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Bash comparison and expression operators
I'm new to bash programming. I've read two good, long guides, but they made a mess in my head about operators and keywords.
Which are more commonly and widely used? I don't know when to use which ...
2
votes
1answer
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Run program from a shell script but behave as one process only?
Is there a way I can execute an application from a shell script but not create another process. I want it to look like one process only. It doesn't matter whether my shell script is replaced by a new ...
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0answers
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How can I test if a variable matches another value and move to another function?
I am writing a script where I store a predetermined line of text into a string (we will call abc). I am storing the results from grep -iqs $USER file (we will call def) into another string.
How can ...
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0answers
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Implementation of text editor in shell programming [closed]
I have made a text editor in C. When I'm changing the extension of that file from .c to .sh and compiling the file in the terminal, some error is shown, like for the global variables an external error ...
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5answers
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How are the programs in /bin directory compiled into a non-readable format?
I've noticed that most of my commands/programs in the /bin directory are compiled. I wish to duplicate this non-readable code format myself. Can someone tell me why and/or how these programs get this ...
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0answers
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Help me please with script [closed]
There is a string $STRING, in which syllables are written with the spaces. If the variable $WORD have at least one syllable in this string, report of this in any way.
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vote
3answers
429 views
Loop in bash to create decimal number
How to generate a numbers
0.01, 0.02, 0.03 ... until 0.2
in bash ?
i run this example but it doesn't work
#!/bin/bash
#
# Script for running several experimentations one the same JVM
#
for ((i ...
3
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2answers
930 views
Python Compared to BASH
I've been studying bash for the past three weeks or so, and it is very easy to learn since it is basically just command line inputs. I've decided to now move onto python but I've been lost the whole ...
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3answers
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Fast way to create gui for bash app
I want to build a simple GUI for an app that use bash so for example clicking on a button would execute some bash commands and so one.
There's a GUI creator also simple, i need only buttons and ...
5
votes
2answers
371 views
How to re-start a python script without killing other python processes
I develop an app called Unity Mail. A quicklist option «Edit accounts data» needs to restart it.
File /usr/bin/unity-mail:
#!/bin/sh
python /usr/share/unity-mail/unity-mail.py $@
File ...
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2answers
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Print terminal output in gedit automatically?
the command
time ./myprog
displays the time it took to run myprog on the screen. Now i would like to write this information to a text file.
How?
