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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I have two bash scripts like the following:
script 1:
#!/bin/bash
var=WORLD
bash path/to/second/script/script2.bash
script 2:
#!/bin/bash
echo "HELLO $var"
I expected the output to be "HELLO WORLD" but instead, I get "HELLO". I understand that when I envoke another bash... (2 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have written a program for some data analysis. It is gettin long. I would like to restructure it so that i can have a master file which controls multiple subscripts in order to make it easier to understand.
I need to be able to define variables in the master script which are used by all three... (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone.
I'm trying to create a conf file with variables that my other scripts will use.
I have several scripts that use the same variables, and since I don't know how to read them from an external file, i define them in each script (and then if i want to change one's value i need to... (4 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello Everyone,
I want to know how can we make the variables of one script available for the other script?
for example i have three scripts variable_availability.sh,first.sh,second.sh and a file containing variables called common
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cat variable_availability.sh... (2 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Friends,
I am using ksh under SunoS. This is what I have
In file1.sh
NOW=$(date +"%b-%d-%y")
LOGFILE="./log-$NOW.log"
I will be using this file through file1.sh as log file.
I have another script file2.sh which is being called inside my file1.sh. I would like to use the same log... (6 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all.
I need to pass a value from a script that runs in a sub-shell, back into the calling shell like below (or into script 2 directly):
outer_script
export param=value1
script1 $param
(in script1: export param=value2)
script2 $param
($param is now value1, not value2... (4 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey all,
I'm wondering how you pass variable's that are defined in one script to another script that's been called by that first script.....
Best regards,
Jaz (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Jazmania
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have declared a variable in script1 and assign a value for it. In script2 i'll call script1 and then I want the value of variables set in script1.
I have tried with export, but in vain.
How can I achive this?
Below is the two scripts.
--script1
#!/usr/bin/ksh
echo $1... (1 Reply)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Just a quick question. If I have a script that calls another script while running, is it possible for the second script to reference a variable in the first script and if so, how. Is it scriptname.sh:$VARIABLE for a global variable and can you do scriptname.sh:function $VARIABLE or am I off my... (1 Reply)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
In a ksh script on an AIX box running a jillion oracle database processes, I'm setting a variable to one of two possible arguments, depending on cmd line arguments.
FINDIT="ps -ef | grep oracle | grep DBexport | grep rshrc"
-or-
FINDIT="ps -ef | grep oracle | grep prod | grep runback"
I... (3 Replies)
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