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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm writing a script that goes something like this:
#!/bin/bash
zenity --list --checklist --title="Choose Packages to Install" --width="1000" --height="400" \
--column="Select" --column="Package Name" --column="Description" \
GIMP=$( " " GIMP "GIMP is a free and open source photo editor." ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Defunct_Lizard
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to run a query which returns a sum value(a number).
I want to get it in a variable so that i can refer to that variable in different places.
when i am running the following command
variable=`isql -Uuser -Sserver -Ppassword
1> select sum(count(*)) from xyz..abc where clm_id... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sharma331
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am trying to get a loop counter i and set its value as the ouput of a command:
i=`printmo TEST1 | grep -i TEST2 | wc -l`
Then I want to use i as counter to run a loop i number of times.
Like if i gets a value of 5 I'll have to run loop 5 times.
But will i here be a numeric... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pat_pramod
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm hoping you guys can help me out here. I've been trying different methods to try and get what IW as hoping would be a fairly simple script but has turned into a pain.
Bit of background - I am writing a script to check values in certain failes to ensure they are corerct. I'm runnign this on... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: stuc
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Let say I have these 3 files (state, list and myscript). I want to be able get the sample output like below when I run myscript. Any one know how to fix the code? TIA.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> cat /home/state
CA
> cat /home/list
CA 100 50 20
AUS 120 61 10
> cat myscript... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: joker_789us
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6. Programming
Hi, with this command:
cu -l /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600 > name.txt
I put the output of the port in a txt
Is posible to do the same (or similar) in a var directly, inside a C program?
cu -l /dev/ttyACM0 -s 9600 > variable ?
I have trying this withs pipes, but i dont know how to... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: daaran
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I have a shell script containing a command string in the following format:
command1 | command2 | cut -c9-16
The output from this is a record number (using characters 9-16 of the original output string) e.g. ORD-1234
I wish to save this value to a variable for use in later commands... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: philjo
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I wrote a script to get the oldest file from a directory path (which is passed as a parameter to the script)
#########################################################
XMLFILE_PATH={$1}
cd $XMLFILE_PATH
JPM_FILENAME = `(ls -tr User* | head -1)`
#echo $JPM_FILENAME
###### END... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dsrookie
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm trying to assign the output of a command to a variable and then concat it with another string, however, it keeps overwriting the original string instead of adding on to the end of the string.
Contents of test.txt --> This is a test
var1="`head -n 1 test.txt`"
echo $var1 (This is a... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: oma04
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
With cut -c 8-13 myfile,
I am getting some numeric value.
In my shell script I am trying to assign something like this,
var=cut -c 8-13 myfile
But at the time of execution I am getting -c is not found.
If I dont assign, then script executes well.
Can we not simply use the value from one... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: videsh77
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