Problem with Fedora Shell Scripting.. Newbie here..

confulity · 03-02-2008, 09:07 PM

Hi guys, i am just a newbie in using LINUX..

I have this tutorial from CBT that teaches somethings about Red Hat, since I researched that Fedora Core 6 is affiliated by Red Hat I assumed that they have the same functionalities..

My Question is this, is the command used to create shell scripts in Red Hat the same with creating shell scripts in Fedora Core 6? because I just follow the tutorials in CBT and it is not behaving well in Fedora Core 6..

Thanks guys..

snowman81 · 03-02-2008, 09:10 PM

I'm pretty sure Redhat is the name of the company. If you mean the old Redhat versions (i.e 8.0, 9.0) then I doubt they would work because of updated libraries and such.

As for your font, I don't know if others will have a problem with it so I won't say anything for now...

phantom_cyph · 03-02-2008, 09:15 PM

Dumb question maybe, but what shell are you using? Scripting has more to do with the shell than the system in some ways. As for your font, it would be appreciated if you would use it in 60 years when I'll need bigger font to see, but as for now, its very "loud".

chrism01 · 03-02-2008, 11:09 PM

Agree about the font, don't use bold (except for emphasis).
Also, we'll need to see what you your code is and the errors. 'Not behaving well' tells us nothing useful.

confulity · 03-08-2008, 01:27 AM

sorry for the text.. guys, this the demonstration in the tutorials from cbt in creating simple scripts

the code from CBT:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem1.jpg

the output from CBT code:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem2.jpg

Now, this is my code. I just do the things that is stated from the tutorial:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem3.jpg

And this is the output from my code...

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem4.jpg

guys, help me with this problem, thank you!

livetoday · 03-08-2008, 01:37 AM

you have typed an extra $ with 'Space' variable.

Code:

$SPACE="command"

correct syntax would be

Code:

SPACE="command"

Quote:

Originally Posted by confulity

sorry for the text.. guys, this the demonstration in the tutorials from cbt in creating simple scripts

the code from CBT:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem1.jpg

the output from CBT code:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem2.jpg

Now, this is my code. I just do the things that is stated from the tutorial:

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem3.jpg

And this is the output from my code...

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem4.jpg

guys, help me with this problem, thank you!

confulity · 03-08-2008, 08:47 AM

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem5.jpg

here's my updated syntax, still not behaving correctly.. now it is exactly the same syntax with the syntax from the CBT tutorial..

LasseW · 03-08-2008, 09:07 AM

Use backticks instead of quotes, ie

SPACE=`du -s|cut -f1`

An alternative syntax is

SPACE=$(du -s|cut -f1)

confulity · 03-08-2008, 09:31 AM

this is the updated code sorry, i have posted the wrong images

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem6.jpg

This is the output

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...uxproblem5.jpg

confulity · 03-08-2008, 10:01 AM

PROBLEM SOLVED!

Thank you very much guys, the world is blessed because of you guys..

confulity · 03-09-2008, 10:21 AM

I solved the problem by the replacing the ' "single quote" with ` "backticks".;. thanks very much guys..