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How to store and print variables with special characters in shell/bash/sh/
I basically need to load, save and reload multiple times and in different forms a variable that contains arguments for a program.
The problem is that this variable can't be treated as a usual variable ...
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How to explicitly set the tabname of a new gnome-terminal?
I want to explicity rename a tab in gnome-terminal on startup of the tab. I don't want to use gnome-terminal --title flag as that gets reset by my systems bashrc file after whatever else is supposed ...
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commands execution based on file size fails with no apparent issues
I was working on an array job for a small pipeline, and I happened to need a way to execute a specific command based on file size. I found this post and similar which describe how to do it. At the ...
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Is it a good idea to put "export BASH_ENV=~/.bashrc" in my .bashrc?
Let's say my Bash has some extensive ~/.bashrc customization that aids me not only in interactive use, but also in scripting (aliases, functions, variables, etc.). I would like to have this available ...
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execute script from another script not working [closed]
I am using shell scripts to compile the different components. I have one main script which is calling another shell script.
Here is an example,
Repo/build.sh
Repo/code/mode/1/build/build_1.sh
Now if ...
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How might I source a Bash script from another interactive Bash script?
I have a interactive Bash script, conozcoArrays.sh,
#!/usr/bin/bash
echo -e "\nGive me their phone number?\n"
read number
TOGOes=("$(find ~/chicas -maxdepth 1 -iname "*$number*&...
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Is it safe to export a variable containing a password, then resetting it?
My script needs to call multiple times a program that needs a password, which can only be passed as an environment variable. As I want to ask the user for the password only once, I've done this :
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Bash Script - Expand ESCAPED dollar-sign ($) into its Variable
My Problem
I have this run.sh script:
#!/bin/bash
TODAY=$(date)
FILE="my_file.txt.\${TODAY}"
When I echo FILE I get this:
echo ${FILE}
Output: `my_file.txt.${TODAY}`
But I want this:
echo $...
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Script for awscli check not working with crontab schedule
I have written a small code snippet to check the aws cli version
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ -e "/usr/local/bin/aws" ];
then
myAWS="/usr/local/bin/aws"
else
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What is the name of this ENV definition ${HOME:-/home}? [duplicate]
I am creating a shell script to deploy a container, and found in some docker files this definition of ENV: ${HOME:-/home}. I want to know what is the name of this kind of definition and where can I ...
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How to correctly add variable to environment or session
I work with a opensource software that I have built locally. After build the manual says to run it like this while inside the build directory
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../applicationExeFile
Then the ...
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Save every output of same command in different variables
#!/bin/bash
SERVERLABEL=( 11011-22022 33033-44044-10101 55055-10001-20002 )
for vmlabel in "${SERVERLABEL[@]}"
do
linode-cli linodes list | grep $vmlabel | grep -E -o &...
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Is it possible to export env vars to current shell, from within a child process/script [duplicate]
Is it possible to export env vars to the current shell, from within a child process/script that was executed from the current shell?
Take this ultra-simplified example script:
#!/bin/bash
export FOO=&...
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Teeing each output while capturing return exit code (are any env variable) and passing it back "up the chain"
I've been struggling and reading quite a bit about this, and clearly bash is probably not the best tool for this, but since I'm already dug this deep into this hole (too much of the code is already ...
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Using `env` command with `eval`
Suppose I have this in script.sh:
env -i SOMEVAR=SOMEVALUE eval -- "$@"
I run it with:
./script.sh echo "\$SOMEVAR"
Now it shows:
env: ‘eval’: No such file or directory
I ...
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