In addition to what Corona688 already said (although I think he meant getopts instead of getopt), in your example: <package name> is either a -S option option-argument or an aurt operand; not an option. You haven't given us enough information to know which you intended in your example. The getopts utility does not place any length limit on option-argument nor operand strings.
Furthermore with many versions of the Korn shell, the built-in getopts utility can handle long and short options (although some ksh man pages fail to document this feature). The method ksh uses doesn't work on bash version 3.2.57. I don't know if it works on bash 4.x version and, you haven't said what version of bash you're using.
I'm just not sure where to start looking into this. I want to be able to create switches for my script. Back in the day I'd make my scripts interactive...you know:
echo "what report do you want"
echo "A)boxes with errors"
echo "B)boxes with more than 5 errors"
echo "C)Service groups that have... (3 Replies)
I have wasted one working day writing this scripts.
It compares two folders and make a good tabbed report about their differences.
#!/bin/bash
function DRAW_DEPTH () {
ROUND=$1
while
do
printf %s " "
ROUND=`expr $ROUND - 1`
done
printf %s "|- "
}
function MAIN () {... (9 Replies)
I'm trying to write a bash script and call it "compile" such that running it allows me to compile multiple files with the options "-help," "-backup," and "-clean". I've got the code for the options written, i just can't figure out how to read the input string and then translate that into option... (5 Replies)
I'm reading about debugging aids in bash and have come across the set command. It says in my little book that an addition to typing
set
you can also use them "on the command line when running a script..." and it lists this in a small table:
set -o option Command Line... (5 Replies)
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Creating bash script the dd command and its new options (-l -U)
-l options to lowercase contents of file
-U... (2 Replies)
what i want to be is that i would like to reinvent new options that have the same functionality as
...
-u is the same functionality of conv=ucase
and -l have the same functionality as conv=lcase...
is there a way that i can put these in my script so that
whenever i will typed in command... (12 Replies)
I have the following code and I am calling it using
./raytrac.bash -u
and getting problems. For some reason opt_usage is still 0.
opt_usage=0
iarg=0
narg=$#
while (($iarg < $narg))
do
(( iarg = $iarg + 1 ))
arg=$argv
usrInputFlag=`echo $arg | awk '/=/ {print 1}; ! /=/... (22 Replies)
hi guys
we've had nagios spewing false alarm (for the umpteenth time) and finally the customer had enough so they're starting to question nagios. we had the check interval increased from 5 minutes to 2 minutes, but that's just temporary solution. I'm thinking of implementing a script on the... (8 Replies)
I'm trying to run a script that will remotely copy another script to remote host and run copied script to remote server with automatic options-
#! /bin/bash
HOSTNAME="1 2"
for HOST in $HOSTNAME;
do
scp diskFrag.sh login@$HOST:/home/login
sleep 30
ssh login@$HOST... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Mannu2525
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
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 5.11 30 Jan 2004 script(1)