On Sunday 22 October 2006 16:07, Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding': > > > How can I execute this from the command line? > > You should just be able to type it in or cut/copy and paste from my > > original email. bash (and indeed most shells) don't interpret the > > input from the command line significantly different than the content > > of a script file. > If I use spaces instead of line breaks so I can put it all on one line > it doesn't seem to work out. I'm missing something here.
You should be able to use linebreaks; bash will, appropriately, wait for more input if you are in the middle of a larger construct (if/while/etc.). You should also be able to use spaces, but you have to add a semi-colon after each simple command. If I was to do it as a one-liner it would be: if /etc/init.d/net.ath0 status | grep -q started; then /etc/init.d/net.ath0 restart; else /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start; fi -- "If there's one thing we've established over the years, it's that the vast majority of our users don't have the slightest clue what's best for them in terms of package stability." -- Gentoo Developer Ciaran McCreesh
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