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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting BASH logging to file, limit lines Post 303002698 by scorpius2k1 on Wednesday 30th of August 2017 09:17:45 PM
Old 08-30-2017
Quote:
Originally Posted by Don Cragun
Assuming that log.txt contains 20 lines of text when you start the following script:
Code:
netcat -ul -p 53 | while IFS='' read -r line
do	sed 1d log.txt > _log.txt
	{ cat _log.txt; printf '%s\n' "$line"; } > log.txt
done

might come close to doing what you want.
I am very grateful for your reply, that did it perfectly! I simply used a
Code:
LINECOUNT=$(wc -l < "log.txt")

to grab the number of lines in the file and put on space in any remaining. Easy enough to parse out the spaces and display data

I cannot thank you enough Don, many, MANY thanks! SmilieSmilieSmilie
 

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CHECKBASHISMS(1)					      General Commands Manual						  CHECKBASHISMS(1)

NAME

       checkbashisms - check for bashisms in /bin/sh scripts

SYNOPSIS

       checkbashisms script ...
       checkbashisms --help|--version

DESCRIPTION

       checkbashisms, based on one of the checks from the lintian system, performs basic checks on /bin/sh shell scripts for the possible presence
       of bashisms.  It takes the names of the shell scripts on the command line, and outputs warnings if possible bashisms are detected.

       Note that the definition of a bashism in this context roughly equates to "a shell feature that is not required to be supported  by  POSIX";
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OPTIONS

       --help, -h
	      Show a summary of options.

       --newline, -n
	      Check for "echo -n" usage (non POSIX but required by Debian Policy 10.4.)

       --posix, -p
	      Check for issues which are non POSIX but required to be supported by Debian Policy 10.4 (implies -n).

       --force, -f
	      Force each script to be checked, even if it would normally not be (for instance, it has a bash or non POSIX shell shebang or appears
	      to be a shell wrapper).

       --extra, -x
	      Highlight lines which, whilst they do not contain bashisms, may be useful in determining whether a particular issue is a false posi-
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EXIT VALUES

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SEE ALSO

       lintian(1).

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