Re: [PLUG] shell scripting help

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 15:29 Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote:

The linux subsystem on Windows 10 gives you a shell prompt and most of
your favorite command line tools.

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 02:19:38PM -0400, Will wrote:
> Install git, use git bash if a VM is not possible. I think Rich Freeman
> said something in the past about Gentoo Prefix and cygwin being pretty nice
> if you want something more light weight than a VM with all your bash tools
> and toys.
>
> -Will C
>
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 13:58 Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks JP! I remember meeting you at a few plug meetings. I actually
> > live very close to where plug central meets but still work in the distant
> > suburbs so it's hard to make it to meetings. I am going to be at FOSSCON
> > but I'm not sure what time.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 1:50 PM, JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Ouch, sorry to hear about the Windows part. :-) I'm forced to use a
> >> Windows laptop at $WORK and loath it, I do all my real work on a Mint VM
> >> thought running it on top of Windows is like building a house on sand (I
> >> snapshot it a lot).
> >>
> >> I know you got your script working, but all those greps are inefficient
> >> because each `|` is another sub-shell. The following is untested since I
> >> don't have your data, and I merged all the `grep -v` to *before* the sort
> >> which might break something though I don't see how it could. I also broke
> >> the long lines before some MUA or MTA does it for me. Don't use before
> >> testing well! Of course.
> >>
> >> Prompted:
> >> ----
> >> #!/bin/bash -
> >> # Add date and comment here
> >>
> >> read -p "What is the filename you want to grep? " file_name
> >> egrep '\b[A-Z]+| [0-9:]+ \b' "$file_name" \
> >> | egrep -v 'anaged|No|Na|Ser|Ty|Contact' | sort -u
> >> ----
> >>
> >> From command line:
> >> ----
> >> #!/bin/bash -
> >> # Add date and comment here
> >>
> >> # Usage:: <script name> <file name>
> >> egrep '\b[A-Z]+| [0-9:]+ \b' "$1" \
> >> | egrep -v 'anaged|No|Na|Ser|Ty|Contact' | sort -u
> >> ----
> >>
> >> Various rambling:
> >>
> >> Always add at least a comment and ideally a day, describing your
> >> *intent*. You will thank yourself 6 months from now.
> >>
> >> You can use `read -p` to get rid of the `echo`.
> >>
> >> Try `help read` since `man read` will probably give you the Bash man
> >> page, which is good reading but not really helpful in a case like this.
> >> `help` gives help on bash built-ins like `read`, `set`, `test` (really
> >> useful) and lots more.
> >>
> >> As pointed out elsewhere, giving it the file name on the command line is
> >> more Unix-y, so there's a versions does that. Actually, using it as a
> >> "filter" would be even more Unix-y, but one thing at a time. :-)
> >>
> >> There is also obviously zero sanity or error checking, though in this
> >> case that's not a big deal.
> >>
> >> You don't need ';' statement terminators. They don't hurt, but they are
> >> unnecessary noise.
> >>
> >> The trailing "-" in the shebang line `#!/bin/bash -` protects against an
> >> ancient kernel vulnerability. I'm not even 100% sure it still matters, but
> >> it can't hurt and it's arguably a good habit.
> >>
> >> Semi-related, I like doing "top N" lists like:
> >> <stuff> | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -n10
> >>
> >>
> >> There are tools (getclip.exe and putclip.exe) that let you read/write the
> >> windows clipboard from the command line. I've never tried those in WSL,
> >> but they used to be GREAT with the UnxUtils to grab a column of, say, IPAs
> >> from a spreadsheet and:
> >> getclip | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -n10 | putclip
> >>
> >> See my very old and not really relevant to WSL pages at:
> >> * https://www.jpsdomain.org/windows/win-tools.html
> >> * https://www.jpsdomain.org/windows/winshell.html
> >>
> >>
> >> On 08/24/2018 12:42 PM, Michael Lazin wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thank you all, it's working now. I actually am not in the role of being
> >>> a Linux user right now. Maybe that is why interactive scripts appeal to me
> >>> lol. I did forensics on Debian web servers for 10 years and lost my job
> >>> and ended up finding a job as a Windows sysadmin rather quickly and took it
> >>> because it beats no job. I installed the linux subsystem for Windows
> >>> because I do love bash and have found it useful for getting some mundane
> >>> tasks done. I am also learning powershell, I know it stands against
> >>> everything in this group, but I keep telling myself knowing two OS's will
> >>> eventually work to my advantage. Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 12:28 PM, prushik <prushik@gmail.com <mailto:
> >>> prushik@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Very few Linux users enjoy interactive scripts, but whatever floats
> >>> your boat.
> >>> Your script has a few issues, but the biggest is that you seem to be
> >>> confusing bash and php. $ is not a variable indicator in bash, its
> >>> an expansion operator. This means that your read $i line gets
> >>> expanded to read "", since i is unset at the beginning of the script.
> >>>
> >>> Also remove done from the end of the script since you have no
> >>> corresponding do.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my device.
> >>> ---- Original message ----
> >>> From: Anthony Martin <anthony.j.martin142@gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:anthony.j.martin142@gmail.com>>
> >>> Sent: 08/24/2018 12:12:24
> >>> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
> >>> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org <mailto:plug@lists.phillylinux.org>>
> >>> Subject: Re: [PLUG] shell scripting help
> >>>
> >>> Have you tried setting it so you give the file name as an argument
> >>> when you run the script? ./Script FILENAME
> >>>
> >>> Anthony Martin
> >>>
> >>> Linux System Administrator
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 12:04 PM Michael Lazin <microlaser@gmail.com
> >>> <mailto:microlaser@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I am trying to write a shell script to automate the formatting
> >>> of a text file in a certain way that is useful to me. the
> >>> complicated egrep while not ideal does the job when run alone,
> >>> where $i is the name of the file I want to grep, but when I try
> >>> put it together in an easy to run script it doesn't do
> >>> anything. Can someone please point me in the right direction?
> >>> Thank you.
> >>>
> >>> #!/bin/bash
> >>> echo "What is the filename you want to grep?";
> >>> read $i;
> >>> OUTPUT="$(egrep '\b[A-Z]+| [0-9:]+ \b' $i | grep -v anaged |
> >>> grep -v No| sort -u | grep -v Na | grep -v Ser | grep -v Ty |
> >>> grep -v Contact)";
> >>> echo "${OUTPUT}";
> >>> done
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Later,
> >> JP
> >> -- -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> JP Vossen, CISSP | http://www.jpsdomain.org/ | http://bashcookbook.com/
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Michael Lazin
> >
> > to gar auto estin noein te kai ennai
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