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1. Linux
Hello,
For some reason i dont remember, i currently believe (but beeing unsure) that printf is available on more diffrent systems (unix, bsd, linux, ??) than echo is.
Could someone please enlighten me, whether this is true or not?
Thank you
PS:
I just found pages about the diffrences of... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sea
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello
I want to check whether certain arguments were passed to the script, and when those are, not doing a log entry.
If those arguments are not passed, always do a log entry (*new call*).
What currently i have is this:
echo "${@}"|grep -q \\- || \
tui-log -e "$LOG" "\r---- New call $$... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sea
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello script guru's
as i write more and more code i always block at managing output... either writing to standard out, writing to files via std out (log, temp file, etc). Don't get me wrong 99% of the time it DOES the job but maybe there is more efficient.
I'm writing a small script to... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: maverick72
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
This may be little confusing. I have Script1, which pulls data from the system and creates another script(lets say script2). While I run script1 I need to add printf/echo statements for script2, so that when I run script2 I see those statement.
eg: script1 765
printf " display frame-$1 timeoffset... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: miltonrods
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/usr/bin/ksh
var1="Hi World"
var2="Morning"
var3=$(echo "$var1" \n "$var2")
echo $var3
var3=$(printf "$var1 \n $var2")
echo $var3
Output
Any way to get
in my $var3 ? (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: dahlia84
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
echo `echo ` doesn't echoes anything. And it's logic. But
echo `echo `echo ` ` does echoes "echo". What's the logic of it? the `echo `echo ` inside of the whole (first) echo, echoes nothing, so the first echo have to echo nothing but echoes "echo"
(too much echoing :P):o (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hakermania
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to print:
WELCOME TO MY WORLD
Where "WELCOME TO MY WORLD" will be in green (32) and the underline will be in yellow (33). How can i do the above using printf.
printf "`tput smul`\033
leaves both the text and the underline in green. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: proactiveaditya
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Bit of a weird one i suppose, i want to use an echo inside an echo... For example...
i have a script that i want to use to take users input and create another script. Inside this script it creates it also needs to use echos...
echo "echo "hello"" >$file
echo "echo "goodbye"" >$file
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mokachoka
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
So in my shell i execute:
{ while true; do echo string; sleep 1; done } | read line This waits one second and returns.
But
{ while true; do /bin/echo string; sleep 1; done } | read line continues to run, and doesn't stop until i kill it explicitly.
I have tried this in bash as well as zsh,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ulidtko
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
What is Stream Devices and Stream pipes?
Explain Advanced I/O ? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: thangappan
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