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Posts tagged bash
(Brought over from SE.) This is a Bash script that copies files stored inside disk images to a directory, using a defined structure provided via a JSON file. I've included the external programs ...
I'm having trouble with an ffmpeg script that's supposed to convert videos to a specific resolution and frame rate, but the output video has unexpected dimensions and frame rate. Here's my script a...
My use case is a collection of CSV files, each with header row. What I want to know is what subset(s) of them are "union compatible", although I also want matching column names before stacking thes...
I'm trying to write a bash function that can sanitize filenames to make them compatible with both Linux and Windows file systems. The function should perform the following operations: Replace in...
When I do this in a shell: $ /bin/sh -c 'echo hello world' hello world it's my understanding that I'm running a process with argv = {"/bin/sh", "-c", "echo hello world"}. That is, the quotes c...
I tried to check info bash but only got a copy of the man page. This is when I learned that I could apt install bash-doc to get the "full" Bash manual. After checking both the info pages and the m...
I'm trying to flatten a repository of Python code into a Markdown file where each file is formatted like: relative/path/to/file1.py # contents of file1.py I'm using this command: find . -name...
I have a variable that contains a string: $CCSR = "branches/features/arm_and_musl" I want to get only the part after the last /. In this case it's "arm_and_musl" but it can be anything. So som...
I wish to fill an array with strings, using Bash scripting. The strings are in a file, one per line. Here is what I've tried: declare -a my_array=() while read line; do my_array+=( "$line"...
The concept of field separator has some private cases in different operating system shells and their utilities (IFS on Bourne shell and derivates, RS on AWK and perhaps more) but I am having troubl...
I work with CentOS operating system and my only shell is Bash. I want to create a script which prompts a user with a question like "What is your web application root?" The user should answer dire...
Summary/Context I'm currently working to improve performance and throughput of our automation infrastructure, most of which is a combination of Bash/Shell scripts, Python scripts, Docker, Jenkins,...
