Re: [OT] bash help

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:46:23AM +, Andy Blanchard wrote: > On 20 February 2017 at 09:18, T_POL wrote: > > > > not sure about that but I think the "cd" command executes indeed > > but it's valid only for the scripts' environment and not for the > > shell you started the

Re: [OT] bash help

On 20 February 2017 at 09:18, T_POL wrote: > > not sure about that but I think the "cd" command executes indeed > but it's valid only for the scripts' environment and not for the > shell you started the script from. *ding* *ding* *ding* We have a winner! Shells execute in

Re: [OT] bash help

On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 05:22:44 -0800 Mike Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > My brain cell ran away from home. I have an incredibly simple script > that doesn't do what I expect. I use "mkdir DIR; cd DIR" a lot so I'm > trying to put it in a script: "~/bin/mdcd". > >

Re: [OT] bash help

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 02:12:35PM -0800, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/19/2017 05:22 AM, Mike Wright wrote: > > dir="$1" > > mkdir -p "$dir" > > cd "$dir" <-- never executes > I'm not sure why this doesn't work but you're doing it the hard way. > > mkdir -p $1 > cd $1 > > is much simpler, and

Re: [OT] bash help

On 02/19/2017 03:46 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Sun, 2017-02-19 at 05:22 -0800, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, My brain cell ran away from home. I have an incredibly simple script that doesn't do what I expect. I use "mkdir DIR; cd DIR" a lot so I'm trying to put it in a script:

Re: [OT] bash help

On Sun, 2017-02-19 at 05:22 -0800, Mike Wright wrote: > Hi all, > > My brain cell ran away from home. I have an incredibly simple script > that doesn't do what I expect. I use "mkdir DIR; cd DIR" a lot so I'm > trying to put it in a script: "~/bin/mdcd". > > After checking that $1 exists: >

Re: [OT] bash help

On 02/19/2017 07:22 AM, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, My brain cell ran away from home. I have an incredibly simple script that doesn't do what I expect. I use "mkdir DIR; cd DIR" a lot so I'm trying to put it in a script: "~/bin/mdcd". After checking that $1 exists: dir="$1" mkdir -p "$dir"

Re: [OT] bash help

On 02/19/2017 05:22 AM, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, My brain cell ran away from home. I have an incredibly simple script that doesn't do what I expect. I use "mkdir DIR; cd DIR" a lot so I'm trying to put it in a script: "~/bin/mdcd". After checking that $1 exists: dir="$1" mkdir -p "$dir"

[OT] bash help

Hi all, My brain cell ran away from home. I have an incredibly simple script that doesn't do what I expect. I use "mkdir DIR; cd DIR" a lot so I'm trying to put it in a script: "~/bin/mdcd". After checking that $1 exists: dir="$1" mkdir -p "$dir" cd "$dir" <-- never executes The

Re: OT: bash help

On 16Aug2014 14:44, Mike Wright mike.wri...@mailinator.com wrote: I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string. This is general shell stuff, not bash specific. if [ -n $# ] This is always true. Even 0 is a

Re: OT: bash help

On 17 August 2014 08:36, Cameron Simpson c...@zip.com.au wrote: On 16Aug2014 14:44, Mike Wright mike.wri...@mailinator.com wrote: I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string. This is general shell stuff,

OT: bash help

Hi all, I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string. if [ -n $# ] then WORDS=$1 else WORDS=these are some words fi echo $WORDS; The second case is always comes back . But if I write WORDS='these

Re: OT: bash help

On 08/16/2014 02:44 PM, Mike Wright wrote: if [ -n $# ] then WORDS=$1 else WORDS=these are some words fi echo $WORDS; The second case is always comes back . But if I write WORDS='these are some words' echo $WORDS I get the assigned string. In your first example, you use full

Re: OT: bash help

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 02:44:14PM -0700, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string. if [ -n $# ] then WORDS=$1 else WORDS=these are some words fi echo $WORDS;

Re: OT: bash help

On 08/16/2014 02:44 PM, Mike Wright wrote: I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string. I found this example that might help: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/comparison-ops.html#STRTEST -- users mailing list

Re: OT: bash help

On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 02:44:14PM -0700, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string. if [ -n $# ] This will always be true. -n tests if a string is empty or not. 0 counts as

Re: OT: bash help

On Sun, 2014-08-17 at 00:42 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 02:44:14PM -0700, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined string. if [ -n $# ] This will

Re: OT: bash help

08/16/2014 04:14 PM, Mark C. Allman wrote: On Sun, 2014-08-17 at 00:42 +0200, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 02:44:14PM -0700, Mike Wright wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to write a simple script that if provided an argument, uses that, or if nothing is provided, uses a predefined

Re: OT: bash help

On 07Jul2013 20:38, Ian Malone ibmal...@gmail.com wrote: | On 7 July 2013 20:18, Mike Wright mike.wri...@mailinator.com wrote: | I'm trying to write a bash command to transcode some videos into audios | but am having trouble with filenames that contain spaces. | | ls *flv | | returns this: |

OT: bash help

Hi all, I'm trying to write a bash command to transcode some videos into audios but am having trouble with filenames that contain spaces. ls *flv returns this: Jorge Drexler - Al otro Lado del Río.flv But in a bash for loop it doesn't work. for f in `ls *flv`; do echo $f; done returns

Re: OT: bash help

Around 07:29pm on Sunday, July 07, 2013 (UK time), Mike Wright scrawled: I'm trying to write a bash command to transcode some videos into audios but am having trouble with filenames that contain spaces. ls *flv returns this: Jorge Drexler - Al otro Lado del Río.flv But in a bash

Re: OT: bash help

07/07/2013 12:03 PM, Steve Searle wrote: Around 07:29pm on Sunday, July 07, 2013 (UK time), Mike Wright scrawled: I'm trying to write a bash command to transcode some videos into audios but am having trouble with filenames that contain spaces. ls *flv returns this: Jorge Drexler - Al otro

Re: OT: bash help

On 7 July 2013 20:18, Mike Wright mike.wri...@mailinator.com wrote: 07/07/2013 12:03 PM, Steve Searle wrote: Around 07:29pm on Sunday, July 07, 2013 (UK time), Mike Wright scrawled: I'm trying to write a bash command to transcode some videos into audios but am having trouble with filenames

Re: OT: bash help

On 7-7-13 11:29:05 Mike Wright wrote: I'm trying to write a bash command to transcode some videos into audios but am having trouble with filenames that contain spaces. ls *flv returns this: Jorge Drexler - Al otro Lado del Río.flv But in a bash for loop it doesn't work. for f in

Re: OT: bash help

Once, long ago--actually, on Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 02:18:16PM CDT--Mike Wright (mike.wri...@mailinator.com) said: exactly what I needed. I'd never discovered IFS before As you've discovered, it's quite useful to manipulate IFS. Just a suggestion, however. In scripts where you modify IFS, do