There is an error when i am trying to use the shift command in this way:
($1 = -d, $2 = 123, $3 = -c etc etc)
for $arg in $@
do
case $arg in
"-d") shift; (so that the $2 will become the $arg now)
(and while it loop the 2nd time,)
... (1 Reply)
hi all, when I press SHIFT at once it work like as
I've hold it (like CapsLock is On, but it Off) ! ... and if I press F1 (or another
function key) it put out 24z :(
it is occure on my remote sun 8 , xterm session
help me please ! (2 Replies)
Hi Folks,
In shell scripting the maximum no. of command line parameters becomes 9(Am i right). If we want to get more than 9 parameters we use the shift command.
Even here there are two possibilities.
1. Without the use of variables - The arguments are lost and the lost no. is equal to the... (6 Replies)
I am running a program where in I have this command
which is giving error the shift: number is not correct.
can you please tell me how shift actually works?
the line which is giving error is-
set $PARAM; shift; shift; shift; shift; shift; shift; shift; shift
Is it related somewhere to... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I wrote one script, in between script needs to use 10th and 11th positional parameters, that time i used "shift". Here i am facing the below find problem,
./DataCount.sh: cannot shift
I tried
1) I have read man pages for shift
2) Before but * and **
3) Simple shift with out giving... (4 Replies)
I would need the awk command or a better way to get my file that looks like
1234
5678
8912
3456
7890
to look like
1234,5678,8912,3456,7890
Thanks in advance (4 Replies)
Hi,
Firstly, I did a search for this question both on this site and on the internet and have not been able to find a suitable answer that is not general in nature.
I have always been a Windows user. I use my girl friend's mac every now and then, but I always come back to windows. For a... (1 Reply)
Hello Expert
Can any one please explain what is the use of shift command in general terms:
set -- $(ls -t)
shift
rm -Rf $*
what is the use of shift command over here.
Thanks a lot for your help (2 Replies)
think using shift would help me finish my script but cant get it work without your help. would appreciate if you give me a example with shift & counter in the same script so I can later work on that to my one.
Thanks and Good Luck! (1 Reply)
Hello,
I am reading one of the AIX manuals about shell scripting and (AIX 5) and I found this example when introducing to functions:
function usage
{
prog="$1"; shift
print -u2 "$prog: usage: $prog $@"
exit 1
}
This example is meant to be easy but I don't understand what it is... (5 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
ssh-argv0
SSH-ARGV0(1) BSD General Commands Manual SSH-ARGV0(1)NAME
ssh-argv0 -- replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling
SYNOPSIS
hostname | user@hostname [-l login_name] [command]
hostname | user@hostname [-afgknqstvxACNTX1246] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec] [-e escape_char] [-i identity_file] [-l login_name]
[-m mac_spec] [-o option] [-p port] [-F configfile] [-L port:host:hostport] [-R port:host:hostport] [-D port] [command]
DESCRIPTION
ssh-argv0 replaces the old ssh command-name as hostname handling. If you link to this script with a hostname then executing the link is
equivalent to having executed ssh with that hostname as an argument. All other arguments are passed to ssh and will be processed normally.
OPTIONS
See ssh(1).
FILES
See ssh(1).
AUTHORS
OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free ssh 1.2.12 release by Tatu Ylonen. Aaron Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos,
Theo de Raadt and Dug Song removed many bugs, re-added newer features and created OpenSSH. Markus Friedl contributed the support for SSH
protocol versions 1.5 and 2.0. Jonathan Amery wrote this ssh-argv0 script and the associated documentation.
SEE ALSO ssh(1)Debian Project September 7, 2001 Debian Project