The first thing I've noticed is the missing shebang/hashbang (something like #!/bin/bash) in the very first line.
cd /$line/ I think the first slash should be removed, unless you're running this script from the root "/" directory.
set a=`grep ENDMDL my_docking.pdb | wc -l` should not work in bash. Try a=`grep ENDMDL my_docking.pdb | wc -l` instead.
Demonstration:
Quote:
Originally Posted by chrisjorg
What's the difference ...
$line: variable will expand "$line": variable will expand safely, e.g. preserving whitespaces in filenames (good practice + recommended) '$line': variable will *not* expand, it's treated as a *literal* string $line
Demonstration:
Most likely, '{'$b'}' also needs to be replaced by either ${b} or "$b"
I'm trying to write a simple script that takes all the .tar.gz files in a directory and verifies them by using the gzip -tv command:
for zip in *.tar.gz
do
gzip -tv $zip
if ; then #Check return code from tar
echo "File ${zip} verified OK."
exit... (4 Replies)
I am trying to create a shell that asks the user to enter their name, and compare it to my own by saying we have the same name or saying my name and that they have a nice name too. Here is my script...
#!/bin/bash-x
echo "Enter your name".
read name
if
then
echo "My name is Adam too"... (1 Reply)
Hello forum,
I hope my problem is easy to solve for someone in here!
My main task is to copy a large amount of imap-accounts from one server to another. There is a tool (Perl) called imapsync which does the job exellent. Unfortunately I'm only able to run it on one account at a time.
After... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I have seen this syntax,
{ ;;};quite often and I don't know what it means exactly.
It seems like a distinctive thing of Bash, so it's been used for the logo of the last bug,
ShellShock: All you need to know about the Bash Bug vulnerability | Symantec Connect
I have also seen... (3 Replies)
howdy,
so I'm make a plugin work for Nagios, and the commandline is:
/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_mssql -H MySQLServerName -u MySqlAccountName -p MyPassword(#XXXXX -d MyDatabaseName
it is barfing with:
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
Thoughts?
Do I have to wrap something... (2 Replies)
The below bash function uses multiple variables CODING, SAMPLE, SURVEY, andvariant
in it. The user selects the cap function and details are displayed on the screen using the $SURVEY variable, the directory is changed to $SAMPLE and the samples.txt is opened so the user can select the sample to... (6 Replies)
In the bash function below if the user selets "y" then the menu function is called and if they select "n" the move function is called. That all seems to work, my question is after the files are moved an echo,
line in bold is displayed and another function called backup is called. I am getting a... (1 Reply)
I am sharing a code snippet.
for (( i=0; i<=$(( $count -1 )); i++ ))
do
first=${barr2}
search=${barr1}
echo $first
echo "loop begins"
for (( j=0; j<=5000; j++ ))
do
if } == $search ]]; then
echo $j
break;
fi
done
second=${harr2}
echo $second (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
line
line(1) User Commands line(1)NAME
line - read one line
SYNOPSIS
line
DESCRIPTION
The line utility copies one line (up to and including a new-line) from the standard input and writes it on the standard output. It returns
an exit status of 1 on EOF and always prints at least a new-line. It is often used within shell files to read from the user's terminal.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is:
0 Successful completion
>0 End-of-file on input.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sh(1), read(2), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 1 Feb 1995 line(1)