03-05-2019
I do not have access to an Ubuntu system. I do not have access to, nor do I have any desire to load, learn how to run, nor run xdotool when, as far as I know, I have no need to have or use xdotool (especially when you tell me that it doesn't work well).
I do, however, have over 45 years of experience using UNIX tools to solve all sorts of problems and I would love to help you learn how to extract the window ID number out of the output from an xdotool selectwindow or xdotool search --name "Error" command if you'll explain to me where the window ID number that you want appears in the output produced by those commands. Telling me that they only produce "simple numbers" without knowing how many simple numbers each of them produces nor which of those simple numbers is the one you want nor what separates those simple numbers in the output of those commands doesn't really tell me anything I can use to help you.
If you would actually show me the exact output produced by one of those commands and explain to me which of the simple numbers output by one or both of those programs is the one and only window ID that you want to use in a subsequent xdotool key --window "window_ID" command on that instance of that system, I'd be happy to help you learn how to do that. But, if you think it is my duty to buy an Ubuntu system, load xdotool on it, learn how to run xdotool and then explain how xdotool works to you; I'm sorry, but that is not my job, is not in my budget, and is not something I have any interest in doing.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 03-05-2019 at 01:51 AM..
Reason: Fix typo : s/search search/search/
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to figure out how to build a small shell script that will find old .shtml files in every /tgp/ directory on the server and delete them if they are older than 10 days...
The structure of the paths are like this:
/home/domains/www.domain2.com/tgp/
/home/domains/www.domain3.com/tgp/... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Neko
1 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
what will the cmd below do?
ls *.3
1 members mentions that to seek all permutations and combinations of the mp3 extension ill have to use curly braces, {} and not, .
what then will do? (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: abhi
13 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I have this code to search all "cif" files using wildcard
for file in *.cif
do
grep "Uiso" $file | awk '{ print $3, $4, $5 }' > tet
done
I get this error
"grep: *.cif: No such file or directory"
Please where am I going wrong!!!
Thank you in advance (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: princessotes
6 Replies
4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Can someone please explain the wildcards in this. How is this recursive? When I put this in my terminal it recursively displayed everything.
ls .* * (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
6 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Can anyone help me how to use * in if statement.
File contains below
line1:a|b|c|Apple-RED|
line2:c|d|e|Apple-Green|
line3:f|g|h|Orange|
I need to find line by line 4th field contains 'Apple' or not.
Please help me at the earliest. (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: jam_prasanna
6 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have got heaps of files (.pdf, .txt and .doc) files in one folder, i am making a program in PERL that helps me find the files i want easier using shell wildcard,
something like this!!
print "Enter a pattern: (must be in )";
$input = <STDIN>;
if (The input is in and valid wildcard... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bshell_1214
3 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I apologize for asking what is probably a simple question but I have been unable to understand the other posts on the topic. I have a file that has the following several lines:
ABC DEF GH:IJKLMNOP_QRS_TUV_11112012_ABCL5
ABC DEF GH:IJKLMNOP_QRS_TUV_11112013_ABCL4
ABC DEF... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: MolecularToast
4 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Experts,
I want to use ls in the below form:
ls -l *.{txt,TXT} (working fine)
but when i am declaring a variable,
VAR="*.{txt,TXT}"
ls -l $VAR is not working. Please help.
Thanks. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sugarcane
4 Replies
9. OS X (Apple)
CD_numb is AM017
this code:
set the_Firstcom_CD to (do shell script "ls -d '/volumes/audioNAS/Firstcom/Access Music/' ") & CD_numb
gives me this:
"/volumes/audioNAS/Firstcom/Access Music/AM017"
the item I am looking for is AM017Q.
I can get the "*" syntax right so it never finder... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sbrady
7 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to place and size a window on Mac using XOJO as my coding app. I am NOT in Terminal. Needs to be run as a shell I guess, but I don't know how to get the variable or set the variable.
Here is a line of code that opens a folder:
Dim sh As New Shell()
sh.Execute("open... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sbrady
1 Replies
at(1) General Commands Manual at(1)
Name
at, batch - execute commands at a later time
Syntax
at time [day] [file]
at -r job...
at -l [job...]
batch [file]
Description
The and commands use a copy of the named file (standard input default) as input to or at a later time. A command to the current directory
is inserted at the beginning, followed by assignments to all environment variables. When the script is run, it uses the user and group ID
of the creator of the copy file.
The command allows the user to specify when the commands should be executed, while jobs queued with execute when the load level of the sys-
tem permits.
The environment variables, current directory, and are retained when the commands are executed. However, open files, traps, and priority
are lost.
Users are permitted to use the and commands if their name appears in the file If that file does not exist, the file is checked to determine
if the user should be denied access to and If neither file exists, only the superuser is allowed to submit a job. If only the file exists
and is empty, global usage is permitted. The files consist of one user name per line.
The time is 1 to 4 digits. It can, but does not have to be, followed by A, P, N or M which stand for AM, PM, noon or midnight, respec-
tively. The A, P, N, and M suffixes are case-insensitive. One and two digit numbers are interpreted as hours, three and four digits to be
hours and minutes. If three digits are specified, the first digit is interpreted to be an hour in the range 0-9, and the second and third
digits as minutes. If no letters follow the digits, a 24 hour clock time is presumed.
In addition to 1-4 digits, and suffixes A, P, M, N, you can also specify:
at hh:mm
at h:mm
at ham
at hpm
at noon
at midnight
The optional day is either a month name followed by a day number or by a day of the week. If the word week follows, the or command is
invoked in seven days. Both commands also recognize standard abbreviations for the days of the week and months of the year. The following
are examples of legitimate commands:
at 8am jan 24
at 1530 fr week
The programs are executed by periodic execution of the command from The granularity of depends upon how often atrun is executed. The com-
mand examines the file every minute. The file determines when is executed. The default is every 15 minutes on the 1/4 hour. Editing makes
run more or less frequently.
Standard output or error output is lost unless it is redirected.
The and commands write the job number to standard error.
Options
-r Removes jobs previously scheduled by or The number is the number reported at invocation by or Only the superuser is
allowed to remove another user's jobs.
-l Lists all job numbers for all jobs submitted by the user issuing the command. Even if the user is "root", only numbers
for jobs submitted by "root" are displayed. To see the numbers of all jobs submitted, enter the following command:
% ls -l /usr/spool/at
Restrictions
Due to the granularity of the execution of there may be bugs in scheduling jobs almost exactly 24 hours into the future.
Diagnostics
Complains about various syntax errors and times that are out of range.
Files
/usr/lib/atrun executor run by cron(8)
in /usr/spool/at:
yy.ddd.hhhh.* activity for year yy, day dd, hour hhhh.
lasttimedone last hhhh
past activities in progress
/usr/spool/at/at.allowlist of allowed users
/usr/spool/at/at.denylist of denied users
/usr/spool/at spool directory
/usr/lib/cron XOPEN compatibility
See Also
crontab(5), cron(8)
at(1)