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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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firefox

FIREFOX(1)                                                      Linux User's Manual                                                     FIREFOX(1)

NAME

       firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser

SYNOPSIS

       firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]

DESCRIPTION

       Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.

USAGE

       firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable.

OPTIONS

       A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.

   GTK options
       --gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set

       --gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
              Gdk debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-debug=FLAGS
              Gtk+ debugging flags to set

       --gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
              Gtk+ debugging flags to unset

       --gtk-module=MODULE
              Load an additional Gtk module

   X11 options
       --display=DISPLAY
              X display to use

       --sync Make X calls synchronous

       --no-xshm
              Don't use X shared memory extension

       --xim-preedit=STYLE

       --xim-status=STYLE

       --g-fatal-warnings
              Make all warnings fatal

   Firefox options
       -h, -help
              Show summary of options.

       -height value
              Set height of startup window to value.

       -width value
              Set width of startup window to value.

       -v, -version
              Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.

       -CreateProfile profile
              Create profile.

       -P profile
              Start with profile.

       -ProfileManager
              Start with profile manager.

       -UILocale lang-region
              Start with lang-region resources.

       -contentLocale lang-region
              Start with lang-region resources.

       -remote command
              Execute command in an already running Firefox process.  For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html

       -no-remote
              Don't try to control an already running instance.

       -jsconsole
              Start with Javascript Console

       -chrome url
              Load the specified chrome.

       -new-window url
              Open URL in a new window if Firefox is already running.

       -new-tab url
              Open URL in a new tab if Firefox is already running.

       -preferences
              Open Firefox preferences menu.

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

       FILES  /usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
              /usr/lib/firefox/firefox - firefox executable

VERSION

       3.0

BUGS

       To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/

SEE ALSO

       mozilla(1)

AUTHORS

       The Mozilla Organization
              http://www.mozilla.org/about.html

firefox                                                          January 04, 2006                                                       FIREFOX(1)
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