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In Unix we have 2 ways to execute a command and capture its output in a variable:
1.)
x=`wc-l`
2.)
x=$(wc -l)
Can anyone help me understand the basic difference between the two, and when to use which syntax.
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I recently started bash scripting and got stuck with a very basic usecase, searched stackoverflow/google but couldn't find a way to achieve what I am trying to do.
I have a script color.sh
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Suppose my script.sh could take a number of options and arguments. What is the best way to find out what the script was invoked with (form inside the script)?
For eg., someone called it with script.sh --foo_option bar_arg
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I've tried echo !! which does not work inside a script.
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I have the following variables
my_country_code="green"
x="country"
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bash: ${my_$x_code}: bad substitution
echo should print green as output, but unable to find any technique which will give the correct output
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What is the significant of using #!/bin/bash in the starting of bash script? Can we write a bash script without #!/bin/bash ?
This line is called shebang. It’s a ‚magic‘ line telling the program loader (kernel) how to execute a script on unixoid systems.
Cf. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)
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I've found this in a shell script that I use and I'm having trouble finding a formal description/definition of this syntax:
ACTION=${1:-update}
I'm assuming that if $1 variable does not exist (no command line arguments) then "-update" is used.
It's not esoteric. It's POSIX, and even Bourne. In every shell manpage ever. man bash or man ksh. The assumption is mostly right, if the parameter 1 is unset or empty string, then expand the alternate.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_06_02