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Why does the for loop in this shell script perform the first iteration twice before doing the second one? [closed]
I have a bash script:
#! usr/bin/env bash
# test bash script to call python scripts
cd ~/python
for ((i = 1; i <= 2; i++)); do
python3 test_0$i.py; done
cd ~/bash
that pulls test_0x.py files ...
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Looking for a way to open a shell inside a running Linux Subsystem on Windows
Is there a way to open an interactive shell inside a running Windows Subsystem for Linux process? I am not planning to do anything there, I'm just learning docker right now, so I am investigating some ...
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Go is not found when a shell is executed on WSL starting
I am trying to start wsl and inject a sh to run on the starting, something like this:
wsl --cd /path/to/script/ -e sh script.sh
and I am getting this:
./script.sh: 48: go: not found
on the line 48 of ...
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How to pass an argument to Bash fucntion
I have a simple code, where I try to pass arguments in for to another function and get result.
I run ./my_script.sh 1 2 3 4
#!/bin/bash
function multi {
local ax=$1
local result=$(($ax + $ax))
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how to grep using linux [duplicate]
I have this line {"_class":"hudson.security.csrf.DefaultCrumbIssuer","crumb":"acb6ecf3f5e2e90d6de6695a","crumbRequestField":"Jenkins-Crumb"}
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bash script failing with additional charactors "\r"
I'm running a script from Ubuntu 22 (WSL), and it was functioning OK until it suddenly stopped.
This script connects to remote servers and collects data via ssh using ssh-pass the code with the issue ...
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route.exe: command not found in bashrc - Ubuntu 20.04
I have an issue with route.exe in the bashrc of ubuntu. Basically I am using ubuntu 20.04 in wsl in windows. I am trying to get the ip using the route.exe. It was working fine earlier but now it is ...
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Remove-Item does not delete folder
I need to delete a folder, but I get error can't remove because directory is not empty
I used this command :
Remove-Item \\wsl.localhost\Debian\home\my_folder_to_delete -Recurse -Force
How can I ...
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Getting different results when using shell operators -ne and != [duplicate]
I wrote the below shell script, when using -ne it gives the result Synced but also with a warning message : integer expression expected.
When I use != it gives NotSynced...
Is PowerShell's datetime ...
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How can I replace all occurrences of a value in a text file just in one column using the Sed command in shell script (columns are seperated by ;)? [duplicate]
I have a file that has columns seperated by a semi column(;) and I want to change all occurrences of a word in a particular column only to another word. The column number differentiates based on the ...
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Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting "}")
I am running the following script within a longer html file
report_home_space () {
cat <<- _EOF_
<h2>Home Space Utilization</h2>
<pre>$(du -sh /home/*)</pre>
_EOF_
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WSL2 Ubuntu Python 3.10.4 interpreter sees quotation mark as a syntax error
> python record_data.py --browser chrome --num_runs 1 --sites_list google.com --trace_length 5
File "record_data.py", line 125
response = input(f"{prompt} [y/N] ")
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shell script capture variable without formatting escape characters
I am running an .sh script from wsl bash.
Inside the script I want capture a file path, into a variable, in order to pass it to cmd.exe like so:
my_win_path=<some_windows_unc_path_to_executable>
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setting arguments in bash(trying to run script and no output)
I have script that needs to check if the file is exists and additionally set up arguments. From user side user runs a script and checks if the file exists ./xxx.sh -f folder/file and then prints out ...
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Shell Script (not bash) : How to redirect script into su root?
Regarding su root -c '/some/foo/command' <<<'somepass', we can't use string input redirection in shell (not bash) env.
My box is alpine on WSLv2, so security isn't an issue as it's a windows +...
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