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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting I want to read the content of a specific folder Post 302952713 by bakunin on Friday 21st of August 2015 06:49:02 AM
Old 08-21-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by Linuxmann
But it doesn't change to workspace
How wouldyou know that? If you do a pwd before and after you will see no change, because the script is started ina separate shell, which closes at the end of the script.

Put a pwd into the script and you will see the effect.

If you want to permanently change the currrent working directory you have to execute the script with a dot in front, like this:

Code:
. /path/to/script

This will tell the shell not to load a separate shell process and to execute the script there but to execute it in the current environment instead.

I hope this helps.

bakunin
 

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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
       when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a	Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.

NOTES

       script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

WARNINGS

       script  can  pose  a  security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
       privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.

SunOS 5.10							    30 Jan 2004 							 script(1)
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