[SOLVED] Nee command description

Raakh5 · 09-11-2015, 01:10 PM

Hello,

Can anybody please describe the following command

Code:

su - 99999999999 -c "cd ~/tg && bin/telegram-cli -k tg-server.pub -dWS /tmp/99999999999 &"

Thanks in anticipation

rtmistler · 09-11-2015, 01:49 PM

Check the manual page for su.

- is the same as -l and --login where it will provide an environment similar to what you'd get if you just logged in.

-c runs the command in quotes.

The command is all of what you have in quotes and specific to whatever application known as telegram-cli

Raakh5 · 09-12-2015, 12:31 AM

Thanks for your favorable reply

I understood what is - and -c but what about -k -d -W -S and & sign at the end of the command?

Thanks again

ondoho · 09-12-2015, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raakh5

but what about -k -d -W -S and & sign at the end of the command?

that belongs to the command "telegram-cli". we don't know that command.
what is it? where does it come from? what does it belong to?
only you can answer these questions.

JeremyBoden · 09-12-2015, 05:16 AM

The '&' causes the command to be run in the background.

The 'fg' command will bring it to the foreground.

Raakh5 · 09-12-2015, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

that belongs to the command "telegram-cli". we don't know that command.
what is it? where does it come from? what does it belong to?
only you can answer these questions.

The telegram-cli is script that is running in background but want to know about -k -d -W -S

Thanks again

wpeckham · 09-12-2015, 09:14 AM

The command-line options for a script are defined and handled in the script. We cannot answer that question without access to the script itself, or documentation about it.

Did the person who write the script write a man page or info page about the script behavior and options?

Raakh5 · 09-12-2015, 10:46 AM

There is no man or info about this telegram-cli script as well as when I use cat telegram-cli then its showing me strange characters. May be its executable script

michaelk · 09-12-2015, 11:19 AM

telegram-cli is a compiled program. Depends on how the program/script was written but many use -h to list command line options.

I am unfamiliar with telegram but from a sort of a quick search there isn't much documentation.
-k loads the specified key
-d runs in daemon mode
-W loads the contact list. Running telegram-cli the first time with out options should ask you to add contacts.
-S Runs telegram-cli on a Unix socket so other applications can connect to it.

https://blog.mypapit.net/2015/08/how...for-linux.html
https://github.com/vysheng/tg
https://github.com/jonnywilliamson/p...ram-cli-client

https://telegram.org/

Raakh5 · 09-12-2015, 11:47 AM

Thanks from the bottom of my heart