Questions tagged [variable-substitution]
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sed and variables-substitutions on an custom script
well i ask here because i have around 12 hours trying with examples on internet for put a replace with sed on a custom script.
In the file a had a lots of lines but i want to replace values after &...
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How is the match evaluated in parameter expansion in bash?
I read "Linux Bible 10th Edition", chapter 7: Writing Simple Shell Scripts, at 149 page,
"Parameter expansion in bash" paragraph.
${var:-value} — If variable is unset or empty, ...
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Find with optional parenthesised arguments
How to add optional grouped argument lists to find?
For example, using an array of base arguments that define files that will always be found, no matter what other variable conditions are specified.
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Putting variables in cardano-wallet function in terminal
How to enable variables in terminal to be changeable, for example address, I would like to be able to run this function through for loop in terminal with different addresses.
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When looking at subdirectories, skip one directory
I have a directory /u01/oracle/folders with these subfolders:
[root@ricusesasctl01vm tax_receipts]# ls -ltr
total 64
drwxr-xr-x 5 OICDev1 oic 4096 Mar 1 2021 Argentina
drwxr-xr-x 5 OICDev1 oic 4096 ...
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Something in the file is messing with ZSH [duplicate]
I have a file with such lines:
map_Kn Ellie_Caruncle_N.png
I'm trying to extract field #2, and use it twice in a command like this, but it's giving me some problems.
Here is a ZSH session:
~/Downloads/...
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Using Pipes to Generate Variable for Execution
I have the following test case that I am trying to work with:
countAlpha=10;bob=alpha; echo $(echo $bob | sed 's/[a-z]/\U&/; s/^/\$count/') $countAlpha
Which produces the following:
$countAlpha ...
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cd command to a variable containing a path with spaces gives different output than actually giving the path as an input [duplicate]
I have a directory named "test 1" and I create a variable
dest="test\ 1"
I want to navigate to the directory using the cd command, so I type
cd $dest
which gives the output as
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AWS Athena Query execution from shell script faild
I am working with AWS Athena with Shell Script.
My requirement is to create an Athena table from a shell script execution.
I am able to delete table through shell script
Create table query have a ...
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how to expand a variable with backslash in bash script [duplicate]
i read a line from another file that contains a backslash, and i want to echo this line without expanding the backslash :
script.sh :
#!/bin/bash
while read line
do
echo "$line"
done &...
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Can the list if the variable used in a for loop be made up of variables themselves?
I'm trying to create a script where pretty much things got sorted out earlier in it and I'm left with the booleans I need stored in variables. I just need to run them through one last loop and I'm ...
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passing arguments to a command run by su
I want to run a command as a different user (the current user is root). Thus, I do
su newuser -c 'mkdir "/tmp/test"'
but I have a problem in passing arguments to it
i="name"
su ...
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How to store '>&2' in a variable
Similar question, but no answer: How can we run a command stored in a variable?
How to do the following in bash script?
error=">&2"
echo 'something went wrong' $error
instead of
echo ...
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How to substitute a variable in a composed bash command sequence? [duplicate]
My command is as follows:
docker rm -f $(docker ps -a --filter 'ancestor=user/$INSTALLATION_NAME' --format="{{.ID}}")
where $INSTALLATION_NAME is set with the $HOSTNAME variable (simulate ...
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Printing a shell variable yields empty output
I have the following program where I want to print a variable $var that I fill with the execution time of a program. However, when outputting it to the console with echo or printf the value is empty.
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Bash interpreting a variable assignment as a command
I've been trying to do something for a couple of days, and I'm stumped; I keep running into the same problem, no matter how I approach this. I have a text file with 2 columns in it; the first is the ...
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Asterisk/Double Quote Failing to Excecute
Sory I'm new to shellscripting. I have a variable that contains an option related to find command.
TYPE=("-type f")
NAME=("-name \"*log*\"")
I try put those variable ...
