Questions tagged [arguments]
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How to pass multiple arguments?
How to pass multiple paramaters for Start a program action in Windows Task Scheduler for a batch file? There's no built-in syntax hint...
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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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Dynamic Arguments for Task Scheduler
I am trying to schedule a task that runs a command with dynamic arguments.
So for example, instead of the word "Arguments" at the end of the command below, I need to pass the following arguments:
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Using the "%~dp0" with command line arguments not working
Been concocting a deployment script for a software, which needs to install Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable, in silent mode, from a moving source (aka, the folder might be on a key, on a server, ...
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How to use the command "read" on a Shell script which reads its arguments from stdin
First of all, thank you for your help in advance and sorry in case this was answered before. I have not been able to find it.
For helping to understand my question, I have written the following ...
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how to pass path 'cd' portions to a shell function?
I'm trying something like this:
function projects(){
cd;
cd Documents/projects/$1;
}
but it doesn't work. What I'd like is to pass the name of the folder to add to the base path (so resulting in,...
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List of arguments for scheduled task
When you edit the action of a Scheduled Task, there's the option of "Add arguments".
The software I use right now has the argument
-cp .\Acquisition.Jar et.EPC
I've been googling for a while and ...
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How to receive a parameter in a batch file
I have asked a question, Use an environment variable to point to an "Open With" program, which received a fantastic answer.
To add myapp.exe, residing in %MYAPPSDIR%, to the Open With ...
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How to handle the arguments flags for an .exe file? [closed]
Suppose that I'm using a program with a login page. And lets call it a.exe. Whenever I execute a.exe I face a login page with empty fields such as Username, Password, Application Server, Database ...
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Why does the ls command require a dash before its parameters but for tar command, the dash is optional?
I am new to Ubuntu and I am trying hard to understand the command line.
When I want to see the contents of a tar file I use:
tar tf tarfile.tar
But when I want to see a listing of all file if I ...
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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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Batch arguments for SSH Secure Shell in Windows 7?
I installed SSH Secure Shell to connect to my remote server, and I want to automate the process of updating my website. I was going to make a batch script to automatically push and pull from my site ...
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How can I convince an older person to at least **try** to learn how to use a PC? [closed]
I have no clue if this is the right forum.
My father who is in his mid 50's basically always asks me to fix things, help him with random IT related things.
It is definitely fine to help, but most of ...
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How can I run an application with arguments from Windows Explorer?
Is there an easy way to launch an application from Windows Explorer with arguments? Or do I have to actually run them from the command line?
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Command line 7Zip to extract file by specified result path
Is it possible to make 7Zip extract one file by name from archive to specified full path (including new filename)?
I've found only:
7zip e <archive> -o<resultDirectory> <filemask>
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