Questions tagged [csh]
The C shell (csh or tcsh) is an alternative to the Bourne shell (sh) which is the default with Ubuntu Linux.
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How to set enviroment to use older gcc g++ version without changing default?
When trying to launch application I get this error:
/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libGLU.so.1)
now this is certainly because I'm using Ubuntu 20....
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How can I change directory text color in C shell?
I want to change directory color in cshell. So I copied /etc/DIR_COLORS file to my ~$home and named .dir_colors. I modified that file but it doesnt change the text color. If I source that file then ...
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Reference all paths in single linux script - like a header file for better portability [closed]
Shell Scripting newbie here.
Please bear with me.
Linux 3.0.101-108.87-default x86_64
I have Script1.sh which is referencing folders . I am trying to include all these paths in the script in a single ...
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illegal variable name with csh and tcsh
Ubuntu 20.04 with update on about 1 May 2021. NOT a linux expert.
in bash terminal,
% which csh
/usr/bin/csh
but when
% csh
illegal variable name.
same for tcsh.
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Redirect output with '>&!'
I know that >& means redirect stderr to stdout.
But I don't know the meaning of >&!, I tried following command but it seems like normal.
Example:
cat xxx.txt >&! xxx.output
My ...
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How to capture output from a command and pass it on to a variable in csh scripting?
I'm trying to capture output of command into variable in csh but its printing empty value to the variable. but if i run same command on terminal its working
root_part_id=`gpart show | grep zfs | awk '{...
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Setting Gnome extension from C shell (csh)
I want to set the enabled-extension but when I do this, it doesn't work. echo just prints to console and exec either say "File name too long" or shows me the usage for gsettings.
But if I ...
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I can't run my csh-script in Ubuntu
I write sch-script (cm2.csh) and trying to run in Ubintu (c shell installed), but receive error like:
bash: ./cm2.csh: /bin/csh/: bad interpreter: Not a directory
This is my script:
#!/bin/csh -f
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Shared library seems installed but I get an error anyway
Objective: Install/run an app through csh or tcsh, it's a 3d liquid simulation app called realflow.
Background: I downloaded the app, try to run it through csh or tcsh. I get
strings: 'lib/i386-...
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Trying to enter a directory from the first line of another file
Currently using csh at workplace.
So what i currently have is a path stored in the first line of a file and i am trying to read that.
head -n 1 jvar.txt
Now i have to go to that path so i was ...
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How to run a csh script to install f2c?
I need to install f2c in Linux. Given the steps;
Download installation script : Download install_f2c_linux.csh.
Run installation script
# chmod +x install_f2c_linux.csh
# ./install_f2c_linux.csh
I ...
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Error while executing read prompt in csh and converting to multiline alias
Hey everyone i have this issue where i have a sample program in csh (i know its not the best language to use for scripting but i dont have an option here) its as foll:
#!/bin/csh
echo 'please ...
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Unable to use variables in alias in cshell
This is a sample straight forward program. I am using C-shell and want a solution for this environment itself. Following this code sample:
set FILENAME = "\!:2"
alias jo 'echo this is my \!:1 file ...
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Why will "0.0u 0.0s 0:00.00 0.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w" display on screen from cshell? [closed]
friends, I don't know why "0.0u 0.0s 0:00.00 0.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w" (and many lines like this) will display when I run some C shell script, but not when some others run. And I never encountered with ...
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How to set up a loop in csh to set variables to directory names?
My file structure is like this.
unix% ls
NGC2201 IC0499 IC7216 NGC7169
unix% cd NGC2201
unix% ls
7019 2221 note
where 7019 and 2221 are new directories and note is a text file that I use to create ...
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Using a file to input variables in csh scripting
unix%:~/tmp$ cat tmp.txt
z=0.016728
NH=5.7E20
Center for spectra: 2:00:14.906, +31:25:45.826
I would like for the value of z to be set to a variable named $redsh, the value of NH to be $abun, and ...
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Illegal variable name csh script
I need some help.I try to write csh script and I need to iterate through all files in current dir and do some tasks, so I wrote this:
#!/bin/csh
foreach f ($(ls))
if( some condtions)
echo ...
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How to integrate "run as shell script" in right click menu of file manager? [closed]
Now when I want to run a shell script (.sh or .csh file), I need to right click the file manager and click "open terminal here", then type "./xxx.sh" to run the shell script file. It is very ...
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How do I set a variable to a command's output in csh?
I have a number in a text file like :
int_width: 5230
I want to set this number (5230) to a variable in csh.
What is the correct form? (grep is working before setting)
set WIDTH = "$(grep int_width ...
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execute a script for each line of an input file
I have a txt file with 100 lines and 5 columns. I want to automatize a script, with reading the file each lines, make the first column the first argument, the second column the second argument etc. ...
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putting two files into one
I have two files: one.txt with 108 lines and 10 columns and two.txt with 1 line and one column. I want to add the number in two.txt to each line of one.txt as the 11th column. What is the best option?
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add a new column with a constant into a file
I have a file with 108 lines and 3 columns. I want to add each line a 0 (in the fourth column) in cshell.
like from this
11443 225 3
1245645 22 3
18966 2975 3
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to this
11443 225 3 0
1245645 ...
