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Never said the else clause was working, that's why I asked for a different way to script it.


First, the code will return an error, since the code you provided doesn't close the awk...

Uh, my awk code works fine provided $input is a file in the working directory. I am not using any special editors, and after reading RudiC's comments, I restarted my system and went to a real...

OS: Linux Lite 4.0

uname -a = Linux seth-desktop 4.15.0-23-generic #25-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 23 18:02:16 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux


bash -version = GNU bash, version...

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This is not a homework assignment. I am learning scripting on my own.


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I wrote this code, questions follow


#! /bin/bash -f

# Purpose - to show how if syntax is used within an awk
clear;
ls -l;

echo "This will print out the first two columns of the...

#! /bin/bash -f

# trap Ctl-c so program cannot be broken out of

trap '' 2

#run program

let count=1;
clear;


while true;
do
echo "Don't touch me!";
read -s input;
...

This is part of a larger script where I need to pass only 1 line of a file to the script, based on a variable and not a direct reference.


As part of a for loop :



# ...