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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Command line argument Post 302975631 by mutley2202 on Thursday 16th of June 2016 07:31:15 AM
Old 06-16-2016
Hi Stomp,
I'm in control of a built in script which i cant modify so am having to try find a working way of being able to change the command being run. As an example below, basically i want to be able to change the 'show log' command to a command that can be entered on command line.

Code:
 Capture_log command='show log' -o file='/home/user1/1.txt

 

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BOS_APROPOS(8)						       AFS Command Reference						    BOS_APROPOS(8)

NAME
bos_apropos - Displays each help entry containing a keyword string SYNOPSIS
bos apropos -topic <help string> [-help] bos ap -t <help string> [-h] DESCRIPTION
The bos apropos command displays the first line of the online help entry for any bos command that has in its name or short description the string specified by the -topic argument. To display the syntax for a command, use the bos help command. OPTIONS
-topic <help string> Specifies the keyword string to match, in lowercase letters only. If the string is more than a single word, surround it with double quotes ("") or other delimiters. -help Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored. OUTPUT
The first line of a command's online help entry names it and briefly describes its function. This command displays the first line for any bos command where the string specified with the -topic argument is part of the command name or first line. EXAMPLES
The following command lists all bos commands that include the word "restart" in their names or short descriptions: % bos apropos restart getrestart: get restart times restart: restart all processes setrestart: set restart times PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
None SEE ALSO
bos(8), bos_help(8) COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved. This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell. OpenAFS 2012-03-26 BOS_APROPOS(8)
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