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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello masters of scripting,
I've been working to develop some basic monitoring scripts. I have solved one problem, but want to know how to solve the other.
I have a script that runs locally to create an output file with the Linux system kernel paramters, preceeded by the system name:
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Discussion started by: LinuxRacr
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am using bash and resetting IFS as below when reading the command line arguments. I do this so I can call my script as in Ex1.
Ex1: ./synt2d-ray3dmod.bash --xsrc=12/20/30
This allows me to split both sides so that when I do "shift"
I can get 12/20/30
What I do not understand is... (21 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi I keep getting an error with this nested if statement and am getting the error unexpected end of file, can anyone help me as to why this wont execute?
#!/bin/bash
#script to check wether the -i -v statements run correctly
removeFile ()
{
mv $1 $HOME/deleted
}... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: somersetdan
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Given the scenario like this, if at all if have to use IFS on the below given example, how it should be used.
IFS=/
eg:
/xyz/123/348/file1
I want to use the last slash /file1 . So can anyone, suggest me how to pick the last "/" as a IFS. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: raghunsi
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
This is out of curiosity:
I wanted to extract year, month and date from a variable, and thought that combining read and IFS would help, but this doesn't work:
echo "2010 10 12" | read y m d
I could extract the parts of the date when separated by a -, and setting IFS in a subshell:
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Discussion started by: raphinou
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
im messing up somehwere...and can't seem to clean up the script...for it to work
objectives:
1. check for today's file, and sleep 30 secs between retries
2. only allow 5 tries before script should fail.
3. if today's file found, wait 30 seconds for it to process..
code:
count=0... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: sigh2010
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
I'm using two commands that need different IFS.
The mysql command need IFS to include space because I'm given the mysql command as a variable:
supernova:~# cat myscript
IFS=' '
MYSQL="mysql -u user -ppassword database"
$MYSQL -Ne "SELECT COUNT(1), MAX(id), MAX(name) FROM terminal"... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: chebarbudo
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi i am a learner
can some explain "export IFS=$(echo "\n\t\a")"
i am not able to understand the functionality
please help
thanks
Satya (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Satyak
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi, :)
I set IFS=":"
But when i try to echo $IFS,i am not getting any thing on the screen escept a blank line.
any help pls.
cheers
RRK (11 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
Ok os heres my situation. I have created a database style program that stores a persons info (name,address,phone number etc.) in a file ("database"). after i read in all the values above, i assign them to a line variable:
line="$name^$address^$phonenum" >> phonebuk
as you can see... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: djt0506
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