[lug] scripting on linux!! or "Oh yeah!!!"

[King, Kevin]

And the final result is...?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us 
> [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]On
> Behalf Of John Starkey
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 12:31 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] scripting on linux!! or "Oh yeah!!!"
> 
> 
> One for Linux!!
> 
> I posted to this list at 10:50. Recieved a personal reply 
> from Chip within
> 10 minutes and a few others within 15. And an hour after that 
> I've managed
> to do, with the help of the list, something which would take 
> about 2 hours
> to do in Windoze. So one hour to ask for help, relay the parameters,
> recieve an answer run the two scripts and it's done. Right now I'd be
> restarting Windoze because it had crashed when I moved the 
> mouse too fast
> (lol!!).
> 
> Anyone have Bill's number. We gotta talk about this tech 
> support issue :}
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, John Starkey wrote:
> 
> > It's scary how close the thread is to the grep thread, both issues
> > (related to using grep) coming up the same day.
> > 
> > I have one weekly job that involves 70 files as a simple 
> slide show. These
> > will be broken down into groups of 10 (approx.). Normally 
> when I'm coding
> > (html) this many files I'll go to a land of Windoze cubicles and use
> > HomeSite due to it's find and replace abilities. I do this 
> knowing well
> > enough that Linux can do a hell of a lot better job but I 
> can't find the
> > time to get into shell scripting. It's one of those investments that
> > I know will pay off but, like today, I have to have 70 
> files uploaded by
> > tomorrow morning at the very latest.
> > 
> > So with that said, is there anyone with a vengance against 
> Windoze that
> > could help with a couple scripts. If I can pull this off 
> it'd make a great
> > argument against Windoze at work. Where someone said just 
> last week "yea
> > but look at what Bill has done for the world".  
> > 
> > 1) I need to create 70 files, all identical except for 2 
> numbers in the
> > <img> tag. These two numbers need to increment relative to 
> the file name
> > (file1 -> <img src="001">; file2 -> <img src="002>) ( a 
> slide show ).
> > 
> > 2) When the client sends the layout I'll need to break 
> these 70 files down
> > into groups and rename both the files and images (140 files at this
> > point). I could probably work this without changing the names.
> > 
> > 3) Certain files will need navigation buttons. So I'll need 
> to specify
> > which file and where in the file to place these buttons. 
> > 
> > I estimate 4 hours to do all this in HomeSite. I have a 
> feeling this can
> > be done in less than an hour in Linux.
> > 
> > What confuses me the most is the xargs (Build and execute 
> command line
> > from standard input)?? Does this mean you make the file 
> stdin and execute
> > the commands from what the file returns?? Why not just 
> ./scriptfile and
> > get it over with.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > John
> > 
> > 
> > 
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