Shell programming

[alleks]

How can I loop a file and then check if contains a value?

I have made this script

#!/bin/bash

date=`date +%d-%m-%y`

workdir=/var/backup/$date
files=$workdir/files

        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                ls $workdir/*.tar.gz > $files
                for file in $files
                        do
                                echo `Processing $file file...`
                                if [[ `$file` == `alex` ]]; then
                                        echo `yuhu`; echo
                                fi
                        done
        fi

        if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
                echo `not found`
        fi

And when I run it I get:

./file-operations.sh: line 12: Processing: command not found

./file-operations.sh: line 13: /var/backup/07-02-11/files: Permission denied
./file-operations.sh: line 13: alex: command not found
./file-operations.sh: line 14: yuhu: command not found

I need to check if $file in any line the value "alex" so then I can run my commands.

Tnx

[alleks]

Ok manage to do it this way, but still listening to suggestions

for file in $files
   do
      apache=`cat $file | grep apache`
      echo -e `$apache\n`
   done

But still getting some problems

1. Why do I always have to use ` and not " ?
2. echo -e `$apache\n` outputs at the en of the result: Permission denied

[falko]

Originally Posted by alleks

[*]Why do I always have to use ` and not " ?

Take a look here: http://www.dba-oracle.com/linux/quot...ll_scripts.htm

By enclosing an expression in backticks, you tell the shell to assign the result of a Linux command to a variable, instead of printing it to the screen.

[alleks]

Oh that issue was clarified after trying all kinda stuff.

I have the script up and running (tomorrow I will post it here so you can have a look and share some suggestions)

What I am looking now for is to loop variables, I mean:

• Let's say I have 3 variables today to work with, and those variables contain all my data
• What can I do so I won't have to call all the time $var1, $var2 and $var3 but only call a $var$i and $i to auto increment to the respective number?

[falko]

Take a look at http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
especially http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/arrays.html

[alleks]

Tnx falko but I have decided to do it another and I have run into another problem, but hopefully some1 can help me out (I'll be tryin to fix it to)

Ok here it goes,

Let's say I have 5 variables

var1=...
var2=...
...
var5=...

And then I use each variable to run various parameters, for example:

op1=`cat $files | grep $var1`
op2=`cat $files | grep $var2`
... you get the point

What I have decided to do is to use a for, because I always now the number of my variables and I can control it, and I am using this way

for (( i = 1; i <= 6; i++ ))
			do
				op$i=`cat $files | grep $var$i`
			done

Everything ok till now, the problem comes when I extend the for to fit my needs:

for (( i = 1; i <= 6; i++ ))
			do
				op$i=`cat $files | grep $var$i`
				for op in $op$i
					do
					   ....
					done
			done

The blue underlined line is the 1 that give me trouble, I want it to do a

for op in op1
for op in op2
...

but by using the $i variable. I know that op$i already contains op1, op2, op3, op4 and op5 but how can I access it by not doing $op$i?

Hope you understand my question (any1) and also able to help me out!

[alleks]

Ok, sorry folks. I know that for some of you sounds nobish my question, but I am still learning.

But anyway, I've solved it. It was all about trying different things. Here is how I've solved it, for those that might encounter the same problem.

First of all, I've changed the name of my variables from

var1=...
var2=...
...

to

var[1]=...
var[2]=...
...

then I just did this

var[1]=abc
var[2]=xyz
...
                for i in 1 2 3 4 5
                        do
                                op[i]=`cat /etc/passwd | grep ${var[i]}`
                                for op in ${op[i]}
                                        do

Hope some1 else will find this useful to, and just so you know... as guide I've used this tutorial:

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/arrays.html

Tnx Falko