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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone,
Could someone please explain to me why I get cd: too many arguments when I select a dir that has one or more spaces in the name?
This is the code
#!/bin/bash
tmp_loc=$(zenity --file-selection --directory)
if ]; then
exit 0
else
location=${tmp_loc// /\\ } # this... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: soichiro
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm reading Wicked Cool Shell Scripts. For some reason, the function pasted in below gives the error: ./inpath2: line 10: in_path()
4 {
5 cmd=$1 ourpath=$2 result=1
6 oldIFS=$IFS IFS=":"
7
8 for directory in "$ourpath"
9 do
10 if ; then
11 result=0
12 fi... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: jakeroberts
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I wanted to pass an argument to a bash script. So that the argument is used inside the awk command inside the bash script.
I know the noraml way of passing argument to a bash script as below :
sh myScript.sh abc
Inside the bash script i can use like this
myArg1=$1
wc $myArg
But... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: shree11
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Could someone help me with the script below?
I am trying to make a script having just one arguement as a command and then it executes the appropriate code
#!/bin/bash
if
then
echo "Available commands:"
echo "./exec.sh cmd1"
echo "./exec.sh cmd2"
elif
then
cmd1 =... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: spiridakos
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
This script moves all the doc files to a specified directory. I have managed to put an argument but the problem I am facing is putting the full path where the scripts are moving to, for example I want to run the script like this below
./loo -d then path where im moving the files (i.e ./loo -d... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: elginmulizwa
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
this script moves all the doc files to a specified directory....i have managed to put an argument but the problem im facing is puting the full path where the scripts are moving to for example i want to run the script like this below
./loo -d then path where im moving the files (i.e ./loo -d the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: elginmulizwa
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7. Homework & Coursework Questions
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Write a shell program called myenv which takes one argument. The argument should be the name of an environment variable, such as PATH HOME etc. myenv should print out the value of the variable given as the argument. If no argument is... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Helix
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
This script is called fuu;
#!/bin/bash
speak() {
case $1 in
1)echo one
;;
2)echo two
;;
3)echo three
;;
esac
}
speak
exit 0
when i run fuu 2 i expect "two" like... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Tártaro
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have a very stupid/simple problem, but for some reason I cannot figure out...and I need your help!
I am writting a bash scrip that should be executed using "my_script X Y Z T" where X Y Z and T can be any string, but there can be any number of arguments.
I want my script to do... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jolecanard
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi!,
How can I check the number of arguments passed from the shell in a bash shell ? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: DNAx86
1 Replies
01-02-2011
I didn't notice it until a few rereads.