When using a bash script to composite a string that gets automatically copied onto the clipboard for subsequent pasting elsewhere, this approach worked for adding newlines in the resulting …

Jan 16, 2014 · Shell scripting: -z and -n options with if Ask Question Asked 11 years, 11 months ago Modified 10 months ago

Feb 15, 2015 · At the beginning of a bash shell script is the following line: IFS=$'\\n' What is the meaning behind this collection of symbols?

Sep 13, 2024 · Difference between -v, -z and -n while comparing variables in a shell script Ask Question Asked 1 year, 2 months ago Modified 1 year, 2 months ago

Apr 12, 2020 · 6 Echo the STRING (s) to standard output. -n do not output the trailing newline Generally, the traditional way to learn about the options and parameters of a command on …

In a bash script, using the conditional "or" in an "if" statement Ask Question Asked 13 years, 3 months ago Modified 1 year ago

Aug 2, 2025 · The script looks like in below snippet, but don't see below script working correctly. The getopt for options specified with :: (like g:: or gamma::) upon parsing g or gamma the …

Aug 1, 2017 · However note that read -k reads from the terminal (k is for key; zsh's -k option predates bash's and even ksh93's -N by decades). To read from stdin, use read -u0 -k1).

Sep 16, 2014 · Run the script either as: bash script.sh or just: ./script.sh When bash is run using the name sh, it disables most of its extensions, such as the [[ testing operator. Since you have …

Oct 10, 2018 · Make sure your script doesn't contain any literal \r\n, such as in a tr -d "\n" command.