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bash pipeline: syntax error near unexpected token 'else'
I'm working on the following pipeline (codeshare.io/243VJE):
#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --nodes=1 --ntasks=1 --cpus-per-task=10
#SBATCH --time=2-00:00:00
#SBATCH --mem=40gb
#
#SBATCH --job-name=pan_pca
#...
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move files to directory according to prefix
I'm in the following situation
> ls
H9/ HG01109_chr1_hap1_contigs.list HG01952_chr1_hap2_contigs.list HG02572/ HG03486_chr1_hap1_contigs.list
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Launching Browser in Wayland/Cosmic w/ bash script as "non-steam" game in steam doesn't transfer ownership of controller or allow for the overlay
The situation:
I've been converting my family to Linux for quite some time now. I'm currently in the process of replacing their Roku with a Media PC (in this specific case, Pop_OS! 24.04 using Wayland ...
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Are some bash ambiguous job specs impossible to differentiate?
$ sleep 1234&
$ sleep 12345678&
$ %sleep\ 1234
bash: fg: sleep 1234: ambiguous job spec
$ jobs
[1]- Running sleep 1234 &
[2]+ Running sleep 12345678 &
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bashrc not sourced when running "bash -l", on just one raspberry pi trixie system
Description
I have two Raspberry Pi OS 13 (Trixie) systems with identical Bash versions and identical /bin/bash binaries (verified with md5sum). On one system, running bash -l sources ~/.bashrc as ...
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setting and using a shell variable inside "sudo -i bash -c" [duplicate]
I have a little maintenance thing to do as super user, from time to time. I would like that to be a one-liner, for easy copying from my self-documentation to a terminal. I reduced it to the bare ...
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Cannot understand variable assignment logic in bash function [duplicate]
I created this function, which is supposed to allow an interactive selection of an mDNS hostname, and then connect to it via ssh.
Yet, whatever I try, the host variable is only available in side the ...
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How to move the cursor to an embedded newline on the bash command line? [duplicate]
I have just pasted a line into the bash shell.
It contains embedded newlines.
CTRL+a gets me to https at the start.
CTRL+e gets me to 7d87 at the end.
How can I move around from line 1 to 2 to 3 ...
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Bash/Dash - Catching the error when calling set
I'm writing a script and I'd like to use set -o pipefail on shells that support it. Dash does not support that option. Usually, || true lets me swallow errors, but not in case of set:
> podman run ...
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Cancel just second command of bash logical AND operator [duplicate]
It often happens that I have some long task running, like compiling a program, running tests or copying large archives. Once I am done with whatever else I was doing, I want to leave the computer ...
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POSIX sh alternative to using [[ ... ]] in Bash
I am using this code to parse the first argument passed to my script. It error handles and it works just the way I want it:
if [ -z "$action" ]; then
printf "[${c_RED}ERROR${c_RESET}...
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1
answer
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disable bash job control warning "job specification requires leading `%'"?
I just rebooted one of my systems for the first time in several months, restarted tmux and my usual set of bash shells for tailing various log files, and noticed that running fg n (i.e. fg followed by ...
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bash syntax: what does '[@]+' mean? [duplicate]
I have a script that parses command line arguments.
The intro to the loop to iterate over the argument array looks like this:
for arg in ${args[@]+"${args[@]}"}; do
Can someone explain this ...
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How can I use sed to chain append lines from a text file, add it as a suffix to the text on the same lines numbers on another file, and so on?
I've tried using sed for this. I've tried putting the lines of interest in variables as well.
I have two examples I want to achieve for now. Lets say I have thousands of urls in a file called links....
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how to convert hex memory dump to Docsis config file?
Hex memory dump is Docsis config file. Is it possible to convert this hex dump info valid Docsis config file? Preferably, using Perl and DOCSIS::ConfigFile module. (or Python scripts, python-docsis). ...
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How do I ensure a bash script argument is a specific value?
The following script is supposed to check $1 and see if it is a specific value. It only works when one Bash [[... =~ ...]] regex check is passed in an if statement.
The error is: When more than one ...
