Issue With Unix Shell Script Getting Defunct

Hi

I'm focusing on getting my head around interactive v non-interactive shells, both non-login and login. Basically what scripts are run and how local and global variables behave.

I'm pretty much there except for 'non-interactive login shells'. I understand that 'non-interactive' shells are started when a script is run. However, if I start my script with #!/bin/bash --login, then a 'non-interactive login' shell will be started.

In my mind I would have expected this to be the same as logging in from scratch, albeit without a user\password prompt. In this case I would have thought that any exported variables from the parent shell would be blown away. This doesn't appear to be the case. The 'non-interactive login' shell appears to inherit the environment of its parent 'interactive' shell.

Can anyone explain the purpose of a 'non-interactive login' shell and how they behave in this regard.

Hope this makes sense.

Cheers

Mike

I am taking a Linux class and am doing horribly, I just do not understand Linux. Can anyone please tell me how to create a shell script containing the `echo`, `whoami`, `groups`, and `pwd` commands?

I can do these as individual commands but cannot figure out how to do this in a shell script and get the output to produce output similar to the following:

You a
root
You are a member of the following groups:
root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel
Your current working directory is:
/tmp

My hair is getting thinner and grayer because of this.. Please help!

Hi,
I am looking for a simple shell script that allows for sftp to be run from the server to another server (Windows). I would like the script to be passed parameters suchas destination server, Id, password, Directory structure/folder name, file name etc...
Need some help to know how to start with and it would be great if someone help me with any sample sftp shell script

Please tell me for shell script..
I m writing the script.
In that script i written the 1 function and in that function i have to write the contents in existing file
so i write,
cat > /etc/puppet/manifests/init.pp
{
ensure => present,
}
.
But it caanot write the changes in ssh machine
so what i can do in my script?
Please help me...

books say that PATH variable contains the locations where the shell searches the commands to execute them.

I created a shell script and saved it in /home/user/Downloads directory and then i ran this script from the /home/user/Downloads directory. It did not execute.

however when i did set the path
export PATH=$PATH:/bin/sh within /home/user/Downloads directory, the shell script executed. Does it not mean that PATH variable is holding the locations of the shell program rather than the commands that are to be executed?

everytime i have to give the location of the shell i.e /bin/sh in the PATH variable no matter from where i am executing my script

Hello.

I have a shell script, which I am using to access the SMB Client:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/username
smbclient //link/to/server$ password -W domain -U username
recurse
prompt
mput baclupfiles
exit

Right now, the script runs, accesses the server, and then asks for a manual input of the commands.

Can someone show me how to get the commands:
Code:

recurse, prompt, mput baclupfiles and exit

to be run by the shell script please?

I am using a shell script named by test.sh, for example containing
Code:

address="$PWD"
echo "$address"

.
If I put it in folder temp1, and run test.sh, then it will give me the address of the current directory. But if I am now in folder temp2, and I want to run test.sh, I always need to copy test.sh to folder temp2, and then run it. Is there a way that I can run test.sh without copying it? I am not root user.

i have a javascript code and i want to convert it into bash or shell script code to run in linux machine

document.onkeydown = function (e) {
if(e.which == 9){
return false;
}
}

thanks in advance

Hi Guys,

i have requirement for log monitor shell script as per below
a)grep WARNING or EXCEPTION or SEVERE from log file
b) count the grep results
c)send an email notification for grep results

please help me .

thanks,
Arun

I have serveral nodes related files under /var/lib/ directory as shown below:

Code:

machine001.cluster.org 
machine002.cluster.org
machine003.cluster.org
machine004.cluster.org

I am trying to write a shell script which first finds out how many number of files are present in this directory. Then it should fetch the first name like machine001, machine002, machine003 etc. Then it should fetches ipaddress, hostname and netmask under machine001 first, then store it in some variable. Repeat this for all the nodes. How will the script look like?