I have $db and $DATE set in my bash script, then I need to join them like this: mysqldump --user=usr --password=pss --databases $db | gzip > /backups/sqlNew/$db_$DATE.sql.gz;
Unfortunately, that doesn't work. How do I properly join those 2 variables into a filename?
I am trying to understand the join command. I wish to join two files:
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$ cat test1
a 0
b 2.51
c 19.85
$ cat test2
a 0
b 2.51
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this is great but I do not understand why join ignores the -e flag and fails to insert FOO in the empty field.
mkvmerge -o <filename without extension>_TV.mkv -S <filename> && mkvextract tracks <filename> 3:<filename without extension>.*** && perl /home/brian/Desktop/ass2srt.pl <filename without extension>.*** && rm <filename without extension>.***
Doing these commands for multiple command line file inputs is the goal. So I can just type ./script.sh *.mkv in my terminal.This is what I have so far, but it doesn't work whatsoever.
Is there a difference when variables are referred to as $variableName and ${variableName} in bash?
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I've created a script that put in dynamic variables the value HELLO 1, HELLO 2 HELLO 5. And I put the values of this variables in the file text.txt. Here's the script:
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for i in $(seq 1 5); do eval ${i}=$(cat << EOF "HELLO" $i EOF); done
cat > text.txt << EOF
$1
$2
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Can I pass javascript variables to bash script? If possible in bash script what code should I insert to receive javascript variables.
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var1=`mysql -u[user] -p[pass] -D[dbname] -e "Query1"`
var2=`mysql -u[user] -p[pass] -D[dbname] -e "Query2"`
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How do I concatenate two environment variables in bash?
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case
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3. edit user
4. exit
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echo "The contents of this directory are " `ls -l` > dir.txt
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$Namenumber
My script asks for the name you want to look up and I want it to return the value of $Namenumber
I was thinking:
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number=$"$name"number
but this returns
Code:
$Namenumber
but does not actually resolve what the variable $Namenumber is equal to.
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Code: Select allLOCL = '/mnt/cifs/"File name with spaces"/'
cd $LOCL
ls -l
I created variables in python and would like to be able to incorporate those into bash commands that will be mixed into the script. Example:
Code:
name=raw_input("Type your name and press ENTER: ")
import os
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Of course this doesn't actually work, but i think you get an indication of what I am trying to do.
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I would like to make a variable in a BASH script have that value.
I know how to use the input redirection and reassignment of stdin using code...
I have something like...
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var=beer
# echo ${var/%e/E} doesn't do anything because i can only replace "r" or "er" this way
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I have a personal server and a dynamic IP address, so I wrote a script to check the currently assigned IP address and compare it to the one stored in a file from the last check, and visit the update URL if it's different.
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Doesn't work code...