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Choice of field separator affects sort's ordering
Suppose we have a script named test_sort in our $PATH with the following contents:
#!/bin/bash
function echo_text () {
printf -- "%s\n" "$fc$oc$fs$lc"
printf -- "%s\n&...
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White spacing is causing variable to not contain all text in result
Disclaimer: I am brand new to bash
I'm building a dialog box and trying to get some Docker commands to populate results.
I am using this to return a result, which works for the most part.
result=($(...
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Process sed capture group with a bash function before replacement: "sh: 1: <bash function>: not found"
So, I was playing around with this answer, when I found that neither
printf_stdin () {
read input
printf "$input"
}
sed "/lorem ipsum foobar/ {
s/'/'\"'\"'/g
s/\...
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`xargs sh -c` not picking up last argument (vs `for i in $(...)`) [duplicate]
I just wanted to build a simple bash script that inverted a 'hex color code' (made up of 3 pairs of 2-digit hexadecimal numbers, in the format #RRGGBB). In my first code block I attempt to perform ...
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1
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Shell bracket list wildcard doesn't work with variable [duplicate]
The following works:
ls {000/487,000/488,000/489,000/490,000/491,000/492}
...many files being listed
But this doesn't. Why ?
LIST=000/487,000/488,000/489,000/490,000/491,000/492
ls {$LIST}
ls: cannot ...
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Is there any difference between [[ -n $1 ]] and [[ $1 ]] in bash?
The test [[ -n $1 ]] yields True if the length of string is non-zero.
But I've seen elsewhere and have tried using just [[ $1 ]] without the primary -n and it seems to have the same effect.
Is there ...
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Running XFCE on Debian Trixie. Bash history is not saving any sudo commands
Bash history works OK for except for sudo commands.
Code from .bashrc follows.
How can I modify the behaviour to include anything starting with sudo?
NOTE. This behaviour is the same with a brand new ...
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Bash: only the first long option is being processed [closed]
Suppose we have the file ./testing with contents
#!/bin/bash
# Flags
# Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7948533/31298396
TEMP=$(getopt -o ''\
--long first,second \
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Bash: function in a script with flags
Using https://stackoverflow.com/a/7948533/31298396, we can implement flags for a script testing as follows:
#!/bin/bash
# Flags
# Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7948533/31298396
TEMP=$(getopt ...
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Why doesn't the pwd nullary built-in error when provided an argument, whereas the nullary/unary exit built-in does error?
If I enter pwd foo bar at the prompt of the bash shell, the foo bar part of the command line seems to be completely ignored.
If I enter exit 0 foo, I get bash: exit: too many arguments.
So pwd ignored ...
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Bash Script Linux - combines a QUIET function with other functions without hiding some of them
#!/bin/bash
DefaultColor="\033[0m"
GREEN="\033[32m"
RED="\033[31m"
PURPLE="\033[35m"
YELLOW="\033[33m"
CYAN="\033[36m"
CmdOk="\033[...
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Source file in bash to set prompt with ANSI colors
I have a file named .ps1, and I'm running source .ps1 in bash to try and set my prompt up with color. The contents of the .ps1 file are:
__prompt_command() {
local EXIT="$?"
local ...
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locking scripts using flock - can same file descriptor be used concurrently?
Common method for preventing concurrent runs for a given script is utilizing flock as:
LOCK=/var/lock/my-lock
exec 9>>"$LOCK"
if ! flock --exclusive --nonblock 9; then
echo "...
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Why does Firefox 'copy as cURL' not download any file not download anything here?
I tried to do this:
curl "https://imslp.org/wiki/Goldberg-Variationen%2C_BWV_988_(Bach%2C_Johann_Sebastian)" | perl -nle 'print "$1" while /<span id="num-of-ratings-[0-9]{6}...
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suppress stderr when inputting a file to a variable
var="$(cat no-exists)"
var="$(< no-exists)"
give a similar output:
cat: no-exists: No such file or directory
bash: no-exists: No such file or directory
I'll describe the ...
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Cleaning-up previous kernel RPMs after reboot
I have a few RHEL 8/9 boxes with a cron job that updates them automatically every week.
