shell script problem

sang_froid · 01-26-2010, 02:44 PM

Hi

I have a script from which i want to disable unwanted services. I wanted to have the list of unwanted services in the same script file. I tried the following, but it is not working...How do I mention list of services in the same file and still make the script work ?

Code:

#/bin/bash
#List of services, modify list between SERVICES tag
service_list=$(cat <<SERVICES
acpid
apmd
avahi-daemon
avahi-dnsconfd
bluetooth
conman
cups
dnsmasq
dund
gpm
hidd
ip6tables
irda
netconsole
netfs
NetworkManager
SERVICES)

for service in `echo $service_list`;
do
        echo "Disabling service $service";
        /etc/rc.d/init.d/$service stop;
        echo " ";
done;

When I run, it doesn't work

jlinkels · 01-26-2010, 02:53 PM

Doesn't work is not a good description of what happens. If you create the list like this at least your list will be correct.

Code:

service_list="acpid \
apmd \
avahi-daemon \
avahi-dnsconfd \
bluetooth \
conman \
cups \
dnsmasq"

Then the for statement:

Code:

for service in $service_list
do
        echo "Disabling service $service";
        /etc/rc.d/init.d/$service stop;
        echo " ";
done

Next time run your script with sh -x yourscript to see excatly where it goes wrong.

jlinkels