I'm programming a menu for an intro to unix class and am hung up on 2 required options. One has to exit from unix. The other has to get a command prompt by using one of the menu choices, then return to the menu via CTRL-D. below is my code
#!/bin/ksh
#Jimmy's happy menu
mesg y
msg="ON"... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I would like to have some details on menu.lst!!
the reason is ,if i am trying to add my own boot option where do i need to add it?
is it in menu.lst only or elsewere(am referring to unix os)
because i tried adding a unique boot option and it was not reflected when the system booted?... (8 Replies)
I am trying to figure out a way to proceed through a menu-based program in UNIX with just one command to execute several steps. Is this possible?
From the command prompt I would normally type the name of the program, 'disk_analysis' to start the program and bring up its menu.
I would then... (4 Replies)
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
1) Write a Menu Driven Shell Script which accepts1 to 5 options and performs the following actions for... (1 Reply)
Hi guys i have written a script which takes the options given to him and execute itself accordingly.
for example
if a script name is doctortux then executing doctortux without option should made doctortux to be executed in automatic mode i.e. doctortux -a
or if a doctortux is needed to run in... (4 Replies)
I dual boot between Windows XP and Linux Mint. I am trying to get the Windows Advanced Options Menu to show up. Normally you would press f8 to make this happen when your computer is booting. With a dual boot it makes it way more complicated. If you press f8 when your computer first starts it does... (3 Replies)
i want use ssh on the host01 to execute autoexec.sh on the host02 like following :
host01> ssh host02 autoexec.sh
autoexec.sh include nohup command like follwing :
nohup /home/jack/deletedata.sh &
after i execute ssh host02 autoexec.sh one the host01. i can't found deletedata.sh... (1 Reply)
Hi!
I have created on script which is working fine with menu options and with a sub-menu.
I want to enhance it by using sub-options under menu options.
Like.
option 1) will give the list only.
option 1.1) should give the option to user to choose one file, whose content user wanna see. ... (3 Replies)
I have a menu option which will look as follows
Select a menu option
1.change password
2.login as root user
3.show system version
4.quit
Select> 1
please enter the new password: unix
reenter the new password: unix
press any key to enter
(then displays again the menu options to enter the... (4 Replies)
Hey, im fairly new to unix and Im trying to make this unix project that would display a menu and do the following.
MENU
===========================
(p, P) Print users info
(a, A) Add new user
(s, S) Search user
(d, D) Delete user
(x,X) Exit
Enter your choice:
Trying to... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ultimaxtrd
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
plymouth
PLYMOUTH(1) User Commands PLYMOUTH(1)NAME
plymouth - Send commands to plymouthd
SYNOPSIS
plymouth [OPTION...]
plymouth COMMAND [OPTION...]
DESCRIPTION
The plymouth sends commands to a running plymouthd. This is used during the boot process to control the display of the graphical boot
splash.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood. These options are supported for compatibility with the old rhgb-client interface, and have been
replaced by the commands that are described in the next section.
--help
Show summary of options.
--debug
Enable verbose debug logging.
--get-splash-plugin-path
Get directory where splash plugins are installed.
--newroot=[STRING]
Tell plymouthd that the new root filesystem is mounted.
--quit
Tell plymouthd to quit.
--ping
Check if plymouthd is running.
--has-active-vt
Check if plymouthd has an active vt.
--sysinit
Tell plymouthd root filesystem is mounted read-write.
--show-splash
Show the splash screen.
--hide-splash
Hide the splash screen.
--ask-for-password
Ask the user for a password.
--ignore-keystroke=[STRING]
Remove sensitivity to a keystroke.
--update=[STRING]
Tell plymouthd an update about boot progress.
--details
Tell plymouthd there were errors during boot.
--wait
Wait for plymouthd to quit.
COMMANDS
The following commands are understood:
change-mode OPTION
Change the operation mode.
--boot-up
Start the system up
--shutdown
Shutting the system up
--updates
Applying updates
system-update OPTION
Tell plymouthd about boot progress.
--progress=INTEGER
The percentage progress of the updates
update OPTION
Tell plymouthd about boot status changes.
--status=STRING
Tell plymouthd the current boot status
update-root-fs OPTION
Tell plymouthd about root filesystem changes.
--new-root-dir=STRING
Root filesystem is about to change
--read-write
Root filesystem is no longer read-only
show-splash
Tell plymouthd to show splash screen.
hide-splash
Tell plymouthd to hide splash screen.
ask-for-password OPTION
Ask the user for a password.
--command=STRING
Command to send password to via standard input
--prompt=STRING
Message to display when asking for password
--number-of-tries=INTEGER
Number of times to ask before giving up (requires --command)
--dont-pause-progress
Don't pause boot progress bar while asking
ask-question
Ask the user a question.
--command=STRING
Command to send the answer to via standard input
--prompt=STRING
Message to display when asking the question
--dont-pause-progress
Don't pause boot progress bar while asking
display-message OPTION
Display a message.
--text=STRING
The message text
hide-message OPTION
Hide a message.
--text=STRING
The message text
watch-keystroke OPTION
Become sensitive to a keystroke.
--command=STRING
Command to send keystroke to via standard input
--keys=STRING
Keys to become sensitive to
ignore-keystroke OPTION
Remove sensitivity to a keystroke.
--keys=STRING
Keys to remove sensitivitiy from
pause-progress
Pause boot progress bar.
unpause-progress
Unpause boot progress bar.
report-error
Tell plymouthd there were errors during boot.
deactivate
Tell plymouthd to deactivate.
reactivate
Tell plymouthd to reactivate.
quit OPTION
Tell plymouthd to quit.
--retain-splash
Don't explicitly hide boot splash on exit
SEE ALSO grub(8), plymouth(8), plymouthd(8), http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth
plymouthPLYMOUTH(1)