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Old 11-02-2014
Search info about awk bash instruction
hello i have search in an old .bash_history and i find this instruction :

Code:
xhost `xhost | awk -F: 'NR > 1 {printf ("-%s ", $NF)}'`


someone give me some informations about this instruction?Smilie
thx
Last edited by Don Cragun; 11-02-2014 at 11:06 PM.. Reason: Add CODE and ICODE tags.
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Old 11-02-2014
It is removing from the list any current name allow to connect to the X window system.

`xhost | awk -F: 'NR > 1 {printf ("-%s ", $NF)}'` is suppose to produce an output like -name which then, the first xhost command will use as:
Code:
xhost -name

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Old 11-03-2014
ok i understand thx you Aia for your answer Smilie
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