Thank you for the quick replies and the suggestions for proper posting.
I'm unfamiliar with wrapper scripts, but in theory, is this what I'm looking for:
chrome.sh:
close_window.sh:
This appears to work, in the sense that exiting chrome kills closes chrome completely and terminates chrome_retitled, but I appears to be calling a great many scripts. Since they're simple scripts and all ended upon chrome's closing, is this good enough?
Now I am just getting frustrated and confused... if anyone has some advice on how this anomoly is occurring I would greatly appreciate it.
cat helpme.txt | awk 'NR<5{printf("%-20s %-20d %-20d %-20.1f\n","hello",$1,$2,$3)}' | sort -rk4
This line works fine in solo - reads the three fields from... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I want a command in unix shell script which will exit my whole program, not only from the function it's using. For e.g:
$1 == "m_who" && $4 == "Extrnl Vendor" {
print "You don have access"
exit (0);
}
If this error is showing on the screen, then nothing should not... (9 Replies)
hi
while executing the following script, my terminal window is getting closed if I enter a invalid option. I want the script should go back the the command prompt. how to do achive it. i execute the script as . ./test
#! /usr/bin/ksh
Printf " Type of Installer : \n\t\t 1. Whole Build... (3 Replies)
This is a fairly complex issue. I do not have a lot of knowledge on X11. But here are the things.
I am running a program called Synergy off a Solaris server. The server sits in a remote network and can be accessed via NAT. Using Putty, I will enable X11 forwarding and launch Synergy via Putty.... (0 Replies)
hi All
I have a scritp running which connects to a local host and then gets a value from a field and then ftp that value to antoher server. It is running fine, and from crontab it gives the output to a file, the problem is sometime it doesnt run but if i check the output file it does not show one... (0 Replies)
Hey , guys I am new to shell programing ,, so need a help from you guys ...
I have to write a shell script that accepts file name or directory name from the user if it is a directory then throw an error if it is a file then give the user two options .
1.overwrite the content
2.append the... (2 Replies)
Greetings, I have a C-program that is made to implement a hidden Markov model on an input file. The program is very memory intensive.
I've installed it on my local server where I have an account and it compiles fine. The way they have the server set up is that you can either work... (1 Reply)
REALLY new to this stuff, sorry.
So I want a shell script to open a program, wait 45 minutes, close it, and then do it all again. I want to do this because I am running an iMacros Script for a long period of time and if Firefox is not constantly restarted, memory leaks start to happen.
Anyway... (6 Replies)
I have a file with two line, one is header, the other actual value:
TYPCD|ETID2|ETID|LEG ID|PTYP|PTYP SUB|TRD STATUS|CXL REASON|CACT|CACTNM|ENCD|ENC
D NM|TRDR|ASDT|TRDT|MTDT|STDT|LS|SECID|SECID TYP|SECNM|PAR|STCC|MARKET PRICE|DIS
MARKET PRICE|MARKET PRICE CURRENCY|SRC OF SETTLEMENT... (2 Replies)
Hello all..
so i have a problem i need to solve ..
#! /bin/bash
$SHELL
dtterm -title my_prog -e su -user -c 'export DISPLAY=:0.0 ; /path/to/my/prog' & 2> /dev/null
$SHELL
intr
exit
This script will work on solaris 10 system in right clikt menu - in a secure system so i need to... (0 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
firefox
FIREFOX(1) Linux User's Manual FIREFOX(1)NAME
firefox - a Web browser for X11 derived from the Mozilla browser
SYNOPSIS
firefox [OPTIONS] [URL]
DESCRIPTION
Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards compliance, performance and portability.
USAGE
firefox is a simple shell script that will set up the environment for the actual executable.
OPTIONS
A summary of the options supported by firefox is included below.
GTK options
--gdk-debug=FLAGS Gdk debugging flags to set
--gdk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gdk debugging flags to unset
--gtk-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to set
--gtk-no-debug=FLAGS
Gtk+ debugging flags to unset
--gtk-module=MODULE
Load an additional Gtk module
X11 options
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--no-xshm
Don't use X shared memory extension
--xim-preedit=STYLE
--xim-status=STYLE
--g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal
Firefox options
-h, -help
Show summary of options.
-height value
Set height of startup window to value.
-width value
Set width of startup window to value.
-v, -version
Print /usr/bin/firefox-bin version.
-CreateProfile profile
Create profile.
-P profile
Start with profile.
-ProfileManager
Start with profile manager.
-UILocale lang-region
Start with lang-region resources.
-contentLocale lang-region
Start with lang-region resources.
-remote command
Execute command in an already running Firefox process. For more info, see: http://www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html
-no-remote
Don't try to control an already running instance.
-jsconsole
Start with Javascript Console
-chrome url
Load the specified chrome.
-new-window url
Open URL in a new window if Firefox is already running.
-new-tab url
Open URL in a new tab if Firefox is already running.
-preferences
Open Firefox preferences menu.
-safe-mode
Disables extensions and themes for this session.
FILES /usr/bin/firefox - shell script wrapping firefox
/usr/lib/firefox/firefox - firefox executable
VERSION
3.0
BUGS
To report a bug, please visit http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
SEE ALSO mozilla(1)AUTHORS
The Mozilla Organization
http://www.mozilla.org/about.html
firefox January 04, 2006 FIREFOX(1)