Help with making the output of a command a variable
I'm writing a script that goes something like this:
I want to open a dialog box with check boxes, package names, and descriptions. The box I have written is the first attached file.
I plan on adding other programs, but I have not gotten there yet.
The
in the line
is for the first checkbox.
My main problem is the quotation marks at the end and beginning of the line (attached file #2). The quotation marks read in the wrong direction, and not how I want them to, having quotation marks inside of quotation marks?
Is there any way to fix this? Do I need to take a completely different approach?
With cut -c 8-13 myfile,
I am getting some numeric value.
In my shell script I am trying to assign something like this,
var=cut -c 8-13 myfile
But at the time of execution I am getting -c is not found.
If I dont assign, then script executes well.
Can we not simply use the value from one... (8 Replies)
Hi,
I am looking for a way to redirect the result from a command into a variable.
This is the scenario.
Using the find command I will be getting multiple records/lines back.
Here is the command I am using:
find /”path”/ -name nohup.out -print
This now is giving me the paths and file... (1 Reply)
Hi,
i have two questions, I am new to programming
1. I have an output of a command and i want to get some specific part of it in a variable. i am trying
sr=`some comand xyz| grep 'Last Changed Rev:' | cut -c19-`
now variable sr gets a end of line character at end.
output of the command... (3 Replies)
When I run time -p <command>, it outputs:
real X.XX
user X.XX
sys X.XXwhere X.XX is seconds. How I can take just that first number output, the seconds of real time, and assign that to a variable? (9 Replies)
Hi, with this command:
cu -l /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600 > name.txt
I put the output of the port in a txt
Is posible to do the same (or similar) in a var directly, inside a C program?
cu -l /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600 > variable ?
I have trying this withs pipes, but i dont know how to... (6 Replies)
Hi,
Let say I have these 3 files (state, list and myscript). I want to be able get the sample output like below when I run myscript. Any one know how to fix the code? TIA.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> cat /home/state
CA
> cat /home/list
CA 100 50 20
AUS 120 61 10
> cat myscript... (6 Replies)
When script is running you only see when some of the commands are not successfull.
Is there a way to see which command are executed and to show the substitution of variables as every line is executed ? (3 Replies)
Hi,
in shell script, i have the command swstart -p which returns an output. i want to store the output of this command into a variable. how i can do that
excerpt from the script
#!/usr/bin/ksh
#
#
#
# Program: swstart -p
#
# Description: Starts the sentinels on Slave server
... (4 Replies)
I'm working on a short BASH script on my Ubuntu box that will run powerpoint scripts with MS Powerpoint Viewer 2007 via WINE.
I can run the presentation when I run it manually but what i'd like to do is have the script look for the newest file then run it.
#! /bin/sh
# Start the newest... (2 Replies)
I am trying to run a query which returns a sum value(a number).
I want to get it in a variable so that i can refer to that variable in different places.
when i am running the following command
variable=`isql -Uuser -Sserver -Ppassword
1> select sum(count(*)) from xyz..abc where clm_id... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sharma331
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LEARN ABOUT X11R4
script
SCRIPT(1) User Commands SCRIPT(1)NAME
script - make typescript of terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
script makes a typescript of everything displayed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1).
If the argument file is given, script saves the dialogue in this file. If no filename is given, the dialogue is saved in the file type-
script.
OPTIONS -a, --append
Append the output to file or to typescript, retaining the prior contents.
-c, --command command
Run the command rather than an interactive shell. This makes it easy for a script to capture the output of a program that behaves
differently when its stdout is not a tty.
-e, --return
Return the exit code of the child process. Uses the same format as bash termination on signal termination exit code is 128+n.
-f, --flush
Flush output after each write. This is nice for telecooperation: one person does `mkfifo foo; script -f foo', and another can
supervise real-time what is being done using `cat foo'.
--force
Allow the default output destination, i.e. the typescript file, to be a hard or symbolic link. The command will follow a symbolic
link.
-q, --quiet
Be quiet (do not write start and done messages to standard output).
-t[file], --timing[=file]
Output timing data to standard error, or to file when given. This data contains two fields, separated by a space. The first field
indicates how much time elapsed since the previous output. The second field indicates how many characters were output this time.
This information can be used to replay typescripts with realistic typing and output delays.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.
-h, --help
Display help text and exit.
NOTES
The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D for the Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout or control-d (if ignoreeof is not
set) for the C-shell, csh(1)).
Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1), create garbage in the typescript file. script works best with commands that do not manipulate
the screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal.
It is not recommended to run script in non-interactive shells. The inner shell of script is always interactive, and this could lead to
unexpected results. If you use script in the shell initialization file, you have to avoid entering an infinite loop. You can use for
example the .profile file, which is read by login shells only:
if test -t 0 ; then
script
exit
fi
You should also avoid use of script in command pipes, as script can read more input than you would expect.
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variable is utilized by script:
SHELL If the variable SHELL exists, the shell forked by script will be that shell. If SHELL is not set, the Bourne shell is assumed.
(Most shells set this variable automatically).
SEE ALSO csh(1) (for the history mechanism), scriptreplay(1)HISTORY
The script command appeared in 3.0BSD.
BUGS
script places everything in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. This is not what the naive user expects.
script is primarily designed for interactive terminal sessions. When stdin is not a terminal (for example: echo foo | script), then the
session can hang, because the interactive shell within the script session misses EOF and script has no clue when to close the session. See
the NOTES section for more information.
AVAILABILITY
The script command is part of the util-linux package and is available from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils
/util-linux/>.
util-linux June 2014 SCRIPT(1)