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zsh: Make getting the value of a variable invoke a function
I like to use a "getter" function for some variable foo, such that using "$foo" is equivalent to "$(foo-getter)".
It think this should be possible, as $EPOCHREALTIME ...
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How to deal with special characters in docker registry credential in new version of kubectl
Today I want to add a docker registry credential in kubernetes v1.21.3 (it works fine in lower version of kubernetes but have problem in new version of kubernetes):
kubectl create secret docker-...
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Unable to use a variable to specify the targets for rsync's "--exclude={..}" option within script
My goal is to have my bash script run this command:
rsync -azhi --dry-run --exclude={'file1.txt','file2.txt','*.sql'} /from-directory/ /to-directory/
... when abstracted thusly:
srcdir='/from-...
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How to a split string by spaces, which contains quoted values
Take the following bash example (I should mention that my real output comes from vboxmanage list vms)
TEST='"ubuntu server" foo bar'
echo $TEST
"ubuntu server" foo bar
How do I ...
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Keep matching pattern in shell parameter expansion
I can remove a pattern in a bash variable using ${variable##pattern} (leading) or ${variable%%pattern} (trailing).
But I can't find a bash-only way to keep the pattern and throw the rest.
I know there ...
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awk evaluate variable in statement
I am new to awk, I tried numerous suggestion found online, but I cannot resolve my problem.
I need variable $number to get evaluated inside the -F arg value.
This statement works as expected:
inn=$(ip ...
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Error while executing "sed" command that uses shell variables
This has been driving me crazy...
I want to list files in a dir and, based on the number interate on all files except the latest one, here is the code snipplet
FILECOUNT=$(ls -lt [dir]*.log | grep -c ...
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Bash Script : Problem with variables from csv file
I'm having a little problem getting variables from a csv file on my Linux machine and using them in an if. I have the following csv:
Name;Age
Marc;18
Joseph;10
I'm trying to get this information from ...
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Grep pattern that has double quotes and variable substitution surrounded by single quotes
So, Let's say I have the following pattern:
Thisisatest="1"
in a file called file.
And I want to match the exact string above but for whatever reason, I choose to loop over some numbers ...
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Pass the variable value to curl JSON
I am trying to create a JIRA ticket using curl POST method, but the variable substitution is not happening properly in TODAY_DATE variable. If i remove that it is working fine. ANy hint on how this ...
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Nested variables that rely on one another
I'm trying to automate WireGuard on my OpenWrt router but I'm having some issues with nested variables when it comes to creating my configuration file. Below are the variables I have set:
export LAN=&...
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Shell Parameter expansion not working in AIX
I'm trying to substitute a specific string that isn't working in AIX but when I run it on RHEL I'm able to get the expected output.
Here's the command:
filename=25_032021_abcdefghijklmn.txt; mv /u/foo/...
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sed with external script file - How to apply shell variables?
Directly on the command line, this works:
$sed "s/a/X/;s/X/&a&/" file
and so does using shell variables:
$varin=a ; varout=X ; sed "s/$varin/$varout/;s/$varout/&$varin&/...
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Zsh: How to make `${x:?}` return non-zero in case of empty `$x`?
How to make ${x:?} return non-zero in case of empty $x? By default, it exits the shell (subshell in this example) with 0.
function sth() {
local url="${1:?}"
...
}
(sth) ; echo $? # ...
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zsh syntax to expand variables' names matching a prefix
TL; DR: is there a zsh equivalent of Ksh/Bash's "${!varnamepfx@}" expansion?
So that, for example, if I have the following variables set:
[...]
foo='random value'
bar=$'amazing\n value'
baz='...
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Is there a way to expand a variable into multiple arguments without globbing in bash? [duplicate]
I would like to define an expression for find which includes a wildcard in a -name subexpression:
find_expression="-type f -name *.csv -mtime +14"
And then use it in a couple of places ...
