How do I check if the argument passed to a script is an integer?
I am writting a script that will take to integers and want to be able to check before I go on.
I am using bourne shell.
Thanks in advance (13 Replies)
hi, im trying to compare two variables in csh to put in an if statement, eg:
set a = $firstnum
set b = $secondnum
if ($a -ge $b) echo $a
But I get an error ("if: Expression syntax"). How can I make csh see my variables as integers?
thanks in advance! (5 Replies)
I'm trying to write an integer to a file using the write() function, but write() requires the parameter to be written to be a const void*.
How would I go about doing this?
also: using itoa() produces a " warning: implicit declaration of function 'itoa' " even though i have #included stdlib.h (2 Replies)
I have a file with the following:
87565
82155
102656
151
162
I want to write korn shell script that will read each line in a loop and remove any number that has less than 5 digits, e.g., 151 and 152.
thank you,
Keoki:confused: (4 Replies)
I would like to add 4.7 and 1.2. However I am unable to do this with expr.
Any simple ideas (even using something other than expr)?
Example:
me> expr 4 + 1
5
me> expr 4.7 + 1.2
expr: 0402-046 A specified operator requires numeric parameters. (18 Replies)
I am using gawk in a dos shell in windows xp and want to read a datafile and reformat it.
The datafile consists of columns of integers, floating point numbers and text strings. Each column is a fixed width and each column contains the same data type, eg all integers, all text.
I am looking for a... (0 Replies)
Wonderful evening to all of you!
My problem has to possible starting points.
Well, not really, but getting to either one is no problem at all.
So i got either a string in the format of "1920x1080" or simply the integers X = 1920 and Y = 1080.
When I am done, I would like to have an output... (5 Replies)
Hy friends, I am newbie to bash scripting, can anyone explain how b=${a/23/BB} # Substitute "BB" for "23". this line converts "b" into string and and "d" into Integer. Thanks in advance (4 Replies)
Hi,
I'm totally new at this, so help will be appreciated.
I have a directory with a bunch of files in it. The files are named xinteger_yinteger_zinteger.vtk (eg, x3_y0_z-1.vtk). I want to read the filenames and then assign the integers to variables that I then can use in expressions. So, for... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I can't figure out what I'm missing. I'm running a query to see if there are any streams recording on my DVR before starting a scripted update. I'm guessing that it is viewing $VIDEO as a string instead of an int. I've tried everything I saw on google but it still comes back as $VIDEO is... (8 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
timeout
TIMEOUT(1) BSD General Commands Manual TIMEOUT(1)NAME
timeout -- run a command with a time limit
SYNOPSIS
timeout [--signal sig | -s sig] [--preserve-status] [--kill-after time | -k time] [--foreground] <duration> <command> <args ...>
DESCRIPTION
timeout starts the command with its args. If command is still running after duration, it is killed. By default, SIGTERM. is sent.
--preserve-status Always exits with the same status as command even if it times out.
--foreground Do not propagate timeout to the command children.
-s sig, --signal sig Specify the signal to send on timeout. By default, SIGTERM. is sent.
-k time, --kill-after time Send a second kill signal if command is still running after time after the first signal was sent.
DURATION FORMAT
duration and time can be integer or decimal numbers. Values without unit symbols are interpreted as seconds.
Supported unit symbols are:
s seconds
m minutes
h hours
d days
EXIT STATUS
If the timeout was not reached, the exit status of command is returned.
If the timeout was reached and --preserve-status is set, the exit status of command is returned. If --preserve-status is not set, an exit
status of 124 is returned.
If command exits after receiving a signal, the exit status returned is the signal number plus 128.
If command is an invalid command, the exit status returned is 126.
If command is a non existing command, the exit status returned is 127.
If an invalid parameter is passed to -s or -k, the exit status return is 125.
SEE ALSO kill(1), signal(3)BSD Oct 28, 2014 BSD