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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Unix Gurus,
i am on learning path of unix, and yet to discover many things. I came across with this requirement where i need to pass parameters but the position of parameters is not fixed so after doing some google search got to know "getopts" can handle that. So here is my code:
function... (3 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
while getopts v OPTION
do
case $OPTION in
v) echo "Hello" ;;
*) exit 1;;
esac
done
Suppose I have script tmp.sh
Whose Signature is tmp.sh <fixed_argument>
When I run the script with tmp.sh -v "file", it echoes a hello but, when I try the other way i.e, tmp.sh... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Devendra Hupri
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
First off, I apologize for my lack of knowledge. I realize my problem will probably seem pretty basic to everyone, but I've been at this for several hours now and I've gotten nowhere. I would contact my professor, but it is too late for that.
Anyway, I'm trying to write a function called... (1 Reply)
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4. Programming
Hi, this is my problem
I have script with two parameters -n name and -s surname. Both have arguments and I want to know how parse these parameters with getopts. When you write
./names -n John -s White
it find you all persons, which name is John White, but when you write
./names -n John ... (1 Reply)
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5. AIX
Hello,
On Aix 5.2, we changed the parameters tcp_keepinit, tcp_keepintvl and tcp_keepidle with the no command.
tunrestore -R is present in inittab
in the directory /etc/tunables we can clearly see the inclusion of parameters during reboot, including the file lastboot.log
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey, i need help with the use of getopts in shell script.
tried reading a lot online, but found incomplete examples (maybe complete but cudn't make out). PLzz help...explain in deatil plzzz, i am a newbie:confused: (3 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am having some trouble/questions with getopts that I can't find any solid info on with google
I need it to parse things of the syntax of:
-r # # # -f -c
with as many repeats as possible, and it should catch erroneous commands also, but continue going...
my first question is, -r... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: TurboArkhan
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8. HP-UX
Is there a restriction on levels of using 'getopts' ? I have several scripts, each of which requires an option as the first parameter .
If I call one prg separately it works fine, but when one prg calls another prg and passes the option on the called prg, then the called prg
seems not to process... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: vslewis
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
i have part of the scripts below ,getopt for -h or ? not working for me.
can anybody tell me if this sytax right or wrong.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
program=$(basename $0)
#####################################################################################
function usageerr
{
RC=1
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: GrepMe
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Here is my post with a question about getopts. I am running korn shell on Solaris 5.8. I am trying to ensure that certain options require a parameter, which is easy enough. I have found that if multiple options are entered on the command line together, but the parameter for one of the options is... (1 Reply)
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