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12-26-2007, 08:41 AM
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Registered: Oct 2007
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SHELL scripting/ shell functions
hellow,
does anyone know a good website for scripting-newbies ? I found a tutorial on lingucommand.org, but there seems to be syntax-errors!
so can anyone help me in writing shell functions?
thanks alot in advance
maya
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12-26-2007, 08:53 AM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: UK
Distribution: Slackware
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mayaabboud
I found a tutorial on lingucommand.org, but there seems to be syntax-errors!
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Do you mean linuxcommand.org?
Which commands were giving you syntax errors? I'd be quite surprised if that website had syntax errors in its examples!
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12-26-2007, 08:58 AM
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shell scripting
yes , linuxcommand.org
well, i tried the same program, as written on my computer and it didnt give the results they said it would, here s the example given, ofcourse i saved it in a file rather than directly on the prompt !
[me@linuxbox me]$ function today {
> echo "Today's date is:"
> date +"%A, %B %-d, %Y"
> }
[me@linuxbox me]$
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12-26-2007, 09:06 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,836
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there doesn't seem to be any problem with the syntax of that function
Quote:
sycamorex@debian205:~$ function today {
> echo "Today's date is:"
> date +"%A, %B %-d, %Y"
> }
sycamorex@debian205:~$ today
Today's date is:
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
sycamorex@debian205:~$
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When you create a file:
$ emacs today_date
Quote:
#!/bin/bash
function today {
echo "Today's date is:"
date +"%A, %B %-d, %Y"
}
today
exit 0
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$ chmod +x today_date
$ ./today_date
Today's date is:
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Last edited by sycamorex; 12-26-2007 at 09:10 AM.
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12-26-2007, 09:10 AM
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Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 53
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shell scripting
try saving it in a file,
can u show how to do that?
thx alot for ur help 
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12-26-2007, 09:12 AM
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oh yes i see
thx
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12-26-2007, 09:18 AM
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thanks a million
now it worked, guess it was the last two lines that were missing !
maya
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