Difference between revisions of "Bash notes"
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while sleep 1; do lsof|grep -i Maildir; done | while sleep 1; do lsof|grep -i Maildir; done | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | == check if running as root == | ||
+ | |||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | if [ `id -u` = "0" ]; then | ||
+ | echo "You are root." | ||
+ | exit 0 | ||
+ | fi | ||
</pre> | </pre> |
Revision as of 03:57, 22 October 2008
Contents
Turn off bash history for a session
set +o history
Rename a group of files by extension
For example, rename all images from foo.jpg to foo_2.jpg.
This is somewhat more clear:
for filename in *.jpg ; do mv $filename `basename $filename .jpg`_2.jpg; done
This is more "correct" and doesn't require `basename`:
for filename in *.jpg ; do mv $filename ${filename%.jpg}_2.jpg; done
Variable Expansion and Substitution
Bash can do some freaky things with variables. It can do lots of other substitutions. See "Parameter Expansion" in the Bash man page.
- ${foo#pattern} - deletes the shortest possible match from the left
- ${foo##pattern} - deletes the longest possible match from the left
- ${foo%pattern} - deletes the shortest possible match from the right
- ${foo%%pattern} - deletes the longest possible match from the right
- ${foo=text} - If $foo exists and is not null then return $foo. If $foo doesn't exist then create it and set value to text.
Statements
Loop on filenames in a directory
for foo in *; do { echo ${foo} }; done
Loop on lines in a file
for foo in $(cat data_file.txt); do { echo ${foo} }; done
while loop
This is kind of like `watch`:
while sleep 1; do lsof|grep -i Maildir; done
check if running as root
if [ `id -u` = "0" ]; then echo "You are root." exit 0 fi