Use set -x and set +x or echo variables explicit which you want to inspect.
If something particular does not work, feel free to post the error and it's description
At a first glance, you implemented functions different as in my example. You don't hand over any parameter and there is still missing some logic that calls your functions. The read for so many variables would have to be supplied by input on the shell - is that what you want?
Check my example again or at least implement something to call your functions.
ok will try, doing it your way!
the only problem is that, my awk statement gives me the difference between the local and prod server printer names.
I must update the local server with the differences!
and take the printer names to do the following:
delete printer if an amendment is to be made
re-create printer
So that the printers on the local and prod server are in sync!
Once the printer is deleted, the creation of the printer requires so many variables. E.g printer-name,IP address,port,filter,location etc
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would my debugging be like:
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Ok made changes, calling functions
is there something amiss
Any help will be highly appreciated
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Did you see changes i made...your assistance will be appreciated..
Sorry, I will not debug your script all the time - not sure if other people are up to it. I suggest you change the commands in it that really execute some changes to your system with an echo in front of them to see the output of your script, so you can test it without danger if it is working as you intended.
This seems to make no sense in my eyes, ie. parsing seems not correct:
Quote:
Originally Posted by ggoliath
printer=device for 5001bl1:
I guess you want something more like:
?
You get test errors because one side of the parts to be compared is empty. Place echoes on the variables before you test them to make sure they have actually some value in them.
As I already tried to explain - if you have functions you should hand over parameters to them so they can work with them.
You call f_Delete() but without any parameter which could be $printer, if I am not wrong.
Also it makes no sense to me in f_Delete() to set printer=' ' while you could have handed it over when calling it like I described just up there, then you call f_get_ptr() which does nothing but 3 echos and then read $printer again from the user input... Why did you check out $printer then before when working your list???
After read printer you do a r=$? which makes no sense for me at all.
Advice:
If you want to use functions - you don't have to if you don't like - try a simple script without doing anything actually to your system but just printing out some echoes, to learn how to hand over parameters to functions etc.
Get a clear plan what you want to do and try to complete every step of it one after another, not all of them at once, if you are not familiar with it, no offence.
Use some more indention to see what parts belong together in your script. You have an indention of 2 spaces inside the functions, but none at all for themselves nor for the while loop. Makes it a bit cleaner to look at and you and other get a quicker understanding of which blocks belong together.
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