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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Well, guys I saw a question about GOTO for Python.
So this gave me the inspiration to attempt a GOTO function for 'dash', (bash and ksh too).
Machine: MBP OSX 10.14.3, default bash terminal, calling '#!/usr/local/bin/dash'...
This is purely a fun project to see if it is possible in PURE... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
I need help in understanding the default value for getopts option's argument in ksh. I've written a short test script:
#!/bin/ksh
usage(){
printf "Usage: -v and -m are mandatory\n\n"
}
while getopts ":v#m:" opt; do
case $opt in
v) version="$OPTARG";;
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: da1
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am using below code in AIX env to interpret -n option given in argument while executing the script .I want to give another argument -t
#!/bin/sh
#set -x
while getopts ":n:" opt; do
case "$opt" in
n)
host=$OPTARG
shift 2
;;
*)... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vishal_dba
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I use the "getopts" ksh built-in to handle command-line options, and I'm looking for a clean/standard way to "unset" an option on the command line. I don't know if this is a technical question about getopts or more of a style/standards question. Anyway, I understand that getopts processes its... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Matt Miller
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi, here is a ksh script i wrote using getopts...
i want to find out how i can run it in default mode when no option is mentioned and no arguments are provided... ?
i.e if the script name is final1, then just running final1 should run in default mode....
while getopts 1:2:3:4: mode ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pravsripad
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6. Solaris
Issue is with rsh loggin.
I tried logging into solaris machine from solaris machine using rsh with login prompt, it passes.
$ rsh -l USERNAME IPADDRESS
<Prompt for password> :
USERNAME logged in .......
$
when i try same command with -n option(required for automation), it fails,
$... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shafi2all
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
Does getopts have some way of handling the use of an option that requires a parameter more than once on the command line.
e.g. mycmd -a john -a jane
I came up with a solution using arrays (shown below), but wonder if getopts has some other way of handling it. Other solutions... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: CarlosNC
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a script that ran perfectly on Solaris 5.8
However after upgrade to Solaris 5.10 it started failing.
I invoke the script as below:
./TestScript3.ksh --dir $APP_DATA_IN_OLD $NDM_DATA/$NEXT_FILE
When i execute it i get the following error "getopts: dir bad option(s)".
Please let... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: JoeJoseph
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
Is it possible to use getopts and also receive arguments without option flags?
e.g. myscript arg1 arg2 -a arg3 -b arg4
If so, how do you stop getopts from exiting as soon as it detects the non-option arguments? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kdelok
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I am parsing command line options using getopts.
The problem is that mandatory argument options following ":" is taking next option as argument if it is not followed by any argument.
Below is the script:
while getopts :hd:t:s:l:p:f: opt
do
case "$opt" in
-h|-\?)... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gurukottur
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