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# 1  
Old 06-04-2011
Saving a temporary output within a script
Good morning everyone,

i am looking to know how to save the output of a command and reuse it again within a script

i already tired this one but it didn't work

Code:
TEMPDIR=/dir1/dir2
 
My_command> $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE
 
rm $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE*

it keeps saying "cannot write to a directory"
# 2  
Old 06-04-2011
Code:
temp=`My_command`
echo "$temp"

# 3  
Old 06-04-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
Code:
temp=`My_command`
echo "$temp"

thanks alot i just need to reuse the temp output with another script as i have in the follwing

Code:
#!/bin/bash 
echo "Enter value: " 
read x 
my_command | awk -vx=$x '$1>=x{print $NF}'

so i wanna run another script within my script

for example

Code:
#!/bin/bash
TEMPDIR=/dir1/dir2 
echo "Enter value: " 
read x 
my_command | awk -vx=$x '$1>=x{print $NF}' > $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE
 
for i in ` $TEMPFILE`
;do
 
shutdown_script $i
 
done
 
rm $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE*

this TEMPFILE suppose to contain the following

process1
process2
process3
process4

so i need to run another script which is (shutdown_script) within my script and now i want the shutdown_script perform the following (shutting down the processes one by one)

shutdown_script process1
shutdown_script process2
shutdown_script process3
shutdown_script process4

actually i don't know how to do that but i am still trying

i need your help guys Smilie
Last edited by Portabello; 06-05-2011 at 03:46 AM..
# 4  
Old 06-05-2011
Try:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
TEMPDIR=/dir1/dir2 
echo "Enter value: " 
read x 
my_command | awk -vx=$x '$1>=x{print $NF}' > $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE
 
while read i; do
  shutdown_script $i
done < $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE
 
rm $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE*

# 5  
Old 06-05-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by bartus11
Try:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
TEMPDIR=/dir1/dir2 
echo "Enter value: " 
read x 
my_command | awk -vx=$x '$1>=x{print $NF}' > $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE
 
while read i; do
  shutdown_script $i
done < $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE
 
rm $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE*

it keeps saying "cannot write to a directory" =(
at line 5

---------- Post updated at 10:30 AM ---------- Previous update was at 08:32 AM ----------

i have tried the following
Code:
temp=`my_command | awk -vx=$x '$1>=x{print $NF}'`
echo "$temp"

the command (( my_command | awk -vx=$x '$1>=x{print $NF}' )) show the processes line by line just like the following

process_2
process_3
process_4
process_5

but the temp is showing the processes as a single line

process_2 process_3 process_4 process_5
Last edited by Portabello; 06-05-2011 at 10:43 AM..
# 6  
Old 06-05-2011
Does /dir1/dir2 exist?
If so, do you own enough rights to write into it?
I don't see any references to $TEMPFILE in your samples scripts.
And $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE can be merged to $TEMPFILE alone for simplicity, ex:
TEMPFILE='/dir1/dir2/tempfile', but it's up to you to choose if you want to have tempdir and tempfile separates, that does not affect the script at all.
Last edited by tukuyomi; 06-05-2011 at 12:46 PM..
# 7  
Old 06-05-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by tukuyomi
Does /dir1/dir2 exist?
If so, do you own enough rights to write into it?
I don't see any references to $TEMPFILE in your samples scripts.
And $TEMPDIR/$TEMPFILE can be merged to $TEMPFILE alone for simplicity, ex:
TEMPFILE='/dir1/dir2/tempfile', but it's up to you to choose if you want to have tempdir and tempfile separates, that does not affect the script at all.
Thanks Alot tuku =)

well the directory does exist and i have full permissions on that directory
but anyways i came up with something else as i have explained in my last post

i still have a problem running the (shutdown_script) with the processes line by line

i don't know how to run the (shutdown_script) on the processes which is the output of the command i have saved in the temp variable since the output sorted incorrectly

i just want to know how to saprate the processes on each line so maybe the (shutdown_script) will work proparly, but i am still not sure it will work in that case, but it worth trying


thanks again Smilie
 
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