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How to read user input in pipe?
Let's assume I have a file named confirmation.sh with the following content:
#!/bin/bash
echo -n "Are you sure [Y/n]? "
read line
case "$line" in
n|N) echo "smth"
;;
y|Y) echo "smth"
...
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Shell script to backup VMware VM's, exporting each VM to a list then asking user intput
What I'm Trying To Accomplish:
Get list of Virtual Machines ".vmx" file and place in variables
Give the user and choice of which VM to backup
Use "ovftool" to produce an export of the chosen VM to ...
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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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Decreasing mouse sensitivity at kernel level
I have developed a custom-GUI Server, which runs on virtual console of Linux.For mouse-handling purpose, it reads the mouse device file
/dev/input/mice
and retrieves the event data and updates ...
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How to take 'password' like input in shell script? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to hide commands typed in a Linux shell?
Reading passwords without showing on screen in Bash Scripts
I would like to take a password as input, but I want user to ...
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Requesting user input while reading file line by line
For class I need to write a Bash script that will take the output from ispell and when I try and request user input inside the while loop it just saves the next line of the file as the user input.
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Capture user input while doing other things
Is there a way to have the output of a subprocess (something other than 'sleep' below) be dovetailed with the output from a foreground command-loop? For example:
while true
do
echo "updating ...
