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how to print first word from a string with multiple words without space?
I have a shell script to print appimage filenames inside a folder like this
#! /bin/bash
Dir="$HOME/Applications/"
Dir2="$HOME/Downloads/"
cd -P "$Dir"
for f in *....
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Why doesn't ampersand (&) work in string replacement without being escaped?
The following script is really simple, and replaces & with &:
string="Foo & Bar"
echo "${string//&/&}";
But the script does nothing. There are no ...
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How to delete a string in my files?
So I want to match all below then remove those lines of string.
[MTT-5634](https://my.atlassian.net/browse/MTT-5634)
[MCC-123](https://my.atlassian.net/browse/MCC-123)
[MTT-7965]: https://my.atlassian....
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Search for a String in a file and save the string after it to a variable
Example:
Lets say this is in a file:
AB: Test CD: Testing EF: Rest
I want a script to search for CD and save "Testing" into a variable.
I've tried something with awk but somehow I'm not making any ...
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How to mkdir or cp from Bash Script with Mixed Variable/String Literal Arguments?
I'm attempting to automate resetting a Minecraft world, and copying some custom functions back in... The reset just means deleting the world folder(s). Copying the custom functions to the right spot ...
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determine if output is string or integer
I am trying to write a script which connects to a database then run a query that returns count of rows in a table. sometimes database or table have problems and instead of an integer they return an ...
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simplify substring replacement list [closed]
I wrote a script that plays music. but the files have weird names.
say I have this string of a filename
Muzzy__Break_Away__28feat._Priority_One_29__5BMonstercat_EP_Release_5D.mp3
and I want to ...
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Check if a file exists on a remote machine with spaces in the filename and/or path
I have a simple bash script; I basically want to make sure that the file exists on a remote machine. I've found numerous examples of how to do this, but the missing component is how to do this with ...
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How can I use sed to snip a line off of a string?
I'm writing a script to display the domain registrar info and I'm trying to snip off a few lines from what I already have I currently have it grabbing all the indented text from a whois. Now I'm ...
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How can I add a filter to my grep script to NOT include a string?
I'm working on a script that will separate the Registrar information from a domains whois. So far it's working enough but there are a few things that I want to remove in order for it to be a bit ...
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Storing integer values from string in rrd
I want to collect stats from my DSL modem every 10 minutes. According to lots of websites it's best to use rrd for this. My modem(TD-W8968) struggles with SNMP so I've made an expect script to pull ...
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Substituting the value with spaces for a variable in bash script - the correct way
I have a compilation script that can compile the program with and without the debug symbols.
I want to ask via bash prompt ( read ) the user to choose whether he wants a debug version or not with ...
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Take output field data string into variable
I want to grep for some specific lines from a log file, and then capture a specific part of that output in a variable and use it in other commands.
The grep command I have is the following, where $1 ...
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How to transform string with character codes into quoted form
I have a string like New\x20Folder. Special characters is represented by their codes. I'd like to transform the string into quoted form: "New Folder".
The only available tools are bash and bunch of ...
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How to capture error message from executed command?
I was tasked to create an automated server hardening script and one thing that they need is a report of all the output of each command executed. I want to store the error message inside a string and ...
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