In shell scripting, a shell such as bash runs a file containing a list of commands (a script). The script is effectively a program and the shell is its interpreter.
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Bash script to determine ip address
Is it possible to determine the ip address of systems within a network using a bash script. And how.
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a script to shutdown the other pc in the network if they donot respond to ping command
A (program)script to shutdown the other linux operated Computer in the same network , if they do not respond to ping command otherwise a message to show that they do not respond.
please help me
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Auto upload on ftp when file saved [duplicate]
I want to know if it is possible(it should be) to auto upload my files on ftp when they change. Is there a batch script i can run in background? Thank you! :D
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routine program in ubuntu
I am trying to write a routine of my studies of next month. For that I want to write a timed schedule. That is a timed program that will tell me everytime I turn on my laptop which topics should I ...
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constantly check if the virtualbox is started or still booting up from a script
I am writing a shell script to start a virtualbox (ubuntu). After the command I want to put a for loop to keep checking the status of virtualbox and the script comes out of the loop only after the ...
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Hourly GIT Push
Is it possible for me to automate a Git push every hour via a batch script.
I would typically type in this:
git add *
git commit -m "latest update"
git push ...
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Problem on running shell script (how to NOT make it run from gedit) - Ubuntu 12.04
I want to run shell script or at least run it from terminal. I tried going to home folder/edit/preferences/behaviour and set executable text files to 'ask each time' but it doesn't even give the ...
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How to declare functions as variables
I want to declare variable with pwd() function, which will give me the current path. I want to use pwd() function as ${pwd} variable, something like that. How I must write? Thanks!
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Not able to execute a .sh file: /bin/bash^M: bad interpreter
I wanted to execute a shell script:
-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 17234 Jun 6 18:31 create_mgw_3shelf_6xIPNI1P.sh
I was trying to do by a standard procedure . But I am getting this error:
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Run a command with the argument from the last command
When running commands, sometimes maybe you need to run a command with the argument from the last command. How can you do this?
Of course, except the use of the arrow keys and Del keys: ...
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mp3info -p “%S” file.mp3 - return: file.mp3 is corrupt or is not a standard MP3 file
I want to get duration of .mp3 song in seconds using mp3info.
When I execute
mp3info -p "%S" file.mp3
output is
file.mp3 is corrupt or is not a standard MP3 file.
The file is correct ...
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How to, auto add desktop icon for all new likewise-open users 12.04
I want to add a desktop icon to the desktop of every user that logges on.
The system is connected to Active Directory using LikeWise-open, i dont want to manualy add the desktop icons to every user, ...
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How do I add a PPA in a shell script without user input?
Basically, I want to run add-apt-repository ppa:(whatever) without the "press Enter to continue" prompt. How would I do this?
Essentially, I want to deploy adding a repository in a shell script ...
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Shell script now working on post/get request
I have a simple script in php to fetch files from my github repository
<?php
echo shell_exec('git pull');
?>
When I ssh into my server and run this script like this:
php github.php
I see ...
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Partially overwrite in a file through script
I see
<command> >> <filepath> appends the command line to the file
and
<command> > <filepath> replaces the entire contents of the file with the command given ...
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Move Multiple Files To Multiple Folders Based on Names of Files
I have a bunch of files in one folder named numeric as 001001 .. 001002 .. 002001 .. 002002 .. and so on until 114001 .. 114002 , i want to move every group of files that start with the same number to ...
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How to list the source URLs from saved html files from a folder?
I have a lot of html files in a folder. I used them
in a project. I want to build a References.txt
file in which the URL from which each html file was saved
will be listed with the time stamp on which ...
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shell script error ( java related) [duplicate]
I am attempting to simplify a question I asked earlier since no one seemed to be interested in it. I am hoping by simplifying it more people will look at it. Here is the original post. when I try to ...
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How to run shell script via terminal using ubuntu 13.04?
I just upgraded to 13.04. Before this when I click on a shell script file it'll give an option to run via terminal but now the option is no longer available and when I click the file it'll directly ...
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HTTP POST and GET using cURL in linux
I had server application in asp.net in windows in that i had a web service for that .
how can i call web service in ubuntu using shell script by using cURL command
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Which system calls will be used for command : cat < in (in is an existing regular file)?
I am an undergraduate computer engineering student and this question is one of my system programming course's exam question.Actually the question is " will not be used" and the options are : open, ...
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Shell not handling escape character spaces
Recently it seems that shell has changed how it handles spaces in parameters. It used to handle them properly (Or at least as I intended it to), but now it recognises it as a bunch of different ...
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JAVA_HOME : .bashrc or .profile
I need to set some variables such as JAVA_HOME and add them to the PATH. Can I somehow define them in .profile, and have them pulled into .bashrc? Or maybe add them to a 3rd file, and have that file ...
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Run a shell script from terminal
I have a shell script at /home/user/android-sdk-linux/tools. I wish to run the script from the terminal by typing ddms so I added :/home/user/android-sdk-linux/tools/ddms.sh to /etc/environment and ...
