Questions tagged [scripting]
A script is a sequence of commands or instructions that are executed by an interpreter program rather than compiled into a standalone executable program. For the "script" command, use the "typescript" tag.
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Display a dynamic progress bar alongside script output
Don’t know the correct name for what I am looking for, and I don’t know if this is possible to make.
I have a script with many echo and program outputs that go to the terminal/screen.
Is there a way ...
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Using ProbeVue to read process memory
I am building an "agent" to read Oracle database process to track database privileged users without having to use auditing or anything in the database, completely isolated from the database.
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Automatically process newly downloaded archive folders (unrar, flatten subfolder, checksum, move to done)
I need to download many archives and I want a way to process them one after another.
I have a download program that reads files from an input folder and downloads archives from the internet into my ...
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Cannot understand variable assignment logic in bash function [duplicate]
I created this function, which is supposed to allow an interactive selection of an mDNS hostname, and then connect to it via ssh.
Yet, whatever I try, the host variable is only available in side the ...
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Mount a partition from a script unless it is already mounted
I would like to mount a partition of an external hard drive from a script using
udisksctl mount --block-device /dev/sda1
and in the end of the script I would like to unmount it.
However, it may ...
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Making `apt-get` read answers from stdin on graphical Ubuntu
This may seem like a question asked, but I have yet to find anything that works and I start suspecting it may be a bug in apt-get…
So, I have a python installer wrapping around apt-get, whose relevant ...
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Do I need to define an absolute path to be able to compile the DRM / Panfrost subtree code of JSM on the RockPro64 / Khadas Edge-V / RK3399?
I'm trying to compile the drm-subtree of JSM because I want to enable the panfrost driver on the RockPro64 / KHADAS EDGE-V / RK3399. The code is here:
https://github.com/jsm222/drm-subtree
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Is it possible to silence the initial call in xtrace, when BASH_XTRACEFD is set?
#!/usr/bin/env bash
exec {BASH_XTRACEFD}>./xtrace.log
declare -p BASH_XTRACEFD
set -x
{ : "how do you hide this in ./xtrace.log?"; } 2>/dev/null # fail
# { :; } "${BASH_XTRACEFD:-...
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command not running from kde powerdevil
made a simple command to change my power mode to "balanced-performance" (lenovolegion power mode for custom mode), works fine in terminal and running the file, but when listing it as a ...
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How to list only the last name.partXXX.rar file?
In Linux in a folder, without subfolders, there are many files like this scheme.
I list them with ls -1.
1yBWVnZCx8CoPrGIG.part01.rar
1yBWVnZCx8CoPrGIG.part02.rar
1yBWVnZCx8CoPrGIG.part03.rar
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Is it possible to protect a bash script against a hostile environment?
Bash allows to export read-only variables and functions to the environment.
Also, when a bash script is run, Bash sources the file BASH_ENV was set to, unless invoked with -p.
How do you protect ...
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Check if multiple files exist on a remote server
I am writing a script that locates a special type of file on my system and I want to check if those files are also present on a remote machine.
So to test a single file I use:
ssh -T user@host [[ -f /...
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socat filter and replace character for modbus ascii
The goal is to get modbus ascii working with a Wallbox from ABL.
So I placed a RS485 to TCP converter in the box, created a pseudo tty for my application and got the wrong frame.
The answer starts ...
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Process some Folders and format the output
In Linux there are some Folders.
I want to process each of this Folders with the program myprogramm.
I get a list with ls -1 or much better, sure only Folders with:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '...
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What are the secure ways to use credentials in bash scripts?
I have a third-party service. Its API and credentials let me scrape service data on my local Linux machine. I want to use this API inside a bash script and launch it via cron, but I don't want to ...
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