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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I want to use echo command as below
echo 'dir=' $1 ' dir|file|home'
i need output like below :
echo 'dir=' $1 ' dir|file|home' pp13dff
Output
dir=pp13dff dir|file|home (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: asavaliya
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Apologies, probably a really simple problem:
I've got a text file (nh.txt) with this in it:
user1 email1 email2
user2 email1 email2
etc
With the following basic script:
for tline in $(cat nh.txt)
do
echo "**********"
echo $tline
done
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nelmo
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey all, so I wrote a pretty simple script. It's viewable here:
#!/bin/sh
FILE=`ls $1`
for filename in $FILE
do
echo $filename
`echo $filename | tr e 5 `
doneSo, as you can see it gets the list from a command line specified directory. It then loops through, echoes the filename, and then... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: lowExpectations
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Whats the difference between using date in these 2 methods? How exactly does the shell handle the first one different from the second one?
$ echo $date
$ echo $(date)
Tue Aug 16 03:10:25 EDT 2011 (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all and tks in advance
I am working my way through 'Learning the bash Shell'. I cannot be sure if I really understand why "echo *" (my double quotes) returns all the files in the current directory.
I get the * ( wildcard) expansion of "*", and I think I understand that "echo" returns it's... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: mdeh
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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. OS X (Apple)
Hello,
I am trying to send text to a USB to serial adaptor and then to an external speech synthesizer. I tried using the cat and echo commands with no luck. I have gotten some audio output from my synthesizer using Kermit a terminal emulator, so I am pretty sure my synthesizer and my USB to serial... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jamesapp
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Why do get 0 when i enter " echo $? " (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: JamieMurry
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I would like to output the identical line to 2 text files, ie
output='blah'
echo $output > test1.txt
echo $output > test2.txt
Is there a way I could do that output with ONE command, ie
output='blah'
echo $output > test1.txt & test2.txt (I know that doesn't work)
Thanks for any... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: msb65
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all
i have script
echo $$ >tmp
i understand thatecho $$ display some process id which is unique
is that correct ?
and my othere question is what is the maximum length that process-id can
be ?
the reason that i'm asking this is because i have a program which need to read the number of the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: naamas03
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