I just setup a cron that display a message like : "hello world" for every minutes. So I put this:echo "hello world" And then I waited and stare at terminal. But seems like it doesnt shown off, did I messed up something?
View 2 RepliesI have a question about using crontab with /etc/crontab...
I had a cron job that I needed to run as root. At the time I thought that sticking it in /etc/crontab would be a good idea. However, I used the crontab command to edit /etc/crontab, which I guess is not standard procedure? Specifically, I configured /etc/crontab as my local user's crontab (i.e. sudo crontab /etc/crontab) then added my cron job as I would a local user crontab (i.e. sudo crontab -e).
Originally, my cron job looked like this:
30 * * * * root /my/batch/script &> /dev/null
After adding the new cron job I started seeing errors. Something to the effect of "can't find command root" or something similar. So I removed the 'root' user definition from the cron job and the job started running fine. However, because this is /etc/crontab, there are other system related cron jobs that have been defined to run under the root account (e.g. "17 * * * * root cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly" runs as root, etc.). So these pre-existing system cron jobs, which up until now have been running smoothly, are now generating "can't find command root" errors. But I think that the system cron jobs _are_ successfully being run someplace because logrotate seems to be working.
So what I _think_ is happening is that /etc/crontab is being run twice: once as the system crontab, and once as my sudoed local user's crontab. When I run crontab -l I see nothing, but when I run sudo crontab -l I can see the contents of /etc/crontab. I am reluctant to delete my sudoed local user's crontab, because then in the process I would be deleting the system crontab, and I do not know how I should restore the system crontab's contents. (I am still not sure as to the most appropriate way to edit the system crontab).
How can I get out of this mess? I want /etc/crontab to go back to the way it was before--running _once_ as the system crontab. As for my new cron job, I'm willing to reconfigure it anywhere so long as I am still able to run it as root. Any ideas? (I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Server LTE)
In a script, when I enter "echo $1" the first argument is outputted. When I enter:
a=1
echo "$$a"
The output is just "$1", not the first argument. If I enter:
a=1
b=$$a
echo $b
The output is still "$1" and not the first argument. How can I get echo to output the first argument without use "$1" directly?
I am using Linux 64 bit Redhat Linux. I am trying to setup simple crontab as follow...1. Edited crontab file using crontab -e2. Listed the file once to verify it using crontab -l. This will display as.. 18 5 * * 2-3 ksh $HOME/testScript.sh > $HOME/testscript.out3. Logged in a root and restarted cron deamon using "/etc/init.d/crond restart"As per my understanding now my testScript should start running at 5:18 am Thuesday
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am testing the serial ports on a Single Board Computer(SBC) running Linux kernel 2.6.29. I usually do this by connecting the serial port to another PC serial port, then doing "cat /dev/ttyS0" on PC and "echo hello > /dev/ttyS0" on the SBC. However in the current system, "echo hello > /dev/ttyS0" command does not return at all! Also no characters appear on the destination port. I am running the echo command as root. The system boot messages show that the serial port in indeed /dev/ttyS0.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI try to write script and echo two command at the same line .
echo "A"
echo "B"
How can I pipe above two command at the same line in text file . So, in the output text file , you can see below ? Code: A B not Code: A B
I try to write script and echo two command at the same line .
echo "A"
echo "B"
How can I pipe above two command at the same line in text file . So, in the output text file , you can see below?
Code:
A B
not
Code:
A
B
command will just execute and exit with a status of "0" -"Every command returns an exit status (sometimes referred to as a return status ). A successful command returns a 0, while an unsuccessful one returns a non-zero value that usually may be interpreted as an error code. Well-behaved UNIX commands, programs, and utilities return a 0 exit code upon successful completion, though there are some exceptions."[URL]With the command . . .
Code:
# dosfsck -v /dev/sdb
it could be very helpful (and decide my next move) to see the exit code as 0, 1, or 2 . the man page suggests the command exit code will specify if the message I get - "Cluster size is zero" (I think it is a "1")is a recoverable or fixable error by the utility. or is non-recoverable - a pretty nifty feature if I understand this right. [URL] is there anything like this script COMMAND_LAST used in the following link. [URL] that can be entered in the terminal window after - or at end of - my dosfsck command or any command. just to see if it has a 0, 1, or 2 status ?
How can i enable caps lock by using echo command. I know that by using syntax echo -e "33[3q" this only turns the capslock led to glow. but the capslock is not working i.e. the words are typed in small case only.
Then by using xmodmap command i.e. syntax xmodmap -e "remove lock = Caps_Lock" or xmodmap -e "add lock =Caps_Lock" doesn't work. On running this it shows unable to display.
can anyone tell me how can one enable capslock by using echo command. ofcourse we can glow the led by using the echo command.
Its syntax is echo -e "33[3q"
On searching i found that by using $xmodmap -e "add lock=Caps_Lock" we can enable capslock. but its not working.
Can any body tell me where can i found the source code for echo command. so that i can download it such that it can help me for further studies on echo command
View 8 Replies View RelatedI logged into my Red Hat Enterprise Linux machine at work (use it for software development) and the primary GUI does not load. Instead, widgets appeared for xclock, xterm, and Firefox. In the terminal, I start typing in commands to try to figure out what's going on, but all commands are not found except pwd and echo. I 'echo $PATH' and that returns just an empty, blank line. 'echo $SHELL' lets me know I'm using cash.
