I hit a roadblock as soon as I replaced "1 2 3 4 5" in the nested for loop with "animals fruits drinks cities countries".
I hate to say it, but: this was to be expected. What you tried was a so-called "associative array". This is an array where the index is not numbers but (arbitrary) strings. There some programming languages which offer this kind of arrays (awk, for instance), but not bash. You can use ksh93 (Korn shell in its '93 version), which does offer such a functionality, but not bash or ksh88.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingzy
Is there a way to make it work with all=(animals fruits drinks cities countries) ?
Lets see. I warn you beforehand, this is more a workaround, not really a solution. Consider the following sample script:
Hey All,
I'm trying to clean up a variable using sed but It dosn't seem to work. I'm trying to find all the spaces and replace them with "\ " (a slash and a space). For Example "Hello World" should become "Hello\ World". But it does nothing. If I put it directly into the command line it works... (3 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I have a simple question to ask :
In a script that I'm writting, I need to create variables on-the-fly.
For instance, for every iterartion of the following loop a var_X variable should be generated :
#!/bin/ksh
a="1 2 3"
for i in $a
do
var_${i}=$i
echo "${var_$i}"
done
... (1 Reply)
I have run into a wall with my iptables firewall scripting.
I am blocking all of the private side IP addresses on the
WAN interface on systems running NAT. However, if the
system is not running NAT and needs to allow access to
the local LAN on the WAN interface, I need to block all
but one of... (2 Replies)
Hello,
i have another sed question.. I'm trying to do variable substition with sed and i'm running into a problem.
my var1 is a string constructed like this:
filename1 filerev1 filepath1
my var2 is another string constructed like this:
filename2 filerev2 filepath2
when i do... (2 Replies)
Hi,
That might be pretty simple.
How can I generate a variable name and get their value ?
Thanks a lot.
Something like:
>CUSTOMER_NF=26
> object=CUSTOMER
> echo ${object}_NF
CUSTOMER_NF
> echo ${${object}_NF}
ksh: ${${object}_NF}: 0403-011 The specified substitution is... (7 Replies)
file1.ksh
#!/bin/ksh
test5_create="I am a man" # test5 will be dynamic and the value will be passed from command line
a=${1}_create
echo $a # i need the output as "I am a man"
./file1.ksh test5 # i run the script like this
any suggessions guys... (1 Reply)
Hi all.
I'm trying to finish a bash script with the following elements:
ARRAY="blah $ITEM blah blah"
ARRAY="blah blah $ITEM blah bluh"
#ARRAY="...."
# ...the ARRAY elements represent a variable but defined
# syntax and they're all hard-coded in the script.
#(...)
ITEMS='1.0 2.3... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
I have a variable as follows,
Temp=`cat ABC.txt | cut -c5-`
This will yeild a part of the date. say , 200912.
I would like to substitute this variable's value in a filename.
eg: File200912F.zip
when i say File$TempF.zip , it is not substituting.
Any help ?
Thanks in... (2 Replies)
For example I have variable like below
echo $OUTPUT
/some/path/`uname -n`
when I try to use the variable OUTPUT like below
cd $OUTPUT or cd ${OUTPUT}
I am getting bad substituion error message
$ cd $OUTPUT
ksh: cd: bad substitution
$ cd ${OUTPUT}
ksh: cd: bad substitution
... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have to write a shell script in which I have to substitute a variable within a variable. For example,
var1=aaa
var2=file.$var1.txt
The output should be,
echo $var2
file.aaa.txt
Can someone please help me in getting this. I tried using eval, but it didnt work. I might be using it... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: grajp002
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
typeset
typeset(1) User Commands typeset(1)NAME
typeset, whence - shell built-in functions to set/get attributes and values for shell variables and functions
SYNOPSIS
typeset [ +- HLRZfilrtux [n]] [ name [ = value]]...
whence [-pv] name...
DESCRIPTION
typeset sets attributes and values for shell variables and functions. When typeset is invoked inside a function, a new instance of the
variables name is created. The variables value and type are restored when the function completes. The following list of attributes may be
specified:
-H This flag provides UNIX to host-name file mapping on non-UNIX machines.
-L Left justify and remove leading blanks from value. If n is non-zero it defines the width of the field; otherwise, it is determined
by the width of the value of first assignment. When the variable is assigned to, it is filled on the right with blanks or trun-
cated, if necessary, to fit into the field. Leading zeros are removed if the -Z flag is also set. The -R flag is turned off.
-R Right justify and fill with leading blanks. If n is non-zero it defines the width of the field, otherwise it is determined by the
width of the value of first assignment. The field is left filled with blanks or truncated from the end if the variable is reas-
signed. The -L flag is turned off.
-Z Right justify and fill with leading zeros if the first non-blank character is a digit and the -L flag has not been set. If n is
non-zero it defines the width of the field; otherwise, it is determined by the width of the value of first assignment.
-f The names refer to function names rather than variable names. No assignments can be made and the only other valid flags are -t, -u
and -x. The flag -t turns on execution tracing for this function. The flag -u causes this function to be marked undefined. The
FPATH variable will be searched to find the function definition when the function is referenced. The flag -x allows the func-
tion definition to remain in effect across shell procedures invoked by name.
-i Parameter is an integer. This makes arithmetic faster. If n is non-zero it defines the output arithmetic base; otherwise, the
first assignment determines the output base.
-l All upper-case characters are converted to lower-case. The upper-case flag, -u is turned off.
-r The given names are marked readonly and these names cannot be changed by subsequent assignment.
-t Tags the variables. Tags are user definable and have no special meaning to the shell.
-u All lower-case characters are converted to upper-case characters. The lower-case flag, -l is turned off.
-x The given names are marked for automatic export to the environment of subsequently-executed commands.
The -i attribute can not be specified along with -R, -L, -Z, or -f.
Using + rather than - causes these flags to be turned off. If no name arguments are given but flags are specified, a list of names (and
optionally the values) of the variables which have these flags set is printed. (Using + rather than - keeps the values from being
printed.) If no names and flags are given, the names and attributes of all variables are printed.
For each name, whence indicates how it would be interpreted if used as a command name.
The -v flag produces a more verbose report.
The -p flag does a path search for name even if name is an alias, a function, or a reserved word.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words, following a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment, are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign and word splitting and file name generation are not
performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ksh(1), set(1), sh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 1 Feb 1995 typeset(1)