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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Help with bash scripting in cygwin Post 302878461 by jamie_123 on Friday 6th of December 2013 08:55:08 AM
Old 12-06-2013
Help with bash scripting in cygwin
Hi,

I am trying to write a bash script, to open firefox and then open a local webpage in a tab. This is a shell of what I have

Code:
#! /bin/sh
alias firefox='/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe'
$URL='/cygdrive/d/Playback.html'
firefox &
sleep 1
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 #6 7 8 9 10
do
echo $i
for j in 1 #2 3 4 5 #6 7 8 9 10
do
echo $j
firefox -new-tab $URL
done
done

From what I understand, I think bash cannot read the file in /cygdrive/d/Playback.html as it doesnot understand the /cygdrive partition. I tried the windows notation as well, which didn't work. Could someone help me in doing this.

Thanks.

---------- Post updated at 02:55 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:42 PM ----------

Just realized my mistake. Stupid. I was using $ in the assignment statement.

Code:
#! /bin/sh
alias firefox='/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe'
URL="D:\Playback.html"
firefox &
sleep 1
for i in 1 2 3 4 5 #6 7 8 9 10
do
echo $i
for j in 1 #2 3 4 5 #6 7 8 9 10
do
echo $j
firefox -new-tab $URL
done
done

 

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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS

firefox

firefox(1)							   User Commands							firefox(1)

NAME

       firefox - Firefox for Sun Java Desktop System

SYNOPSIS

       firefox [options ... ] [url]

DESCRIPTION

       Firefox	is  a  free, open-source web browser based on the Mozilla codebase.  It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages
       over other browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -height value	       Set the height of startup window to value.

       -h or -help	       Display the help message.

       -width value	       Set the width of startup window to value.

       -v or -version	       Display the version message.

       -P profile	       Start with the profile named: profile.

       -ProfileManager	       Start with profile manager.

       -UILocale locale        Start with the UI Locale listed: locale.

       -safe-mode	       Disables extensions and themes for this session.

       -jsconsole	       Open the JavaScript console.

       -browser 	       Open a browser window.

       -setDefaultBrowser      Set this app as the default browser.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching Firefox

       example% firefox

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       1	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/firefox

	   Executable for Firefox application

       $HOME/.mozilla/firefox

	   User configuration files for Firefox

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWfirefox		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       For more information about firefox, please refer to http://www.mozilla.org/firefox

       Refer to Help->Help Contents for more information.

NOTES

       Updated by Evan Yan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    10 Jul 2008 							firefox(1)
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