How to split a string into an array in bash
I have a problem with the output of a program. I need to launch a command in bash and take its output (a string) and split it to add new lines in certain places. The string looks like this:
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Check whether files in a file list exist in a certain directory
The runtime arguments are as follows: $1 is the path to the file containing the list of files
$2 is the path to the directory containing the files
What I want to do is check that each file listed in $1 exists in the $2 directory
How does Bash auto completion work?
I can understand that bash auto completion works for standard utilities. But how does it do auto completion for custom programs like Oracle SQL loader?
find: combining -path and -prune to exclude files and directories
I have a directory /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg and a file /etc/mtab. I want to exclude both from find. But whatever I do, either one always is not excluded
Why does Bash ignore SIGINT if its currently running child handles it?
The following Bash loop stops if I interrupt it with ^C:
Why does a while loop stop after being suspended?
Why is it that using bash and suspending a while loop, the loop stops after being resumed? Short example below.
Can’t use alias in script, even if I define it just above!
I have a very wierd case… If I run a script with /bin/bash, it can’t recognize aliases that I set even inside the script. And the most strange thing is
Pipe/redirect a group of commands
I currently use the following setup to redirect the output of multiple commands:
Use case / practical example for Bash’ builtin exec
Consider this from the documentation of Bash’ builtin exec:
How to replace text between two markers in a file with a section of text from another file?
Say I had a block of text in the ~/.bashrc: