dswitch=1 literally means that value 1 is assigned to the variable dswitch, but I used that variable name to "remember" that the script was started with the "-d" option. One could interpret it as "script started with -d option?"="YES".
It's related to the second if statement in the for loop, which decides if all subfolders of a specific directory need to be shown too or not.
Thank you very much, but what must I change for give one parameter ?
I want to give ./test1.sh Desktop only first and then I want to give two directories ./test1.sh Documents Desktop and then the parameters I implement -d -f
Is this the line I have to changed ? Into if [$# -lt 1 ] ?
Hi,
I'm trying to allow people to access the contents of a folder on a web site, I am automatically placing files in this folder for people to download. I'm using Apache on Mac OS X, if that makes a difference.
Can anyone help with this? I've found no documentation on this so far...
... (6 Replies)
I need to make a new dir in side the dir lab5 the new dir is called testLab5
without changing directories copy all files from your lab5 directory into your testLab5 directory
then i have to
without chaning directories and using exactly one command remove all files that start with the... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am a new learner of Unix. I am currently working on a Solaris 8 machine. Earlier, when I use 'cd <folder name>' command, I am not only able to change the folder but also able to see the contents of the folder as if a 'ls -lt' command was executed. However, since a week, suddenly this... (3 Replies)
Hello everyone....
I have a small issue here at work and I am trying to script out a way to automate a fix for it. I have a small number of users (I work in a 1:1 with 6,000 macbooks) that aren't really managed in my deployment. They are managed with a few policies, but the policies are broken... (2 Replies)
I use diff -r dir1 dir2 to get comparison of two folders that are on same machine.
Now I need the same thing but one of the folders is on a different machine.
Currently I ftp the folder to a temp folder compare using above command and delete the temp folder.
Is there any other better options?... (5 Replies)
I am working on HP Unix. Require a script for the below requirement.
Requirement are:
1. Need to create a folder with files.
2. The folder should have a naming convention like - LRIC_ARCHIVE_ddmmyyhhmmss_version_nnn, the version number needs to be selected from an oracle table.
3. When the... (4 Replies)
Hi experts,
I am coming to you with this basic question on copying a folder and its content from one location to another folder using PERL script.
This is my requirement.
I have a folder AB under /users/myhome
I want to copy AB and its contents to /user/workspace.
Finally it should... (1 Reply)
Hi one of the output of the command is as below
# sed -n "/CCM-ResourceHealthCheck:/,/---------/{/CCM-ResourceHealthCheck:/d;/---------/d;p;}" Automation.OutputZ$zoneCounter | sed 's/$/<br>/'
Resource List : <br>
*************************** 1. row ***************************<br>
... (2 Replies)
for dir in BKP/*/
do
echo You are in :$dir
done
O/P
--
BKP/201448/
BKP/201449/
BKP/201450/
BKP/201451/
BKP/201452/
BKP/201501/
BKP/201502/
BKP/201503/
BKP/201504/
BKP/201505/
BKP/201506/
BKP/201507/ (3 Replies)
what is the best way to move the contents of a folder to another one without deleting the structure of the first one. the contents could include subfolder too.
both folder, the source-folder and the target-folder are on the same host.
any idea is appreciated . (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: andy2000
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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)