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1. Ubuntu
line 5: #!/bin/bash
old=$(du -sh /home/andy/Downloads/myfile.iso)
while true; do
new=$(du -sh /home/andy/Downloads/myfile.iso)
if ;
then
break
fi
old=$new
xdotool getactivewindow key Ctrl
sleep 5
done
line 5: bash - Meaning of " (square brackets)... (9 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
because it gives me this error if?
while read linea
do
#echo "Archivos Entrada: $linea"
largo=`awk '{print length($linea)}'`
echo "largo : $largo "
if ; then #Here's the problem, I take this line and it works
echo "a es igual a 1"
fi... (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi I have this code
a="a b c"
set -- $a
if ; then
echo empty
fi
why is it line 3 reports "test: [: too many arguments"? :wall:
Thanks! (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: h0ujun
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey everybody.
How do you write a program that will produce output based on its arguments?
For example, how would you write one that will add 1 to an integer argument so it would look like this:
$add 1 78
79
$
I only know how to write programs to take user input with the read function,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: unclepickle1
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
echo "the number from 1 to 10:"
i=1
while
do
echo $i
i=`expr $i+1'
done
above is the program i written in Linux O.S using vi editor
but i am getting the error that
while: line 3:
i am not understanding that why i am getting this error.
can any body please help me regarding this... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bsatishbabu
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi
I am getting too many arguments error for the below line
if ; then
Thx in advance (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vls1210
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
i don't know what's wrong with the code, says too many arguments in the first two if statements. how to change it? thx.
the file is like in this format:
;dfs;dfdsf;fsd ff dsf;dfdffdfd; -f2 should be only one word with no space, but could be like this 'n/a', '**ABC'
while read line; do
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dtdt
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys
I have this small Bash script - but it fails when I'm trying to run it.
./test.sh: && ; then
# date >> /writable/sys/shutdown.log
shutdown -h "now"
exit
fi
done (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: tainted2real
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Ok so i had to create a file and put some random text into it which i did.
THen u make a script which takes 2 arguments.
The first being a line of text, the second being your newly created file.
The script should take the first argument and insert it into the very top (the first line) of... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: iago
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi!
$ more file
yoyo haha lili
...
i want to test if a "grep yoyo AND lili" works in this file.
In fact, my script will carry on only if it finds in the same line "yoyo" AND "lili"
How can i do?
Thx! (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: tomapam
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