The likely cause was my attempt to install Adobe Reader Firefox plugin yesterday. After it downloaded, I ran the binary but Firefox didn't seem to recognize that I had installed it, so I went into my .cshrc file and added the adobe folder to the path. That didn't seem to work, so I gave up, deleted the binary and the folder I installed to, and removed that directory from the path in the .cshrc file. This last thing (the export PATH line in that file) I'm certain is back exactly as it was before.
I have successfully added the /bin and /usr/bin back to the path from command line via
setenv PATH /usr/bin:/bin
but of course it doesn't stick after reboot nor does it magically load the primary GUI. I'd rather not go through the effort of creating a ticket for our company's Global Service Desk cuz there's no telling how long that could take to resolve. In the meantime, I can't do any programming.
I faced a issue with updating a file contents with echo command which fails with error as below:
echo "foo" > bar //to create a file named "bar"
echo "foobar" > bar //to edit its contents
The latter fails, it prompts "File exists" i.e.
~>echo "foo" > bar
~>echo "foobar" > bar
bar: File exists.
~>cat bar
foo
~>
I have a router with linux firmware and attached to it a USB modem with which I can do both data and voice.Any other command send through echo method works ok. I was able to send SMS, edit phonebook and many many other stuff, but not make a call.So what is different from sending the call command within Minicom 2.5 and echo it?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI tried scheduling a task using crontab -e and added the line:
Code:
58 23 3 2 4 /usr/bin/freshclam --verbose --log=/home/EXISTING DIR where I have permissions
The timing was simply a test run. My syslog gives the following error:
Code:
(CRON) error (grandchild #4309 failed with exit status 62).
I also tried to add to root crontab as below, but got the same error.
Code:
sudo crontab -u root -e a
What is the difference between
$echo cat
$cat echo
I write a little script that run top command and clear the output leaving only cpu ram and swap values. If i run the script manually everityng works fine but when i schedule the cript to run every 5 minutes from /etc/crontab all run fine but the output of the top command doesnt appear in the log :
This is the cript :
#!/bin/sh
echo "#############################" >> /var/log/performance.log
echo "" >> /var/log/performance.log
/bin/date >> /var/log/performance.log
[code]...
I am scheduling a command for a specific time every day.
Linux crontab format which I am using :- MIN HOUR DOM MON DOW CMD
30 08 10 06 * /home/mach/script.sh
Some presetting is required?
For some reason crontab does not work on my system.
Fedora Core 11
I am running from a Virtual Private Server.
Code:
Code:
How to break strings of command into multi-lines in crontab? e.g.
Code:
# the following is a very long a gruesome command to be run at 09:59 Monday to Friday.
59 09 * * 1-5 source $HOME/some-definitions; sh /usr/local/my/long/name/application/bin/hello $(date +\%Y\%m\%d) >>/var/log/my/long/name/application/log/hello.log
I have install RHEL5 and created normal user as "test". When I login as root user, I can run crontab command but when I login as test user, I can't run crontab command and throws error as "cron/test: Permission denied". how to enable crontab command for test user as well?
View 3 Replies View RelatedHaving an odd problem running a mysqldump via crontab. I have the script running on other servers and they work fine, so not sure how to actually troubleshoot, but the script looks like the following;
If I run it as a cronjob as root, it finishes in a second and a 20k file is there. If I run it from the command line as root it does the backup (takes a few minutes) but does complete the backup and can be unzipped and read successfully.
I created a file which in I tried both :
Code:
MAILTO=""
* * * * * /var/www/scripts/script.php >> /dev/null
[code]....
is it possible disabling a crontab job without deleting the crontab description entry (by crontab -e)?I could also accept to change the entry itself. Now it's:0 0 * * 0-6 /home/me/cron/script.csh
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have installed an application manager(monitoring application) on my linux server. Now, i need to have backup schedule for my application. The application itself has executive file to backup database.But when i put this file in my crontab to schedule the backup program it wont run!50 09 * * * root /opt/ME/AppManager9/bin/BackupMysqlDB.sh
View 1 Replies View RelatedI wrote a simple script to see if firefox is running. However, the ps command is not executed, when I open the logfile I see: "DEBUG LINE 4" and not DEBUG LINE 5, so "ps -e" is never executed despite using the full path of the ps command.
Here is my script:
#!/bin/bash -l
# simple script to test if firefox is running...
PS=/usr/bin/ps echo "DEBUG $LINENO"
$PS -e | fgrep firefox echo "DEBUG LINE $LINENO"
I was trying to write a crontab entry using "crontab -e"
Code:
0 0 * * * cp /var/log/httpd/domains/mydomain.net.log
/home/admin/logs/mydomain.net.log
crontab is giving me this error:
Code:
"/tmp/crontab.XXXXfMOnRS":2: bad minute
errors in crontab file, can't install.
I've tried a dozen different values for the minute, but it's still giving me the same error.
What is the difference between the crontab located in /etc/crontab and the crontab that can be edited using crontab -e?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI've read a bit about pseudo terminal but I still don't get it fully, I've found a really sweet article:
[URL]
I thought the two end tty and pty were acting like a pipe so while testing, I opened two terminals:
terminal1: cat /dev/ptyq9
terminal2: echo "test" > /dev/ttyq9
And it worked, terminal 1 printed: "test". But if the pipe is bi-directionnal ( as terminal were echoed back what user was typing), I was expecting to be able to go the other way around:
terminal1: cat /dev/ttyq9
terminal2: echo "test" > /dev/ptyq9
It does not work ! Echoing on pty just terminates the cat on pty. How is the "return" working them ?
check the following program
/*a.c*/
int main()
[code]....