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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'd like to write up notes in a relatively readable format and then use a shell script to add LaTeX formatting. Specifically, I'm trying to figure out how to add the LaTeX newline character (\\) to the end of lines without \begin{} or \end{} statements
example notes file:
\begin{enumerate}
--... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: icskittles
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
In BASH, how does ||: get interpreted. I know || is logical or. And I believe : evaluates to true. Can someone give a thorough explanation for this usage?
Example
for i in $IGGY
do
&& skipdb=1 || : (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: glev2005
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a file which contains a list of paths separated by a new line character.
e.g
/some/path/to/a/file.png
/some/path to/another/file.jpeg
/some path/to yet/another/file
Notice that these paths may contain metacharacters, the spaces for example are also not escaped.
If I wanted... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cue
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
printf "\\" prints a backslash.how we can print multiple backslashes such as "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\".
Thanks (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: pandeesh
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a requirement where i need to replace 3 backslashes with 2 in the below mentioned string, but i am facing problem with backslashes. However i tried the option below but doesnt work. My input remains a constant as i receive it from my upstream.
Input String= "-rfile... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: kk_madrid
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have variables:
FOO="Text"
BAR="FOO"
I'd like to be able to evaluate the variable named as the value of $BAR.
echo $FOO
Text
echo $BAR
FOO
This is what I'd like to do:
echo ${$BAR} (this won't work)
Text (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ilja
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Using a small script, I automatically generated some text logs. The files ended being undownloadable, unopenable and undeletable. Upon further investigation, the files ended up looking like this:
log\r
log2\r
log3\r
I've tried a few different things, including double slashing before the... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: shepherdsflock
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi folks,
there are windows device names in the sixth column of a comma separated file. A example device name is:
\\.\Tape0
I don't get the all string in to a variable, because of the preceding backslash. The first backslash is just cut off and my attempts to manipulate the string afterward... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: wibo1
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
How to echo 4 backslashes more easy ? I can use 16 to echo 4 backslashes.
# echo \\
\
# echo \\\\
\
# echo \\\\\\
\\
# echo \\\\\\\\
\\
# echo \\\\\\\\\\
\\\
# echo \\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\
# echo \\\\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\ (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sun-guy
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Probably a simple one.
Basically I am retrieving a number from a file - setting a variable against it and then incrementing this by 1 and using this as an entry number in a log file for messages. I need the variable to re-evalute itself each time I call it so I get the latest number in the file -... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: frustrated1
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