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bash script: passing arguments to mkfs
I'm writing a bash script to format my partitions. One of the commands I want to run is the following:
mkfs.btrfs -f -m single -L root /dev/sda1
So I have split that command into the options part: -...
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Passing different set of arguments to the different commands in a linux bash script
I am writing a bash script foo.sh that runs too commands bar with first input argument, and baz with the second argument:
#! /bin/bash
bar "$1"
baz "$2"
Now I want to make foo.sh more flexible, ...
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How woulld I add $OPTARGs from one arg to an array
So I'm trying to add values from an optarg to an array. I've got:
arrays=()
while getopts a: args; do
case $args in
a) arrays+=$OPTARG;;
esac
done
echo $arrays[@]
When I run the script, ./...
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Why does my Bash script display the "too many arguments" error at the cp command?
Here is my script, I get the error "line 33: [: too many arguments", I'm confused why, surely only 2 arguments are being provided to cp here?
I am providing two directories to the script with no ...
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how to put my arguments into a Bash alias command?
i usually have the following simple alias in my bashrc:
alias g="grep --color=always --exclude-dir=\*.svn\*"
but now i have to work on systems that only have GNU grep 2.5, hence no --exclude-dir ...
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Can I use pipe output as a shell script argument?
Suppose I have a bash shell script called Myscript.sh that need one argument as input.
But I want the content of the text file called text.txt to be that argument.
I have tried this but it does not ...
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Opening and passing arguments to an application using a shell script on a Mac
I am trying to write a shell script on a Mac which opens RIATest and passes it parameters. My code is:
#!/bin/bash
echo THIS TEST!!!
open -a '/Applications/RIATest 4/RIATest.app' --args /b /r /e 5 ...
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How to preserve white space in Bash arguments
I use the command:
cm1 cm2 arg1 arg2 'argument 3'
It first goes to cm1, which will then redirect arg1 arg2 'argument 3' to another file.
/usr/bin/cm1:
#! /bin/bash
# some script here
shift
cm2 $@
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Writing this Bash Script to accept Arguments?
How would I go about converting this bash script:
mkdir /store/sftp/%USERNAME%
sudo useradd -d /incoming %USERNAME%
sudo passwd %USERNAME%
## Password needs to be typed or passed in here
sudo ...
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