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How do I read a file field-by-field under UNIX / Linux / BSD Bash shell? My sample input data file is as follows:
device1,deviceType,major,minor,permissions
device2,deviceType,major,minor,permissions
…
….
..
deviceN,deviceTypeN,major,minor,permissions
For each line I need to construct and execute a shell command as follows:
/path/to/deviceMaker --context=$1 -m $permissions $device2 $deviceType $major $minor
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I‘ve couple of shell aliases defined in ~/.bashrc file. How do I temporarily remove (disable) a shell alias and call the core command directly without using unalias command?
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Can you explain me usage of nullglob variable under BASH? How do I check for any *.c files in any directory?
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My development and testing webserver is used by over 100s of users. These users login from Windows XP, Linux, Mac OS X system via ssh. How do I set or automatically log users out after a period of inactivity under CentOS Linux server to improve server security and save some resources?
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How do I redirect output and errors to /dev/null under bash / sh shell scripting? How do I redirect the output of stderr to stdout, and then redirect this combined output to /dev/null?
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