bash query

[Tony Arnold]

James,

James Takac wrote:
> On Sunday 03 June 2007 19:23:34 Andy wrote:
>> On 03/06/07, dave selby <dave6502 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> read KEY
>>> if [ $KEY = "q" ];
>>> then
>>> echo "a QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ"
>>> fi
>>> [snip]
>>> dave at dev-machine:~$ ./test.sh
>>>
>>> ./test.sh: line 5: [: =: unary operator expected
>>> dave at dev-machine:~$
>> Use "$KEY" instead of $KEY , that way if $KEY has no value it
>> evaluates to the empty string ""
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> First they ignore you
>> then they laugh at you
>> then they fight you
>> then you win.
>> - Mohandas Gandhi
> 
> Hi Guys
> 
> Thought I'd ask here re something I'm trying to do as it kinda relates to the 
> subject. Anyone know if you can pipe a command to a terminal session in a 
> script? I'm hoping for the script to open a terminal, pipe a command to it, 
> then when finished close the terminal window

Most terminal window commands, e.g., xterm, rxvt, gnome-terminal, take
an option that specifies a command to execute in the terminal window. If
you want to do piping etc, then you probably have to invoke bash and
give that the command(s) you want executed, e.g.,

	gnome-terminal -e 'bash -c "ls -lh"'

or something similar!

Regards,
Tony.
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