mthanks for all the help, especially yours, oliver. what you've suggested was just what i need. my apologies to those not content with my subject and the awkward question, however, they were both answered.
andrej On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Oliver Elphick wrote: > andrej hocevar wrote: > >hello > >i'm just begining to write very simple scripts and came along these two > >problems. > >i) how do i (re)direct an output to a file and at the same time see > >it as usual on screen? > > some_command | tee filename > > You can also use script to capture an entire session. > > >ii) how do i pass a simple argument from a file or an output to a script > >that's just testing it, eg. a file has two arguments, now i want to pass > >it to a script that takes the first one and echoes it on screen? > > In the script, the command line parameters are $1, $2, etc. The output > of a command can be put into a command line by using backquotes or $(): > > myscript `mycommand_that_outputs_two_words` > > Then the script: > > #!/bin/bash > # myscript -- echoes the first argument > if [ -z "$1" ] > then > echo No arguments supplied" > exit 1 > else > echo $1 > fi > > > -- > Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver > PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 > GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C > ======================================== > "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord > shall be saved." Romans 10:13 > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
