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function that allows different outputs dependent on argument values
With the following function I want to be able to call it
with nico-usage or with a numeric value to print a different string.
Con this be cleaned up or made easier.
nico-usage ()
{
local ...
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Passing file types to bash function and calling find
I have the following bash function to print between two line numbers, for files watching file types .texi and .org recursively in a particular directory.
I would like to be able to supply the file ...
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Adding help option for function
I have the following function that print NUM lines from the beginning of a set of files.
The command (function, script, whatever) accepts a variable number of arguments, and I would like to reserve ...
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call function by name with arguments
I'm quite new on the shell scripting front and was wondering whether it is is possible to call a function which itself than calls another function with none, one or multiple arguments. The first ...
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Unable to pass an argument to a function
For my homework, I need to have a function in my code to earn extra credit. I have a script that takes the second argument and makes a folder from what is passed. The code works with the argument ...
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Find exec sh: Shell variable not getting passed to subshell
Here is a simplified code that prints the name of Directory if it contains a Filename with same name as the parent directory and .md extension.
FIND(){
find . -type d -exec sh -c '
for d ...
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Get and set the script arguments from within a function in bash
Context:
I have an old bash script with a big section parsing its arguments. It happens now that I need to call this section twice, so I plan to move it to a function to avoid code duplication.
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Using loop in script for command line arguments
So I am trying to sort files with specific extensions into specific folder (ones that have been chosen by user by command line arguments)
Lets say $1 (.jpg) $2 (.docx) etc
The script is all working ...
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Applying commands to lists
Very often I need to apply a certain simple function to a list (or more precisely to a string where substrings that I want to treat as separate items are delimited by a new line). Say I need to ...
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Loop function with arguments in another loop function with arguments
# Print $1 $2 times
function foo() {
for (( i=0; i<$2; i++ )); do
echo -n $1
done
echo
}
# Print $1 $2x$3 times
function bar() {
for (( i=0; i<$3; i++ )); do
foo ...
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How to pass list of arguments into a function
I want to pass arguments from a loop into a function func. For simplicity let's say we are working with the loop
for x in {1..5}
do
for y in {a..c}
do
echo $x$y
done
done
I'm just ...
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Shell Function: Sequence of Pipelines as Argument
I have a shell function (in .bashrc) which creates a temp file, executes the arguments (including all sequence of pipelines), redirects it to a temp file and then open it in VS Code.
I invoke the ...
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How to make my bash function known to external program
I have bash functions foo and bar in my ~/.bashrc.
Function foo calls an external command ext_command that itself takes as one of its arguments another command. I want to pass bar as that command, i....
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Does the system-wide limit on argument count apply in shell functions?
The other question asks about the limit on building up commands by find's -exec ... {} +. Here I'd like to know how those limits compare to shells' inner limits. Do they mimic system limits or are ...
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Pass function argument to defined variable
How can I "inject" a function argument to a defined variable like in this example?
mood="i am $1 happy"
happy ()
{
echo "$mood"
}
happy "very"
Current output:
i am happy
Desired output:
i am ...
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