PD ballot editing station program in Bash
	I just demoed [link] in person for Emanuel Cleaver, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Member of the US House of Representatives. He was very enthused. This is open source's killer app. votescript/validvote is in Bash. This is a task for which closed source is absolutely unacceptable.... more » By presidentbyamendment  - Apr 25 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	Need help regarding string replacement in a tag file
	I need to delete a string : (png_structp png_ptr,$/;" fin the tag PNG_EXTERN void png_write_sCAL_s PNGARG((png_structp png_ptr,$/;" and replace it with (png_structp png_ptr, int unit, png_const_charp width, png_const_charp height) expected output should be like this : PNG_EXTERN void png_write_sCAL_s PNGARG((png_structp png_ptr, int... more » By ethan  - Apr 23 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	portable assembler in Bash
	just posted an outline of a portable assembler in Bash to comp.lang.forth The 386 assembler I wrote in Bash about a decade ago worked. sORRY if this is a repost. Rick Hohensee [link] By presidentbyamendment  - Apr 14 2012 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Error: Directory not empty, while trying to remove a directory after killing copy operation running on it.
	Error: Directory not empty, while trying to remove a directory after killing copy operation running on it. 1) ...root 5727 17.8 0.2 109336 4748 ? Ss 16:42 0:01 dd if=/dev/vg_block/block_vm_3gb. disk.xm bs=4096k of=/mnt/share/IMG_e15/ disk1.xm 2) ... 3) ...root 5727 13.4 0.2 109336 4732 ? Rs 16:42 0:03 dd... more » By sajuptpm  - Mar 21 2012 - 3 new of 3 messages

Script help...

Hi All, I apologize up front as I posted this request in the BashScripts.org group thinking it was this group (this group has much more participation). I have a simple shell script to run a check on the 2nd Tuesday of every month which I thought worked pretty well. However, it appears that it did not work for this given month and I'd like to see if... more » By HB  - Feb 13 2012 - 11 new of 11 messages

	process leak in process substitution
	I tried a nifty snippet of code from here: [link] Essentially, I do this: read -t1 < <(stat -t "$mount") || echo "$mount timeout"; If my NFS mount is hung, the read times out, and I get a warning message. However, if the NFS mount is hung, bash also leaks the bash... more » By Jon Baccash  - Jan 30 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	return values of bash scripts
	Hi, Could someone please help me figure out why: GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release-(x86_64-redh at-linux-gnu) 1) Why when I do an echo, I get /bin/sh returned as well ? For example, my script below: ... SERVICE='crond' HOST=`hostname` content=`ps auxw | grep [c]rond| awk '{print $11}'`... more » By kc  - Dec 20 2011 - 6 new of 6 messages

	When code put in a function I get: Too many open files
	I have the following code: #!/usr/bin/env bash set -o errexit set -o nounset declare LOOP_STEPS=2000 declare -r REQUIRED_STRING="required time" declare day declare -i end declare i declare minutes declare seconds declare -i start... more » By Cecil Westerhof  - Dec 3 2011 - 4 new of 4 messages

	Reading multiple return values with Bashs read function
	A few days ago I discovered an interesting use of process substitution and the read function. This makes it possible to read more than one string from a sub shell without loosing the original standard input. You can find the details here: [link] The result is a bit cryptic. Does anybody know a simpler solution for... more » By ceving  - Dec 1 2011 - 2 new of 2 messages

	Weird custom bash location setup.
	Hello. I am trying to figure out why my old .bashrc's current location doesn't show correctly when in /home directory with: PS1="\u@\h \[\e[33m\]\W\[\e[0m\] \[\`if [[ \$? = "0" ]]; then echo '\e[32m=)\e[0m'; else echo '\e[31m=(\e[0m' ; fi\`\] \$ " alias grep='grep --color' When I try it out in /home, I see "hmee":... more » By Ant  - Nov 29 2011 - 6 new of 6 messages