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Well the problem is, I have a script that changes the NI number of the next opened process ( I.E xclock) which another script does.

Basically:

Menu > Script 3>:
NI number to: inputNI...

Ex: Script 1 has pID=333. I want to take pID to Script 2 so I can retrive 333.

How can I do this?

Hi, is there a command that takes the PID of a process and that only diplays it's ni number?

I`m pretty sure it would require pipes but I tried a few things that ended up miserably...

Since the...

I see that progname would contain something related to xclock. Does that mean I'd have to rinse-repeat for each other application I'd like to block?

I have no idea how to do this:

Let's say the user opens an "xclock &" in one of my scripts and I don't want him to be able to re-open one with the script. How could I test that? Possibly with a...

Bumping, I finished the rest of my menu. I got a question on the xclock command:

How can I run an xclock and if a second one is run a message stating there's already one running in the in...

Edited my post for CODE tag.

Hopefully Il be able to work on my scripts today. Been doing a lot of HTML and Java hehe :o

Btw, I don't want my script to be able to delete a whole directory...

Thanks for the input guys, Il be working on the file mover in a few days.


Btw, I have a script that deletes directories. I made it so that the user writes the folder that needs to be deleted...

I'm trying to create a script that places you in any directory that you input the name.(No need for the whole path)

I've finished doing it but I'm now experiencing a problem because I'm trying to...

Since I'm in computer science I asked my teacher, he showed me the basename method, worked like a charm.

Thanks for the
echo "${PWD##*/}"

Will try understanding what does ##*/ mean.

Hey, is their a command that directly displays the current directory?

I'm not talking about pwd.

I want the underlined part of let's say this pwd:

$HOME/bin/workfile1

See, I don't...

I've never heard of printf, thanks a lot. Il read the man associated with it.

Edit: I just found out that you can also write echo "Date : " $(date +%d-%m)

How can I write a command right after an echo. It`s not working:

echo "Date : " `date + %d`

Am I writing it wrong?

Il use this thread to ask most of my questions since my Linux book blows. It only covers basic BASH since it's not a BASH guide.

And since my openSUSE doesn't have internet on it I'm stuck going...

Hey, I'm writing this BASH script, I recently started learning BASH after I did Java and I'm pretty new to the syntax.

Anways, what I want to do is simple, I coudn't find the right information...