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Need shell script help - processing the same option multiple times
So I've ran into a bit of a wall, I have an option in my script that calls a function which allows me to specify a file/directory and then I want to parse that output into a menu tool (using dmenu in ...
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How to sort the list of positional parameters in POSIX sh
Is there a way to sort the list of positional parameters in POSIX sh? Each positional parameter could contain arbitrary characters (e.g. spaces, newlines, tabs, etc.). The sort algorithm should be ...
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Is there a way to modify $@ array in a POSIX shell script
I may know how to use readlink to get normal files from SymLinks. I had this very basic idea to replace any SymLink in $@ passed to my function as follows:
for file in "$@"; do
[ -L "$file" ] &...
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How to join elements of an array in POSIX delimited by a space?
The following works in a Bash script:
PACKAGES=(
'curl'
'git'
'htop'
'mc'
'tree'
'vim'
)
apt --yes install ${PACKAGES[@]}
But how can I do the same in POSIX so that I can use ...
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How to use pseudo-arrays in POSIX shell script?
How to use pseudo-arrays in POSIX shell script?
I want to replace an array of 10 integers in a Bash script with something similar into POSIX shell script.
I managed to come across Rich’s sh (POSIX ...
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