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How do I fix "MANPATH: undefined variable." in csh?
I am installing some open source software by compiling its source code -- on Ubuntu 16.04 -- by following the instructions in its 'readme' file. At certain point (point 3b in the link) the guideline ...
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Unmatched '. in awk
I am running a script containing this code in Ubuntu:
#!/bin/csh -f
set file = $1
if ($1! == "" ) then
awk '{ \
if ( NR == 1 ) NCOLS = $2; \
if ( NR == 2 ) NROWS = $2; \
if ( NR == 3 ) LL_LNG = $2; \
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Problem in awk command
I have to extract latitude and longitude from an ASCII text file in Ubuntu using the awk command. I wrote the code below and saved it in untitled.sh:
#!/bin/csh -f
set file = $1
if($1! = "") then
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Where can I find a list of the features from Korn and C shells incorporated by Bash?
I would like to have some documentation about the features from Korn (ksh) and the C (csh) shells incorporated in the Bash command language interpreter. A exhaustive list of commands would be great. ...
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Graphical displays in .cshrc or .login files
I decided to follow a UNIX tutorial just to understand my Kubuntu a little bit more, in the tutorial's eighth chapter, I am advised to
WARNING: NEVER put commands that run graphical displays (e.g. ...
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removing bulk pdf password
I have a bunch of pdf files and its password in another file, I need to find a way to remove password protection and create a unencrypted pdf file, with the same file name. What would be a best ...
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Opening a .PS from command line
I want to open a .PS (postscript file) having produced it from a .csh script running a series of GMT commands preferably using ghostview. I am trying:
gv plot.ps
This however opens ghostview but not ...
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Error while matching End of line with $ in Sed command
I am currently applying the below command in csh through a shell script.
sed -i "s/cb $i$/cb $i $cb/" */callback_events
Where:
$i - Value of Variable i
$cb - Value of Variable cb
$ - To match the ...
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C shell script last command not working
I have this C shell (unfortunately C is required) script called EditFile.script consisting entirely of 6 different sed commands, all to be applied to one text file.
#!/bin/csh -f
1i GameTime!!!!!!\...
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Navigate through past commands in C shell?
For a certain assignment I am required to use a C shell. I already have csh up and going.
However, I've noticed that usually when I press the up and down keys on bash terminal I see past commands I'...
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Looping through directories using a csh command
I am trying to get a list of folders in my directory 'KEAX', and then dive into each one of them.
After entering each folder, I want to run the command:
foreach f(*.tar)
tar -xvf$f
end
After ...
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Unable to locate package "csh"
I tried installing csh, but it throws me the error:
unable to locate package csh
My Ubuntu version is 12.04.
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Installing imod_4.7.15_RHEL6-64_CUDA6.0.csh in ubuntu
Can anyone help me with the installing of imod_4.7.15_RHEL6-64_CUDA6.0.csh software.imod is a image software,which I have downloaded from http://bio3d.colorado.edu/imod/download.html.I have extracted ...
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Floating point in CSH?
I have been trying to run this script, but it gives the error "badly formed number" due to the decimal 0.2224.
If I replace it with any integer, the script works fine.
#!/bin/csh -f
set shift="-1 2 ...
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echo $SHELL: unexpected result [duplicate]
I am facing a problem related to the shell change, when I change the shell from bash to csh and type the comand echo $SHELL, I expect the shell to print:
/bin/csh
But instead it prints:
/bin/bash
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Problem with sudo apt-get update on Ubuntu 14.04 virtual machine
My problem began when I was tried to install the mmtsb (multiscale modelling toolset for structural biology) on an Ubuntu 14.04 Virtual Machine on a Windows Host.
I tried giving the ./install.sh ...
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Odd Illegal Variable Name error in csh script
I have a peculiar problem with a csh script which occurs only in my Lenovo Z500 laptop. I have run the script in 3 other computers with analogous operating systems (Kubuntu 14.04 x64) and the only ...
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how to source csh script from bash environment?
I am using bash shell but some of the scripts that I need to source are in csh format. Can somebody tell how I can source csh scripts from bash shell?
By sourcing I mean the sourced csh script should ...
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Setup: command not found. Cannot run installer
I'm installing Abaqus on Ubuntu. I have extracted the rar files into a directory. In terminal, I navigate to the directory and run the setup file using "sudo /directory_name/setup". Terminal gives me ...
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Is there an environment variable in csh to modify PS2?
Is there an environment variable in CSH to change the PS2 like in bash and sh?
For example:
$PS2 = "hi"
I tried it but it doesn't work in csh.
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No csh or tcsh?
In /bin, I see bash, but no csh or tcsh. When I created a ".cshrc" file in my home directory, it had no effect; that's how I discovered this problem.
So the question is this: how do I switch to csh/...
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How I can Install csh as a non-root user?
I need csh for installing a package but I am not root user... I want to install it for my user.
I installed csh_20070713.orig.tar.gz, csh_20070713.diff.gz and csh_20070713-2ubuntu1.dsc
But there is ...
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Extract a date from a filename for CSH script?
I am trying to write a CSH script that will look at components of the filename to generate a date/time. The problem is, I have no idea how to extract part of a filename to use it. Here is a sample ...
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