The reboots are done manually from time to time and I would like to write a script to simplify the removal of ...
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Get Character Code for Character in File Name
Short version: I am at a bash command line. In some directory, I can ls various files and see their names. I would like to get something like the ASCII character code for each character in a file's ...
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To have ., the source synonym, workable [closed]
The bash' command
source
has been modified in one of few ways:
alias
function overriding
or else
Then how can its synonym:
.
got being so too (problem is it's not letter) ?
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How to set a bind -V variable from the bash command line, not ~/.inputrc? [duplicate]
$ bind -V | grep horiz
print-completions-horizontally is set to `off'
How do I set it to `on' from the bash command line?
I know how to set it in ~/.inputrc. That's not my question.
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x2 sudo commands cannot be executed in terminal
I am running a Ubuntu system on my Radxa Zero 3E (single board computer)
Using its GPIO I am driving a 5V LED via an NPN transisitor. Everything works.
For switching it on I use gpioset $(gpiofind ...
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Custom separator in ps
I have this integrated in a bash-script on an outdated Debian 10.
ps -axo "%p ;;; %a"
Works well, output is like
10161 ;;; [kworker/0:1-cgroup_destroy]
12173 ;;; [kworker/2:0-events]
12379 ;...
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Execute bash commands one at a time
I have a list of bash commands that I'd like to execute one at a time. They could be in a file, or the terminal, or whatever is necessary. But I'd like to execute the first one then I'd check the ...
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"File name too long" when printing a long base64 string. Why?
Downloading an image and encoding it into base64:
curl -o output.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/USA-San_Jose-De_Anza_Hotel-3.jpg/500px-USA-San_Jose-De_Anza_Hotel-3.jpg
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Why does "seq 1000000 | tee /dev/stdout" produce more single-digit numbers than expected?
I'm in Linux and in Bash. I expect
seq 1000000 | tee /dev/stdout
to always output 9 numbers from 1 to 9 and their duplicates (18 in total). But when I do
seq 1000000 | tee /dev/stdout | grep -c '^[1-...
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Cannot delete bash associative array element
Consider an associative array in bash (versions 5.2.15(1)-release and 5.2.21(1)-release):
declare -A ufs=(); ufs["one"]=1; ufs["two"]=2; ufs["three"]=3
printf '> %s\n' ...
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Grep with output of not the complete line
With grep I can filter lines.
But if the lines are pretty long it gets messy.
How can I only get "some chars around" my search-string?
f.txt
this is a red cat in the room
this is a blue ...
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How can I find common prefixes in file names to group them?
I would like to be able to find all files in multiple directories whose file names start with the same string, but preferably not if that string is only one word or contains fewer than perhaps 5 ...
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Why does bash need file descriptor duplicating?
I found out I don't totally understand how bash file descriptors work. I would like to have some guidance here.
I have a scenario where I need to read the content of a file, and for each line of the ...
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Use numbered file descriptors with SSH
I need to pipe data through SSH to a command that reads stdin. The command needs to run with sudo so I need to be able enter the sudo password, too. Without ssh, I'd use numbered file descriptors like ...
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can't remove items from the bash history using a while loop [duplicate]
I have a faulty command several times in my history and want to remove it with history -d <id_of_faulty_command>.
I can identify this via a --writeout (instead of the correct --write-out)
Now ...
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cal or ncal - wrap more months?
Using cal and ncal, I know that I can display a certain number of months using various flags (for example, ncal -C -A 4 will show the current month and the 4 months after).
What I am trying, and so ...
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Unix folder has file named "-f". Standard `/bin/bash` tools do not recognized this (can not `rm`, `cat`, nor `stat` this). What to do? [duplicate]
Welcome to Termux
Docs: https://doc.termux.com
Community: https://community.termux.com
Working with packages:
- Search: pkg search <query>
- Install: pkg install <package>
- ...
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How is bash autocompletion for Inkscape tied to dbus and how can I stop it?
Recently i noticed that when i try to "tab-tab" complete a filename for some gtk applications (i do not use gnome) i get dbus errors. for example:
$ inkscape pu (tab-tab, to complete the ...
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