Check if $REPLY is in a range of numbers
I’m writing a shell script for Linux, using Bash, to translate any video-file into a MP4. For that, I’m using avconv with libvorbis for audio.
shell-script
Associative Arrays in Shell Scripts
I saw a trick for implementing associative arrays in a shell script. For example print array["apples"] could be scripted as echo $array$key where key=apples.
parse one field from an JSON array into bash array
I have a JSON output that contains a list of objects stored in a variable. (I may not be phrasing that right)
Bash script; optimization of processing speed
I was wondering if there are general guidelines for optimizing Bash scripts.
Parenthesis works in bash shell itself, but not in bash script
I can run this command from my command line prompt:
Joining bash arguments into single string with spaces
I’m trying to join all of the arguments to a Bash function into one single string with spaces separating each argument. I also need to have the string include single quotes around the whole string.
How can I safely get the version of ksh?
How can I safely get the version of ksh from within a ksh script?
force output to input (buffer) like “33[6n” in a script
I have tried using pipes and redirections to have (C program or scripts) output end up on the input buffer, the way printf "33[6n" does, but no positive results.
Is there a POSIX way of setting zeroth argument of a target application?
In bash you can use exec -a and in zsh you can alternatively also set ARGV0 to execute a program with a certain zeroth argument but is there also a POSIX way of doing so?
Why doesn’t my loop over the output of ls work?
I am trying to feed Directory names into a for loop. My code is as follows: