Of course it is possible to prompt the user for some input in perl, but it's somehow hard to use this input outside of the script, especially in the case of this one-liner, thus following bash script might be a viable workaround:
SCO Open Server 5
A program that I am working with outputs data to a system or printer with the traditional output
> lp
This output line along with some other job output formatting information is stored as a defined output within the program so that the average user scrolls the list of... (0 Replies)
Hi,
I am attempting to write a BASH shell script that will prompt users for responses before accomplishing some tasks. Due to the top-to-bottom nature of shell scripts, asking users questions in sequence is quite easy. However, I am interested in allowing users to go back to and re-answer... (1 Reply)
Hi, I was wondering how to change the prompt for my ssh login. At the moment it is like
user>
while I'd like it to be as
user@host>
It is in the .bash_profile or .ssh ??? Thanks (2 Replies)
Hi,
I tried to create a user through smit and command and getting the error:
3004-698 Error committing changes
Please suggest.
Regards,
Ravi Dwivedi (1 Reply)
Please forgive this newbie question. I have a need to create a script that asks a user for information. Something like:
What is the name: $NAME_TYPED_HERE
Is $NAME_TYPED_HERE Correct ? YES (NO would go back to -What is the Name-)
mkdir then goes on behind the scene and makes folder called... (1 Reply)
Hey
Am new to scripting in aix 5.3
I need to write a script to limit a user's logon prompt to an interactive menu based upon logon and nothing else.
Any ideas much appreciated.
:wall: (4 Replies)
Hi,
I cant seem to get this right.
Lets say I have root privileges and I wanted:
a ) edit the user prompt to show "linux1234$" whenever they log-in.
also
b ) Show a message for users upon logging in.
I know a) has something to do with editing PS1. but how to only apply the change for users?... (1 Reply)
Hi All
I have a script that moves files from one dir to another dir based on date, but I would like to change it in a way that whoever is going to run to enter the dates in which files will be removed. This is my script:
#!/bin/sh
touch -mt 201302250000 /tmp/ref3
touch -mt 201302282359... (14 Replies)
Hi everyone,
Is it possible to define blank vaianbles and prompt user to fill them during the script execution?
A very simple example:
INPUT=
OUTPUT=
cut -f1-4 $INPUT | sed 's/hello/goodbye/g' | sort -uV > $OUTPUTThank you in advance!
Best wishes (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: lsantome
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fmt
fmt(1) User Commands fmt(1)NAME
fmt - simple text formatters
SYNOPSIS
fmt [-cs] [-w width | -width] [inputfile]...
DESCRIPTION
fmt is a simple text formatter that fills and joins lines to produce output lines of (up to) the number of characters specified in the -w
width option. The default width is 72. fmt concatenates the inputfiles listed as arguments. If none are given, fmt formats text from the
standard input.
Blank lines are preserved in the output, as is the spacing between words. fmt does not fill nor split lines beginning with a `.' (dot), for
compatibility with nroff(1). Nor does it fill or split a set of contiguous non-blank lines which is determined to be a mail header, the
first line of which must begin with "From".
Indentation is preserved in the output, and input lines with differing indentation are not joined (unless -c is used).
fmt can also be used as an in-line text filter for vi(1). The vi command:
!}fmt
reformats the text between the cursor location and the end of the paragraph.
OPTIONS -c Crown margin mode. Preserve the indentation of the first two lines within a paragraph, and align the left margin of
each subsequent line with that of the second line. This is useful for tagged paragraphs.
-s Split lines only. Do not join short lines to form longer ones. This prevents sample lines of code, and other such for-
matted text, from being unduly combined.
-w width | -width Fill output lines to up to width columns.
OPERANDS
inputfile Input file.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for a description of the LC_CTYPE environment variable that affects the execution of fmt.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO nroff(1), vi(1), attributes(5), environ(5)NOTES
The -width option is acceptable for BSD compatibility, but it may go away in future releases.
SunOS 5.11 9 May 1997 fmt(1)