hi!
i need to do a ksh script that uses a wile loop that is fed form below
while read line
do
some things
done < myfile
inside the while loop i need to read user input to ask the user what he wants to do, but "read" reads the file, and not the standard input
while read line
do
... (2 Replies)
Hi,
The gcc compiler has warned about using gets(), so I've been trying my hand at getline.
Problem is that I've been able to read from a file, but what I really need is to read from a user's input.
I want to use getline like a scanf() command, but I can't figure what to substitute for the fp... (6 Replies)
Hiii
I wanna a read a line of text from standard input. The user enter data like this way
name phone_no month1_salary month2_salary
that is user enter the name ,phone no and salary of 2 months in a single line by giving spaces. I wanna add the 3rd and 4th fields ...ie add both... (4 Replies)
I need to write a bourne shell script (solaris 10) that accepts input from the user. The input will be a command- any command like ls/ pwd/ mv etc. After the input is read, the shell must execute the command supplied by the user.
I know we use read to play with user inputs. Just not sure how to... (2 Replies)
Hi
I am new to writing script and want to use a Bash Piped while-read and read from user input.
if something happens on server.log then do while loop or if something happend on user input then do while loop.
Pseudocode something like:
tail -n 3 -f server.log | while read serverline || read... (8 Replies)
Below is a simple script to prompt for user input while suggesting an editable default value at the prompt:
shortname=user1
read -e -i $shortname -p "Please enter the username you would like to add: " input
USERNAME="${input:-$shortname}"
Please enter the username you would like to add:... (3 Replies)
Hi,
i am working on one automation , for that i have writing one shell program that take user input in "while read line" block. but read command is taking value that is readed by While block.
while read line; do
command 1;
command 2
echo -n "Do you want to continute > "
read rsp... (2 Replies)
Hi,
This query is a part of a much more lengthy script.
I wish to look for all the files in a folder named "data" which in this case has two files i.e. plan.war and agent.properties. For all the files found under data I wish to ask the user as to where they wish copy the files to.
Below,... (14 Replies)
I am attempting to script the creation of MacOS installation flash media using read to allow the user to designate the name of the volume and store it in the variable VOLNAME. When I run the script, and input the name of the volume, I get the error:
': not a valid identifier: `VOLNAME... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kevinamygrayson
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lurker-search -- searches for messages in a lurker database
SYNOPSIS
lurker-search [-c <config-file>] [-k <keyword>] [-d -f -i -v -q] [<terms>*]
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