scripting

Combining multiple lines into one line

I have this use case of an xml file with input like Input: <abc a="1"> <val>0.25</val> </abc> <abc a="2"> <val>0.25</val> </abc> <abc a="3"> <val>0.35</val> </abc> ... Output: <abc a="1"><val>0.25</val></abc> <abc a="2"><val>0.25</val></abc> <abc a="3"><val>0.35</val></abc> I have around 200K lines in a file in the In...

Whats the difference between running a shell script as ./script.sh and sh script.sh

I have a script that looks like this #!/bin/bash function something() { echo "hello world!!" } something | tee logfile I have set the execute permission on this file and when I try running the file like this $./script.sh it runs perfectly fine, but when I run it on the command line like this $sh script.sh It throws up an ...

How do I copy the newest file in a directory somewhere else from the command line in windows vista

I have a directory of many files in Windows Vista. I'd like in a batch script to be able to pick the newest file and copy it to another location. Any ideas how I do that? ...

Script doesn't work when executed with sudo

Linux bash script: function Print() { echo $1 } Print "OK" This script runs successfully, when executed directly, and gives an error running with sudo: alex@alex-linux:~/tmp$ ./sample-script OK alex@alex-linux:~/tmp$ sudo ./sample-script [sudo] password for alex: ./sample-script: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected Why? ...

Prevent * to be expanded in the bash script

Linux bash script: #!/bin/bash function Print() { echo $1 } var="*" Print $var Execution results: alex@alex-linux:~/tmp$ ./sample-script sample-script "*" is expanded to the list of files, which is actually script itself. How can I prevent this and see actual variable value? In general case, var can be more complicated tha...

Shell loops using non-integers?

I wrote a .sh file to compile and run a few programs for a homework assignment. I have a "for" loop in the script, but it won't work unless I use only integers: #!/bin/bash for (( i=10; i<=100000; i+=100)) do ./hw3_2_2 $i done The variable $i is an input for the program hw3_2_2, and I have non-integer values I'd like to use. How c...

Rapports in a log file with a script shell (linux batch) and redirection

Hi All, Please help!!! ;) I have a problem with this code in a batch file (Linux): Mil=`date +"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"` batch=`echo "${DatMusic}"` TabimportEnteteMusic="importentetemusic.dat" { grep '^ENTETE' ${IMPORT}/${DatMusic} > ${IMPORT}/$TabimportEnteteMusic mysql -u basemine --password="basemine" -D basemine -e "delete ...

Photoshop script to get the color of a solid fill layer?

I'm trying to write a Photoshop jsx script for extracting color values from a PSD template. The colors are defined as separate fill layers that I'd like to be able to loop through and create a hash of {layer_name: #hex_color} values. I'm not finding any documentation on reading the color value of the fill layer. ...

catching an event in VBScript

Hi, guys. This is a VBS script that opens google, fills a form, and clicks a search button. set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") ie.navigate("www.google.com") ie.visible = true while ie.readystate <> 4 wscript.sleep 100 WEnd set fields = ie.document.getelementsbyname("q") set buttons = ie.document.getelementsbyn...

Please help me with a Power shell Script which rearranges Paths.

Hi, I have both Sybase and MSFT SQL Servers installed. There is a time when Sybase interferes with MS SQL because they have they have some overlapping commands. So, I need two scripts: A) When runs, script A backs up the current path, grabs all paths that contain sybase or SYBASE or SyBASE (you get the point) in them and move them all...

ksh: assigning function output to an array

Why doesn't this work??? #!/bin/ksh # array testfunc() function testfunc { typeset -A env env=( one="motherload" ) print -r $env return 0 } testfunc # returns: ( one=motherload ) typeset -A testvar # segfaults on linux, memfaults on solaris testvar=$(testfunc) # segfaults on linux, memfaults on solaris print $...

Converting a html generating php script into a automatic email script

I got this script for creating an HTML page from an image uploader, The only problem is that it overwrite's itself on every upload, I would like to change it so that I get sent an e-mail instead. Ideas? <?php $destination_dir = "uploaded/"; $targetPath = dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_URI']) . "/"; $html_start = " <!doctype html public...

Firefox Password script same PW auto login for 1000s devices Possible to use greasemonkey

I currently work in a position that i have to manage and access 1000s of pages for troubleshooting and new setup.... and im trying to figure out a way for firefox or chrome to setup ANYtime it sees for instance a a web based page for equipment like (CISCO, Linksys, Sonicwall, T1 controllers) from the manufacture in the Title bar or from...

Want to improve my simple site/db backup script with auto removal of old backups.

I have the following simple script for backing up my website files and db. The script is run each day via a cron job. #!/bin/sh NOW=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") mysqldump --opt -h localhost -u username -p'password' dbname > /path/to/folder/backup/db-backup-$NOW.sql gzip -f /path/to/folder/backup/db-backup-$NOW.sql tar czf /path/to/folder/bac...

number->string and related procedures in GIMP scheme scripting

I am frustrated with string-to-number and number-to-string conversion in GIMP scripting. I am runnning GIMP 2.6.8 in Windows Vista. I understand that GIMP's internal Scheme implementation changes over the versions and I can't seem to nail down the documentation. From what I can gather GIMP's Scheme is a subset of TinyScheme and/or s...

Can't call animated png script from external js file

Hello, I'm trying to put an animated PNG dynamically from external .js file. First I found a simple animated png solution, which draws an animation wherever you put the code within <script> tags, but now it looks like I don't know how to call the function properly from external file. The script is from AnimatedPNG, and it looks some...

Catching typos in scripting languages

If your scripting language of choice doesn't have something like Perl's strict mode, how are you catching typos? Are you unit testing everything? Every constructor, every method? Is this the only way to go about it? ...

embedding pascal

Is anyone aware of a Pascal interpreter/compiler which is embeddable in C++ (or anything else other than Pascal) applications? I am cloning (for lack of a better word) an application which uses an Object-Pascal compatible scripting language and needs to be script compatible. Am I going to end up writing an interpreter? (!) ...

How do a script know his own PID ??

I have a script in bash called Script.sh, and i need to know his own PID ( i need to get PID inside the Script.sh ) Any clues to realize this ? Regards, Debugger ...

how to write a bash script like the ones used in init.d?

I have to write a bash script that makes lot of things. I'd like to print messages as nice as init scripts do. For example: Doing A... [OK] Doing B... [ERROR] .... Do you know any way to make this? Thanks in advance ...