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How to create as many variables as needed from shell script(bash)?
I'm making a script for monitoring some user processes with Upstart but, since its for the company I work for, they asked me to do it generic...how's so?
Well, the number of processes being monitored ...
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How to clone a read-only portion of /proc file system
The problem with reading /proc file system is that it is not atomic. I tried using a library (procfs in Python) that wishes to read it, but it has glitches about 5% of the time because the process ...
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Linux Bash Script [closed]
I am currently in need of a simple Linux script which provides a menu to any user, where they are able to either add or delete a user, where if they choose to add the user they can do so via a text ...
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Executing a program according to the last modified date
I need to write a script which would execute some executables in a directory according to the last modified date. The oldest should run first. How do I do it?
This is what I have done so far
for f ...
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Checking if a file exists in several directories
I've been working on this far too long and need some help.
I need a script that will look at files in a directory and see if it exists in one of several directories.
I need something like this:
for ...
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Making a progressbar with “dialog” from rsync output
I'm looking for a way to filter/redirect rsync output in a manner where it can be fed to the "dialog --gauge" command, so I can get a nice looking progressbar during file sync.
Currently I have only ...
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find total ram memory and swap memory
I need to write a script to find total memory and total swap of several linux server (2000+).
I have one trusted server from where I can login to all these 2000 servers without a password.
When I run ...
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bash scripting add arguments
I have created a script which takes parameters and arguments. I want to insert the --help argument.
I already know how to parse normal arguments with -, but I don't know how to parse the -- ones.
to ...
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Shebang line with `#!/usr/bin/env command --argument` fails on Linux
I've got a simple script:
#!/usr/bin/env ruby --verbose
# script.rb
puts "hi"
On my OSX box, it runs fine:
osx% ./script.rb
hi
However, on my linux box, it throws an error
linux% ./script.rb
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Testing, from a script, if audio devices are in silent?
Is there a default program where I can check if my audio devices are in silent?
Edit: By silence, I mean that if there is something playing on that (not just activated or opened)
Something like ...
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Access the Shift-Insert clipboard from script
How do I access the Shift-Insert (paste) clipboard from a script? You can see what I use here.
Edit: A demonstration how it works, with xclip:
echo hello | xclip -selection secondary
xclip -o ...
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Difference between commands in bash script and commands in terminal
Are there any differences between commands that you type into the terminal and commands you include in a script?
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Script to insert line into files in sub-dirs
I have a sub-dir tree with varying number of branches and most of
the branches contain .cpp files (many of them). I have a header-file
at the root of the tree that I want to have as a
#include ...
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Concatenate multiple files under subdirectories
My directory structure is given below
x:\Project_2012-158A\Sample_4041
SampleSheet.csv
4041_CGTACG_L002_R1_001.fastq
4041_CGTACG_L002_R2_001.fastq
4041_CGTACG_L006_R2_001.fastq
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Extract binaries from pcap using command line (script)
As the title says, I'm looking for a way to extract binaries from PCAP's using the command line. I realize it is possible using Wireshark -> File -> Export -> http objects etc. But tshark doesn't seem ...
