A script is a sequence of commands or instructions that are executed by an interpreter program rather than compiled into a standalone executable program.
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tmux script to open a new window and run a script, keeping the window open
I am working on porting a script of mine to use tmux. Essentially it takes a text file and executes a command with each line of said file in it. Right now it uses gnome-terminal and opens a new ...
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How to find the word before a match
I have the following log file. I need to know if there are any fault / suspect condition using a shell script.
I need to find fault and check the previous word, if it is greater than 0 then there is ...
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Parsing a delimited in ksh as command argument
My system generates a flat file with 7 arguments :
Field1,Field2,Field3,Field4,Field5,Field6,Field7
Field1,Field2,Field3,Field4,Field5,Field6,Field7
Field1,Field2,Field3,Field4,Field5,Field6,Field7
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Help creating a bash shell script based around the ls command [on hold]
I'm trying to create a bash shell script that will take an input directory and give me the name and size (with units) within. I'm a bit new to shell scripts, so I've been able to build the script to ...
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can mmv rename files by incrementing an index?
Can mmv, a mass move utility, nicely rename files from:
foo.txt
bar.txt
baz.txt
to:
1.txt
2.txt
3.txt
The man page is intriguing, but I don't quite follow the directions:
Rename all ...
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Script a mobile recharge website
I recently come to know that I can curl a website using the bash command
curl --user user:pass xyz.com
I have an idea for recharging my mobile using the bash script. I want to write a script which ...
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How can I make a bash script that uses the ls -l command on a given argument?
How can I make a bash script that uses the ls -l command on a given argument? I have a text document containing my shebang ect... but when I add the ls -l command, it only works on my cwd. Say my ...
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Arithmetic Syntax Error when running a script in RedHat OS
I am encountering a problem when I try to run a script in RedHat OS. I get an arithmetic syntax error.
Now here's the script that I am trying to run:
#!/bin/ksh
echo ""
echo " = K+WA =";
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regex to remove last four characters
Is there a way I could eliminate the last four characters with regex in the below one line script as I convert .wav files into .mp3 files. As of right now my single line script produces files ending ...
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Assign names stored in a file to numbers stored in a second file
I have two files:
>head(fileA)
2 1 544.8 1279.2 1.0603 3.2460 0.0542
3 1 546.2 1277.8 1.0463 3.2460 0.0553
3 2 543.9 1280.1 0.1652 3.2460 0.0177
4 1 ...
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Run this PHP file via Cron Job
Here is the script:
<?php
//Create back files?
define('CREATE_BACKUPS', FALSE);
if (!is_dir($argv[1]))
{
echo "You must enter a valid path such as /home/apresv/public_html or ...
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echo $PATH shows path to python scripts, but they cannot be executed
I am new to using the shell, and wanted to create a directory in $HOME where I can put all my python scripts, set a path to that directory, so that I can go into any folder on my Mac and execute those ...
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Help creating script to move files based on date or filename
I have an FTP process that is constantly putting files into a directory. The date created is part of the filename in a format like this:
YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS-xxxxxxxxxx.wav
I would like to move the ...
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How do I script deluge to get information about torrents?
Dealing with a lot of torrents is not always convenient when using GUI. I tried deluge-console info, but that didn't give all the info I wanted. So, to make it clear, what I need is a script, that ...
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Reading file using shell script, format of the line has changed
I am reading a file using the following code:
displayLine(){
echo $line
}
filename="SampleFile"
while read line
do
displayLine $line
done < "$filename"
The format of the file that I am ...
