Why don't you explain what you are trying to do and also show us your expected output?
This is what I get running the code that I posted and using your variable values:
So A2[1] - A1[1] means, subtracting the first element of Variable2 with first element Variable1
Ok I got it but the code its so long and if i have a large collection (1000) I need to write number by number of the index value to do the operation, some way more simple?
Searched all over can't figure out how to compare variables of alpha and numeric characters.
Example a script that ask user to enter a password and then ask to repeat the password. (6 Replies)
Hi guys, How do I compare two variables using diff?
The way I'm thinking:
#!/bin/sh
a=cat asdf.x | wc -l
b=cat asdf.y |cut -d',' -f5 |grep -v '^$' |wc -l
diff $a $b
How to rewrite the above sciprt using only one line in command prompt? (2 Replies)
Is there any way to compare two strings for a greater or less than condition? For example, StringA is "apple" and StringB is "bonnet" and StringC is "captain". Can I only test for equal/not-equal, or is there a way to find out whether StringA is less than StringB, and StringC is greater than... (6 Replies)
Hi,
My first post to this group...
I have a need to to parse a source file which is a capture from a network analyser.
I have two fields that need to be checked:
- Field 7 represents the packet length (an integer), and
Field 4 represents a network address (e.g. 192.168.25.3)
- The... (10 Replies)
Hi All,
I got this script that pulls the Amps value from our RPC's , I basiclly want to compare the valued with a "limit" value -- if the numbers match or are greater than the definded value ...do something. My problem is I cant seem to figure out how to compare floating points...
here is... (1 Reply)
ok this is probably going to turn out to be something really stupid but i've tried to use the following command in a script but the output is just a blank screen and i have to use Ctrl c to exit it.
awk 'BEGIN {printf "%.2f\n", '${bashArray}'>='$Variable' {print '${bashArray}'}}'
the command... (2 Replies)
I am running some commands and I am trying to get an output into a variable. I am having problem when I try to put that value in while loop, it says integer value expected. What's the best way to accomplish this
remaining=$(symclone -sid XXX -f Clone_test query | grep MB | awk '{print... (1 Reply)
Hey guyz,
I have a table which shows the presence or absence of my variables (A,B,C,...) in my observations (1,2,3,...)
* A B C ...
1 1 0 1
2 1 1 0
3 1 0 0
...
I want to calculate the co-presence of my variables. to have a table shows the pairwise presence of the variables (have... (1 Reply)
Hi
PRIM_SEQ=`some sql code`
and output of PRIM_SEQ is like below
120
130
STB_SEQ=`some sql code`
and output of STB_SEQ is like below
115
110
i need to compare this two variables output ( decimal numbers)
1) What I want to do is to compare every number in the PRIM_SEQ with... (8 Replies)
compare two variables and print the difference
i have two variables
X1=rac1,rac2
Y1=rac2,rac3
output=rac1,rac3
Use code tags to wrap code fragments or data samples. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jhonnyrip
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
shell-quote
SHELL-QUOTE(1p) User Contributed Perl Documentation SHELL-QUOTE(1p)NAME
shell-quote - quote arguments for safe use, unmodified in a shell command
SYNOPSIS
shell-quote [switch]... arg...
DESCRIPTION
shell-quote lets you pass arbitrary strings through the shell so that they won't be changed by the shell. This lets you process commands
or files with embedded white space or shell globbing characters safely. Here are a few examples.
EXAMPLES
ssh preserving args
When running a remote command with ssh, ssh doesn't preserve the separate arguments it receives. It just joins them with spaces and
passes them to "$SHELL -c". This doesn't work as intended:
ssh host touch 'hi there' # fails
It creates 2 files, hi and there. Instead, do this:
cmd=`shell-quote touch 'hi there'`
ssh host "$cmd"
This gives you just 1 file, hi there.
process find output
It's not ordinarily possible to process an arbitrary list of files output by find with a shell script. Anything you put in $IFS to
split up the output could legitimately be in a file's name. Here's how you can do it using shell-quote:
eval set -- `find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 shell-quote --`
debug shell scripts
shell-quote is better than echo for debugging shell scripts.
debug() {
[ -z "$debug" ] || shell-quote "debug:" "$@"
}
With echo you can't tell the difference between "debug 'foo bar'" and "debug foo bar", but with shell-quote you can.
save a command for later
shell-quote can be used to build up a shell command to run later. Say you want the user to be able to give you switches for a command
you're going to run. If you don't want the switches to be re-evaluated by the shell (which is usually a good idea, else there are
things the user can't pass through), you can do something like this:
user_switches=
while [ $# != 0 ]
do
case x$1 in
x--pass-through)
[ $# -gt 1 ] || die "need an argument for $1"
user_switches="$user_switches "`shell-quote -- "$2"`
shift;;
# process other switches
esac
shift
done
# later
eval "shell-quote some-command $user_switches my args"
OPTIONS --debug
Turn debugging on.
--help
Show the usage message and die.
--version
Show the version number and exit.
AVAILABILITY
The code is licensed under the GNU GPL. Check http://www.argon.org/~roderick/ or CPAN for updated versions.
AUTHOR
Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
perl v5.8.4 2005-05-03 SHELL-QUOTE(1p)