why i can't use this command:
echo $arg | cut -c 1,2 | read remainArg or
echo $arg | cut -c 1,2 | read $remainArg
so that the result will be assign to remainArg.
Anyway to do this? :) (1 Reply)
I have to assign a result of a query to a vairable like this
how can i do this
Query = select count(*) from table
x=`db2 ${Query}| sed -n '4p'`
but this doesn't work, is there any other way to assign the result without redirecting the result to temp file. .
Thanks
Mark. (3 Replies)
I have a list of names in a file.
i want to assign those names to a variable in such a manner
eg:
$cat file.txt
pete
lisa
john
var=pete-lisa-john
how do i do this in shell scripting? (10 Replies)
Ok i have taken your advised indented my code and i have managed to fix my problem but unfortuantely now another small one has arisen.
The problem is that executing my commands requires two presses of the ENTER key as opposed to the originally being pressed once as one would expect, for example... (1 Reply)
Hi
I'm fairly new to unix and scripting (in BASH) and am here to post my first question.
What I'm trying to do is pipe a sorted listing (ls) to zenity and when the list appears to the user, the choice they choose is returned to a variable so it can be used in conditional statements.
I can... (2 Replies)
hey all, me again....having a problem with my code, where I essentially am trying to show a menu, have the user select an option (from 1 to 5), then display which selection they picked...
#!/bin/bash
# A LIST OF THE ERROR MESSAGES AND THE PROPER SYNTAX:
error_0="Correct amount of... (1 Reply)
Dear All,
we have a command output which looks like :
Total 200 queues in 30000 Kbytes
and we're going to get "200" and "30000" for further process. currently, i'm using :
numA=echo $OUTPUT | awk '{print $2}'
numB=echo $OUTPUT | awk '{print $5}'
my question is : can I use just one... (4 Replies)
How can I assign a variable to an variable. IE $car=honda
One way I can do it is export $car=honda
or
let $car=2323
Is there any other ways to preform this task (3 Replies)
Hello All,
Hope you're doing well !
I am trying below command to be passed in a shell script, header_date_14 is a variable and $1 is the name of a file I intend to pass as a command line argument, however command line argument is not being accepted.
header_date_14=$(m_dump... (8 Replies)
I have the following script, and I want to assign the output ($10 and $5) from awk to N and L:
grdinfo data.grd | awk '{print $10,$5}'| read N L
output from gridinfo data.grd is: data.grd 50 100 41 82 -2796 6944 0.016 0.016 3001 2461. where N and L is suppose to be 3001 and 100. I use... (8 Replies)
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tk_clearselection
Tk_ClearSelection(3TK) Tk Library Procedures Tk_ClearSelection(3TK)__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________NAME
Tk_ClearSelection - Deselect a selection
SYNOPSIS
#include <tk.h>
Tk_ClearSelection(tkwin, selection)
ARGUMENTS
Tk_Window tkwin (in) The selection will be cleared from the display containing this window.
Atom selection(in) The name of selection to be cleared.
_________________________________________________________________DESCRIPTION
Tk_ClearSelection cancels the selection specified by the atom selection for the display containing tkwin. The selection need not be in
tkwin itself or even in tkwin's application. If there is a window anywhere on tkwin's display that owns selection, the window will be
notified and the selection will be cleared. If there is no owner for selection on the display, then the procedure has no effect.
KEYWORDS
clear, selection
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Availability | SUNWTk |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Uncommitted |
+--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES
Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org.
Tk 4.0 Tk_ClearSelection(3TK)