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bash: one parameter substitution: beginning and end of string
This question is not about how to accomplish this with sed, grep or similar tools. Please don't answer with those.
I have a string (it can be any string along the same structure foofoo_barbar, etc):
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Variable in Bash Alias not working as intended [duplicate]
The alias doesn't work properly until running source ~/.bashrc or source ~/.bash_aliases ONLY AFTER running the alias once first. Is there a magical way to get the $todaydir string to be replaced ...
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Creating directories inside a directory, from variable values, to redirect output from sed
I am trying to take a file, modify this file by using a value from a for loop (using sed) and redirecting it to a directory that has been created during the same for loop.
Original file > Make ...
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parameter expansion in file insted of cut
I wanted to do cut string on last delimiter using parameter expansion.
name='ls $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)/drop/abc.jar'
string1="${name%/*}"
string2="${name##*/}"
echo &...
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How to subsitute contents of a file contained within the output of a variable
I have searched for variable syntax and other commands but I cannot get through.
I have some folders created with btrfs snapshots.
Within each folder there is a file called /etc/fstab that I need to ...
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How do i use variable's value as a dynamic variable name?
i've been looking around for this all over, but either i don't know how to ask the question correctly, or it's not a common enough issue...
In PHP this is (almost) trivial:
function getSite(string $...
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Expand shell variable while editing command line
If I write ls bla.* at the prompt and then I press = while the cursor is still on the bla.* part of the command line, the list of files matching bla.* is printed. If I press *, that word is ...
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assign to a number named variable to mimic command line argument [duplicate]
I have a script where I am passing commands to processes with an arguments passed from command line and from environment variables as well.
To simplify my use case lets assume my processes are echo ...
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How to output comma separated values using IFS="," in shell [duplicate]
I have a small script, which does not give comma separated output when IFS is used, but IFS is mandatory as i need it to read many other value. The output of the below script is odi_server1 ...
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Bash ls with double substitution
I am writing a bash script that reads a directory from the command line arguments and performs an ls on it.
If I specify a simple directory, then all is OK.
But I want do something like /home/{x,y}, ...
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Not able to get the values in JSON from Variable
I have written small Shell/bash script, where I have some data in sampleData.txt file which I want to convert in Base64 and to pass it in variable $scriptPayload:
value=$(cat sampleData.txt)
echo &...
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${$} working fine in ksh93 but ${$} not working when I use in cat << EOF
I'm executing this in the ksh93 shell.
If I use normally like
~# echo ${$}
1295
but using ${$} in a here-document is not working:
~#cat <<EOF
~#> ${$}
~#> EOF
syntax error: `$' unexpected
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tar command in for loop starts from the wrong number
backup/ has the following files.
ubuntu@ip-172-31-8-46:~/$ ls backup/
itrpl_dsm_10_1.tif itrpl_dsm_12_3.tif itrpl_dsm_2_3.tif itrpl_dsm_4_3.tif itrpl_dsm_6_3.tif itrpl_dsm_8_3.tif
itrpl_dsm_10_2....
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bash command variable creation
I have this command that I've created and would like to place it in a variable.
sort -k 1,1 | tr " " "\n" | users | wc -l
Such as the one below, however, as of now the output produces an error and ...
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Pass Array Variable to MATLAB Function in Bash
Aim
I am using multiple text files to set variables and array variables. These are the input arguments to a MATLAB function, that iteratively creates url download strings based on these variables, ...
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How to expand variable within a single-quoted argument?
I am trying to perform the following without luck:
SORT_BY='-k3,3r -k2,2 -k1,1r'
awk 'NR<4{print $0;next}{print $0 | sort '"${SORT_BY}"' -t"~"}'
I have tried with all sorts of quotes, unquote, ...
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Wildcard variables in xargs for parallel processing
Issue
I have an issue using an input variable VAR in a function (i.e. ls) with the wilcard *, when this funciton is within an xargs bash call.
This xargs function repeats over each member of a list ...
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