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I've been tinkering with Linux and Unix for years but still a novice in my mind and recently find myself trying to be more pro with it as I work in IT. So with that notion I'm studying shell scripting....
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I've created a simple bash script to create a select menu which look like this : 1) Run nmap 2) Wireshark 3) metasploit framework 4) Exit now I want to run these programs as per menu selection. I am ...
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This answer shows great and intuitive bash menu where you just press number and item is selected. But it's kinda inconvenient for file list, because it's all hardcoded. I'd rather fill my files in ...
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I have written this bash script which is meant to check your input to see if it is y, n or something else (this will be part of a larger project): #!/bin/bash echo "Have you updated the PATH ...
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I'm using GNU bash, version 4.3.46 on a Ubuntu machine. For some reason this while loop doesn't work as expected. The menu should loop continuously until the user decides to quit the program, then ...
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I'm thinking about creating a bash script where multiple options can be specified and at the end define the variables according to the chosen options or execute certain orders when receiving the ...
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Is it possible to provide more than one variable to be executed in first prompt? at first prompt I would like to provide 1 or 2 up to 5 variables which are executing particular script within one ...
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I would like to make a chat bot using bash. And I was just wondering if anyone in the community knows of a proper / preferred method for storing user input as a variable in a shell script. For ...
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I want to program a script, which helps me installing thinks. ( I program it for bash exercises) I want to have a menu with "select option in options" #!/bin/bash download="~/Downloads/" options='ls -...
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Make grub boot entry to load recovery menu Using Lubuntu 22.04 LTS I'm trying to add a grub entry that would be able to load a menu. This menu should have 4 options: Backup sda dd if=/dev/nvme0n1 of=/...
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I have created a simple bash script in ubuntu to backup my projects: #!/bin/bash save_backup_path=~/Downloads/my_backup web_projects_path=~/Downloads/my_backup/projects cd $web_projects_path || ...
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I'm trying to write a function that rewrites a value according to a user's choice. So far it looks like this: while [[ $code_id != [1-28] ]]; do echo "Please select a value..." echo "1. ...
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I need to run a bash script that will retrieve all of the desktop files located in a specific menu item (like accessories/utilities or education, etc) and then run a specific one of them. What ...
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Im writing a script that prompts the user to pick one of three choices, depending on the choice the prompt should echo back a line. "!/bin/bash first=chocolate second=vanilla third=strawberry ...
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I have some projects on DigitalOcean VPSs. I deploy parts of code very often. Almost after every upload I have to do multiple commands. For example if I change Django models and add some static files:...
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