"
I'd like to be able to evaluate the variable named as the value of $BAR.
echo $FOO
Text
echo $BAR
FOO
This is what I'd like to do:
echo ${$BAR} (this won't work)
Text (3 Replies)
Let's say for example that we have two different ways was can code the exact same program to achieve the same result.
What is the best way to determine which of the two methods is the best solution?
Is it as simple as basing it on how long the program takes to run or is there a more... (4 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a script that runs perfectly from cmd, but in the cron it gives a strange ':::::::::::::::' output instead of evaluating the part inside the quotes.
this is the script:
bash-3.00# more test
#!/bin/ksh
#-----swap---
TEMP_FILE=/HealthCheck/test/file.txt
swap -s | tee... (1 Reply)
How to evaluate the value of a variable ?
For example:
a=var
$a=value !!!error happens!!!
I want to evaluate var=value, how to realize it?
Thanks!
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I am using linux bash.
a=var
$a=value... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to set a variable that has time the format desired. And my intention is to echo variable (instead of actual date command) everytime I like to echo date. Please take a look at below code.
$NOW=''
echo $NOW
After 5 minutes
$echo $NOW
Issue here is , I am not... (2 Replies)
I want to create a conditional expression string and pass in an awk script. My script is as below...
comm="\$3 == "hello""
awk -F "^T" -v command="${comm}" ' {
if ( command ) { print "hye" }
}' testBut the statement "if ( command )" always evaluates to true which is not... (5 Replies)
I have to display only those subscribers which are in "unconnected state" and the date is 90 days older than today's date.
Below command is used for this purpose:
cat vfsubscriber_20170817.csv | sed -e 's/^"//' -e '1d' | \
nawk -F '",' '{if ( (substr($11,2,4) == 2017) && ( substr($11,2,8)... (1 Reply)