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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
As an exercise, I'm trying to re-write this code without the compound square brackets, using grep and test. Need to know what to do about the "equal-tilde".
#!/bin/bash
# test-integer2: evaluate the value of an integer.
INT=-5
if +$ ]]; then
if ; then
echo "INT is zero."
else
if ; then... (17 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
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Filename: SHA_AED_Monthly_SNR_20150331.txt.gz
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Compression: GZIP
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Filename: SHA_AED_SNR_ChangeLog_20150331.txt.gz
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
This is the code:
while test 1 -eq 1
do
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$a
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then
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I read a command on every loop an execute it.
I check if the string equals the word stop to end the loop,but it say that I gave too many arguments to test.
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want to use grep inside a test statement, but I am getting an error message.
Two variables
testvarNum=5
testvarNonNum=x
echo $testvarNum | grep *
The result of this is as follows:
5
However, when I try the following (i.e. to test if the variable is numeric or non-numeric):... (3 Replies)
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Hi
I need to know if I have got the following grep command correct. I wanted to find from myfile.txt all signed real numbers (e.g. +5.0, -78, but not 5.0, 5 are not).
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
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if
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exit 1
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