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ash scripting: space-containing variable refuses to be grepped
I am trying to run the script listed at http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=70866&page=2 on its intended hardware, a Nokia Linux phone running BusyBox ash.
The script receives the name of WiFi ...
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Transferring environment variable through SSH / quoting in bash/sh/csh/tcsh
I want to transfer an environment variable over SSH.
The "correct" way is using SendEnv/~/.ssh/environment, but that requires the server to support AcceptEnv or PermitUserEnvironment, which it does ...
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where is the '^]' character on an azerty keyboard?
I am currently using telnet and i need to do an escape character (SMTP), where is this character on an azerty keyboard? (linux ubuntu).
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Echo string in tcsh with special characters escaped
Is it possible to echo out a string in tcsh such that it is fully escaped, as tcsh would understand? In the same way as printf %q works in bash:
% # Create a variable containing a tab character
% ...
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bash “pass through” script for android build, space issue
I have an android build i need to customize,
the question is ehre and not in stackoverflow because my issue wis with bash.
I wrote a script:
#!/bin/bash -xv
params=$@
if [ "$#" -ge "2" ]; then
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OS X: How to get the current network location inside a bash function?
I need to use the current network location inside a bash script conditional. I've tried using the scselect command, which outputs an asterisk next to the current location:
~/ scselect
Defined sets ...
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grep fails in upstart script
I have an upstart configuration for a service which needs to check the existance of a process on it's startup. This sounds fairly easy but I'm already trying for 3 hours to get this thing solved and ...
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why is it true that three backslashes are needed on windows for sed replace
Refering to this question:
Why is an extra \needed in cmd.exe to work with sed (MinGW msys-1.0) when \ is not a special character according to cmd /? (see last paragraph or here)?
The following ...
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Escaping a directory in a $PATH-like list
I'm developing a wrapper for LibGit2, the Git library.
And I come out with a problem:
Many GIT functions accept path lists, that is, a string
composed of a series of paths separated by a token,
that ...
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Run Program Escape Sequence Putty
I currently have a 75 user license for FacetWin and am looking to upgrade to an open source solution like putty. However I do need one key feature which is used a lot.
In FacetWin, there is an option ...
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cmd.exe quoted string expansion?
Bash has the feature of quoted string expansion, which will allow you to send special characters like so
#!/bin/sh
rtmpdump \
-r rtmp://freeview.fms.visionip.tv/live \
-y ...
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Upload a file with a comma in its name with curl
How can I upload a file named yes, this filename has a comma.txt with the cli curl?
You would normally do this to upload a file with curl:
curl --progress-bar -F "fileUpload=@filename.txt"
However ...
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How to quote a command between backticks when shell scripting
The command executed in the following script works:
#!/bin/bash -xv
REM_DIR="/home/jan/rem-dir"
SSHOPTS="-C -c arcfour256 -o "\""ServerAliveInterval 15"\"
SSHUSER="jan@example.com"
CMD="ssh $SSHOPTS ...
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How to escape & sign in excel footer?
I need to have an excel footer that contains the string "&T". My problem is that when I attempt to do this excel automatically changes it to be "&[Time]". Is there anyway to escape the & ...
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cat file that contains escaped characters to netcat
I'm trying to test a webserver with some HTTP request written in a file.
GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n
Right now I'm feeding that file to netcat like this:
cat files | nc localhost 80
However, the \r\n ...
