Comments on: Shell scripting for fun and profit http://aralbalkan.com/1330 Changing the world through technology and oratory. Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Aral http://aralbalkan.com/1330/comment-page-1#comment-141720 Aral Thu, 01 May 2008 07:42:34 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1330#comment-141720 And one more from me: I noticed that the expect script was timing out on the SFTP transfer so I added: <pre>set timeout -1</pre> And that fixed it. It makes expect wait indefinitely for actions to end without timing out. And one more from me: I noticed that the expect script was timing out on the SFTP transfer so I added:

set timeout -1

And that fixed it. It makes expect wait indefinitely for actions to end without timing out.

]]> By: Aral http://aralbalkan.com/1330/comment-page-1#comment-141719 Aral Thu, 01 May 2008 07:41:39 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1330#comment-141719 Hi Dominic, Kristof, thanks for your useful suggestions. I'll update the script :) Hi Dominic, Kristof, thanks for your useful suggestions. I’ll update the script :)

]]> By: Kristof Neirynck http://aralbalkan.com/1330/comment-page-1#comment-140628 Kristof Neirynck Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:03:55 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1330#comment-140628 Sed has an inline function so there is no need for that superfluous mv. sed -e s/$1/$2/g -i .bak templates/base.html If you remove the .bak part it won't even make a backup file. I don't recommend that though. Sed has an inline function so there is no need for that superfluous mv.
sed -e s/$1/$2/g -i .bak templates/base.html

If you remove the .bak part it won’t even make a backup file.
I don’t recommend that though.

]]> By: Dominic Mitchell http://aralbalkan.com/1330/comment-page-1#comment-140624 Dominic Mitchell Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:48:41 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/1330#comment-140624 Oooh, I love a good shell script. Just one minor point though. You may wish to switch from <code>if [ … ]</code> to <code>if [[ … ]]</code>. It's a bash-ism, but it prevents certain irritating quoting issues which can occur in the above code. Also, I'm <em>really</em> glad to see someone still using expect. That saved my life when trying to configure Cisco routers a few years ago. I still have the O'Reilly book, but alas little chance to use it. Oooh, I love a good shell script. Just one minor point though. You may wish to switch from if [ … ] to if [[ … ]]. It’s a bash-ism, but it prevents certain irritating quoting issues which can occur in the above code.

Also, I’m really glad to see someone still using expect. That saved my life when trying to configure Cisco routers a few years ago. I still have the O’Reilly book, but alas little chance to use it.

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