bash shell script

Bash Script: Find Out In What Directory Script Is Stored Under Unix Or Linux

by on December 11, 2012 · 7 comments

How can I find out the path of the directory in which my bash shell script is located and store that path in _base variable?

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Bash / KSH: Define Delimiter (IFS) While Using read Command

by on July 25, 2012 · 3 comments

How do I can set IFS (internal field separator) while using read command in bash loops?

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HowTo: Reverse a String In Unix / Linux Shell?

by on July 6, 2012 · 3 comments

How do I reverse lines of a file or files under Linux or Unix like operating systems?

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Linux / UNIX: Bash Script Sleep or Delay a Specified Amount of Time

by on February 9, 2011 · 2 comments

How do I pause for 5 seconds or 2 minutes in my bash shell script?

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Linux / UNIX: Command For Executing a Shell Script

by on July 15, 2010 · 0 comments

How do I execute a script under UNIX or Linux like operating system using command prompt?

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Bash Shell Find Out If A Command Exists On UNIX / Linux System ($PATH) OR Not

by on April 6, 2010 · 4 comments

I want find out if a command exists on UNIX from a bash shell script. If command does not exists, then I would like to display an error message on screen. How do I find out if a command exists on Posix system or not?

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Bash Script: Read One Character At A Time

by on September 30, 2009 · 4 comments

I need to count one character at a time from input.txt. How do I read one character at a time under Linux / UNIX bash shell script?

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