[SOLVED] SMILEYNET Standard Scripts: Debugging Linux Versions

des_a · 12-01-2023, 12:24 AM

Thanks! I'm not depending on it anymore in my current version, but I will definately add that flag to the top of my file, for now future issues. I'll try an remember to put that also in any script which calls this.

des_a · 12-01-2023, 12:34 AM

So when I used this, unless I called it with set -f; specifically, when changing it to '?' again, it didn't work still. It used to just work before. So I'm sticking with my new character, '-'. However, I added that -f flag for a future time, and explained what the comment does. I do NOT want to require major tweaks or specific knowlege of that feature for running the script, as most users besides me, of them will NOT know about that feature yet. This is designed for people on my network, most of which may not know how to turn a computer on until I teach them. At least that's true of my guests so far. I will work on the cross platform stuff a bit later. Right now the goal is to get my scripts to work on Linux Mint 21.2.

des_a · 12-01-2023, 12:35 AM

Here's my code for the help system:

shelp.sh

Code:

#! /bin/bash -f

# If this script is called by another script, you must also use -f flag, which causes the shell not to glob.

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
  echo "Usage: shelp.sh {command} {topic}"
  echo
  echo "       help                             - Gets bash help."
  echo "       man                              - Gets a man page"
  echo "       xman                             - Browses the man pages graphically"
  echo "       info                             - Gets an info page"
  echo "       tldr                             - Gets a tldr page. Needs sudo permissions!"
  echo "       - {section or . for all}         - List the section help topics"
  echo "       - {section} {topic}              - Gets standard script help"
  echo
else
 if [ $1 == "man" ]; then
  shift
  man $@
 elif [ $1 == "xman" ]; then
  shift
  xman $@ &
 elif [ $1 == "info" ]; then
  shift
  info $@
 elif [ $1 == "help" ]; then
  shift
  help $@
 elif [ $1 == "tldr" ]; then
  shift
  sudo tldr $@
 elif [ $1 == "-" ]; then
  if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
   if [ -d /etc/settings/shelp/$2 ]; then
    if [ $2 == ".." ]; then
     echo "What topic do you want?"
    else
     ls /etc/settings/shelp/$2
    fi
   else
    echo "What topic do you want?"
   fi
  elif [ $# -eq 3 ]; then
   if [ -f /etc/settings/shelp/$2/$3 ]; then
    less /etc/settings/shelp/$2/$3
   fi
  else
   echo "What topic do you want?"
  fi
 else
  echo "Usage: shelp.sh {command} {topic}"
  echo
  echo "       help                             - Gets bash help."
  echo "       man                              - Gets a man page"
  echo "       xman                             - Browses the man pages graphically"
  echo "       info                             - Gets an info page"
  echo "       tldr                             - Gets a tldr page. Needs sudo permissions!"
  echo "       - {section or . for all}         - List the section help topics"
  echo "       - {section} {topic}              - Gets standard script help"
  echo
 fi
fi

des_a · 12-01-2023, 01:38 AM

...And I think I have enough features implemented for it to be a complete version! As soon as I can, I will upload it to github, so that everyone can now benefit from my work. However, before I do that, I must build a bit on top of it, and implement just a little bit more. I have to make sure it works.

I don't know why, besides needing Linux to have the features I need, that I didn't just try to fully switch to Linux earlier. Because, did you know (since I already knew the basic bash language), that in order to set up a new Linux Mint machine, all I have to do, is run some scripts in the right order and do as the onscreen prompts I've designed, asks me to do. They are currently installed the Windows way, but it works for now. However, those scripts run in a certain order, and because of package managers, then my system is completely ready to go. It's great! I used to have to spend days doing the setup of things on Windows! Not to mention, until I fully document every step of the way, I can't completely set up any windows system! I will still support it on my network, but not recommend it maybe. Pretty cool now!