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When trying to run Android Studio sh file, chmod +x and checkbox just instantly fails (as root too)
I want to run the new Android Studio IDE just released at Google I/O 2013, and when I try to execute studio.sh, it opens it in a text editor. If I enable running as application in properties, it ...
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Run script on remote machine via telnet (not SSH)
I need to somehow run a script which resides on a remote machine running Ubuntu.
SSH or any other connection type that requires complex encryption is not possible.
The client that will connect to the ...
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shell script to conditionally add apt repository
I want to write a shell script that will add an apt repository.
I know that I can do it using sudo add-apt-repository -y <repo>.
My question is can I do it only if the repository was not ...
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Macxchange Script to Change MAC and Hostname in ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to adapt a script in backtrack to work with ubuntu. I keep getting an error on line 14 which is the "if [ $? == 0 ]; then" line
the script was found on
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Find files with same name in different folders
This is a tricky one. I need to do the following using 2 folders, the movie folder and the subtitle folder:
Search for every movie inside the movie folder, for each file it finds, grab the files ...
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Starting and stopping of applications
I need to make my restart process lesser commands. I dont want to code anything or create a service. So I created 2 scripts to do that. But even then the process is too lengthy. Is there a way to kill ...
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How to run a script in boot as root
I had a script that automatically enables my wifi without using networkmanager but I don't know how to run the script as root while the system is booting.
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linux script command explanation
When I read a script of makefile, I meet with the following linux script command:
mv obj/*.o . 2>/dev/null
What does this command mean? I understand mv obj/*.o . means that all the files with ...
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Any way to tabulate the package name and license avail on Ubuntu repo? [duplicate]
I need to create a table with all installable packages on first column and its license in the second.
e.g.:
Gedit | GPL
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Mr Transmission, please turn off the PC after all downloads are completed!
#!/bin/bash
echo "password" | sudo -S halt
I pointed this script to "Call script when torrent is completed" option under: Edit > Preferences > Downloading
Problem: this script shut-downs the ...
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Where to start in Linux programming
I am a student and I would like to study all these terminal stuffs and all. You all will be experts in this subject. I would like to know where did you all begin and what must I do to be an expert in ...
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Failing with shell script
I am trying to run the following script in Ubuntu 10.04 but hitting with different issues for the intget i declaration. Could anyone please help me asap
integer i
i=1
while true
do
read ...
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Should recursive shell script lock up the system?
I made a typo and ran my shell script recursively. Example:
#!/bin/bash
# filename: kill-me-please.sh
./kill-me-please.sh
This caused my system to become unresponsive and all I could do was a ...
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Problem in Social Engineering Toolkit in My Ubuntu 12.10 System
I Just Installed Social Engineering Toolkit (SET) in my machine in /opt/ directory .
i allready installed Metasploit , and changed metasploit directory to /opt/metasploit
set_config
file from ...
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Need to remove Metasploit from my Ubuntu 12.10 system [duplicate]
Tonight I installed Metasploit in my Ubuntu 12.10 it did not work properly, so i removed it by executing the following command in terminal
sudo rm -r /opt/metasploit
now when i try to re-install ...
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my user ~/bin folder is not working
I'm running 12.04
I have two files
/usr/bin/uim-tomoe-gtk
~/bin/uim-tomoe-gtk
the first is the tomoe kanji program
the second is a script that runs kanjipad instead
#!/bin/bash
exec kanjipad ...
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delete file from /etc/profile.d directory [duplicate]
I have made a small script and placed it in a file inside /etc/profile.d directory. Since then, I can not login in ubuntu 12.04, nor in terminal as the normal user. I can only login as root from ...
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Execute a shell-script when closing laptop lid
Now I have two scripts and I want to execute them respectively when I close the laptop lip and open it.
How can I do this?
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Rename files in group
I've folder and file structure like
Folder/1/fileNameOne.ext
Folder/2/fileNameTwo.ext
Folder/3/fileNameThree.ext
...
How can I rename the files such that the output becomes
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Installing packages remotely via bash script in ubuntu
I am trying to install firefox packages to all my linux hosts remotely using a bash script. But when ever i execute the script i get the following error. How do i enable DISPLAY in bash script?
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Flexible vector construction in tcsh
vector generation is a technique which allows us to generate lists without defining iterators and write loops. They are useful in many situations, and can turn code to much more succinct and compact. ...
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Can I use a custom shell with upstart script stanza?
I'm writing a few daemons implemented in pure shell script and would like to use zsh(powerful substitutions, modules with socket/tcp handling, etc) instead of the default /bin/sh. Can I tell the ...
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Help Debugging Backup Script
Every 3 hours the script will run and backup a folder "SOURCE" and it will save it along with the other backups of the current day in the folder "month-day-year" e.g. "03-24-13". When a new day comes, ...
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How to get select statement choices into If statements?
I'm very new to programming on Ubuntu. And I'm trying to do a simple bash script.
I have a select menu working but I want the choices made in that to go into a number of if statements, corresponding ...
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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 ...
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awk quoting program text
I just came across a gotcha in awk, and I would like to know if anyone can explain to me why this happens.
The following 2 lines behave differently if I run:
# grep -Rl BASE_DIR --exclude-dir=.svn * ...
