Chapter 30. Debugging

#!/bin/bash
# ex74.sh

# This is a buggy script.
# Where, oh where is the error?

a=37

if [$a -gt 27 ]
then
  echo $a
fi  

exit 0

#!/bin/bash
# missing-keyword.sh: What error message will this generate?

for a in 1 2 3
do
  echo "$a"
# done     # Required keyword 'done' commented out in line 7.

exit 0  

#!/bin/bash

#  This script is supposed to delete all filenames in current directory
#+ containing embedded spaces.
#  It doesn't work.
#  Why not?


badname=`ls | grep ' '`

# Try this:
# echo "$badname"

rm "$badname"

exit 0

#!/bin/bash
# Hunting variables with a trap.

trap 'echo Variable Listing --- a = $a  b = $b' EXIT
#  EXIT is the name of the signal generated upon exit from a script.
#
#  The command specified by the "trap" doesn't execute until
#+ the appropriate signal is sent.

echo "This prints before the \"trap\" --"
echo "even though the script sees the \"trap\" first."
echo

a=39

b=36

exit 0
#  Note that commenting out the 'exit' command makes no difference,
#+ since the script exits in any case after running out of commands.

#!/bin/bash
# logon.sh: A quick 'n dirty script to check whether you are on-line yet.


TRUE=1
LOGFILE=/var/log/messages
#  Note that $LOGFILE must be readable
#+ (as root, chmod 644 /var/log/messages).
TEMPFILE=temp.$$
#  Create a "unique" temp file name, using process id of the script.
KEYWORD=address
#  At logon, the line "remote IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
#                      appended to /var/log/messages.
ONLINE=22
USER_INTERRUPT=13
CHECK_LINES=100
#  How many lines in log file to check.

trap 'rm -f $TEMPFILE; exit $USER_INTERRUPT' TERM INT
#  Cleans up the temp file if script interrupted by control-c.

echo

while [ $TRUE ]  #Endless loop.
do
  tail -$CHECK_LINES $LOGFILE> $TEMPFILE
  #  Saves last 100 lines of system log file as temp file.
  #  Necessary, since newer kernels generate many log messages at log on.
  search=`grep $KEYWORD $TEMPFILE`
  #  Checks for presence of the "IP address" phrase,
  #+ indicating a successful logon.

  if [ ! -z "$search" ] #  Quotes necessary because of possible spaces.
  then
     echo "On-line"
     rm -f $TEMPFILE    #  Clean up temp file.
     exit $ONLINE
  else
     echo -n "."        #  The -n option to echo suppresses newline,
                        #+ so you get continuous rows of dots.
  fi

  sleep 1  
done  


#  Note: if you change the KEYWORD variable to "Exit",
#+ this script can be used while on-line
#+ to check for an unexpected logoff.

# Exercise: Change the script, per the above note,
#           and prettify it.

exit 0


# Nick Drage suggests an alternate method:

while true
  do ifconfig ppp0 | grep UP 1> /dev/null && echo "connected" && exit 0
  echo -n "."   # Prints dots (.....) until connected.
  sleep 2
done

# Problem: Hitting Control-C to terminate this process may be insufficient.
#+         (Dots may keep on echoing.)
# Exercise: Fix this.



# Stephane Chazelas has yet another alternative:

CHECK_INTERVAL=1

while ! tail -1 "$LOGFILE" | grep -q "$KEYWORD"
do echo -n .
   sleep $CHECK_INTERVAL
done
echo "On-line"

# Exercise: Discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses
#!          of each of these various approaches.

#!/bin/bash
# multiple-processes.sh: Run multiple processes on an SMP box.

# Script written by Vernia Damiano.
# Used with permission.

#  Must call script with at least one integer parameter
#+ (number of concurrent processes).
#  All other parameters are passed through to the processes started.


INDICE=8        # Total number of process to start
TEMPO=5         # Maximum sleep time per process
E_BADARGS=65    # No arg(s) passed to script.

if [ $# -eq 0 ] # Check for at least one argument passed to script.
then
  echo "Usage: `basename $0` number_of_processes [passed params]"
  exit $E_BADARGS
fi

NUMPROC=$1              # Number of concurrent process
shift
PARAMETRI=( "$@" )      # Parameters of each process

function avvia() {
	local temp
	local index
	temp=$RANDOM
	index=$1
	shift
	let "temp %= $TEMPO"
	let "temp += 1"
	echo "Starting $index Time:$temp" "$@"
	sleep ${temp}
	echo "Ending $index"
	kill -s SIGRTMIN $$
}

function parti() {
	if [ $INDICE -gt 0 ] ; then
		avvia $INDICE "${PARAMETRI[@]}" &
		let "INDICE--"
	else
		trap : SIGRTMIN
	fi
}

trap parti SIGRTMIN

while [ "$NUMPROC" -gt 0 ]; do
	parti;
	let "NUMPROC--"
done

wait
trap - SIGRTMIN

exit $?

: << SCRIPT_AUTHOR_COMMENTS
I had the need to run a program, with specified options, on a number of
different files, using a SMP machine. So I thought [I'd] keep running
a specified number of processes and start a new one each time . . . one
of these terminates.

The "wait" instruction does not help, since it waits for a given process
or *all* process started in background. So I wrote [this] bash script
that can do the job, using the "trap" instruction.
  --Vernia Damiano
SCRIPT_AUTHOR_COMMENTS