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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am running a bash script to do an rsync back on a computer running MacOS High Sierra. This is the script I am using,
#!/bin/bash
# main backup location, trailing slash included
backup_loc="/Volumes/Archive_Volume/00_macos_backup/"
# generic backup function
function backup {... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: LMHmedchem
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Heyas,
Since this question (similar) occur every now and then, and given the fact i was thinking about it just recently (1-2 weeks) anyway, i started to write something :p
The last point for motivation was... (17 Replies)
Discussion started by: sea
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I have written a script that allows me to repetitively play a music file $N times, which is specified through user input. However, if I want to exit the script before it has finished looping $N times, if I use CTRL+c, I have to CTRL+c however many times are left in order to complete the loop.... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: hilltop_yodeler
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4. Ubuntu
I'm writing a bunch of scripts to automatically configure Ubuntu and I want to run the code below to remove the white dots from the login screen:
sudo xhost +SI:localuser:lightdm
sudo su lightdm -s /bin/bash
gsettings set com.canonical.unity-greeter draw-grid false
The problem is that... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: maerlyngb
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Here is my daily stupid question:
How can I tell a script to only execute if the other scripts exits successfully?
So "script A" executes and it executes successfully (0),then "script B" will run
or else
"script A "executes and it exits unsucessfully (1) then "script B" will read return... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: metallica1973
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Im using a script that writes a random line to a text file then executes another shell script. My problem is that the lottery shell script will not execute. Im not receiving an errors when running the shell script, and it copies a random line of text to mtest.txt fine.
#!/bin/bash
nscripts=2... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: kylecn
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Folks,
Below is a basic synopsis of the problem. I have a script that I need to check for some env vars and fail (exit the script) if they are not there. At the same time I need to set some default env vars. To do this I must run the script from the parent shell or source the script. Doing... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bashN00b
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello
I'm having a problem running a TCL script in my new OpenSolaris OS. When I go to the directory containing my script called 'Install' (using the gnome terminal), it doesn't seem to be able to find it even though it lists it i.e. if I type "Inst" and hit tab to complete the word, it... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: sbsbg
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
$ ls -l
total 44
drwx------ 2 ivanachu users 512 Dec 6 19:15 VILEARN
-rw------- 1 ivanachu users 74 Dec 5 18:42 cond
-rwx------ 1 ivanachu users 97 Dec 5 21:30 cond2
-rwxrwxrwx 1 ivanachu users 4979 Feb 10 22:42 createHAqmgr.ksh
-rw------- 1 ivanachu users 28 Dec 4... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: ivanachukapawn
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have this script i wrote, it chokes when running the add install client commandit keeps telling me the add_install_client command is incorrect.
When I put the print statement in front of the command so it will echo it, the command looks right on the screen. Yes im am an ametuer, im trying to... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: BG_JrAdmin
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