There must be a simple answer…
I want to write a bash script which could be run from a terminal or within KDE - how can I find out within the script where it’s running?
Basically I want to switch between a simple echo statement on the terminal or kdialog if I’m in KDE
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You could always try the kdialog command and perhaps check the
errorlevel if it fails.
textToBePrinted=‘put your text for the message here’;
kdialog -msgbox “$textToBePrinted” 2>/dev/null
if $? != 0 ]; then echo ‘$textToBePrinted’; fi
Good luck.
In theory that checks to see if kdialog fails and, if it does, prints
text to the screen.
fudokai wrote:
| There must be a simple answer…
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| I want to write a bash script which could be run from a terminal or
| within KDE - how can I find out within the script where it’s running?
|
| Basically I want to switch between a simple echo statement on the
| terminal or kdialog if I’m in KDE
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ab@novell.com wrote:
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> You could always try the kdialog command and perhaps check the
> errorlevel if it fails.
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> textToBePrinted=‘put your text for the message here’;
> kdialog -msgbox “$textToBePrinted” 2>/dev/null
> if $? != 0 ]; then echo ‘$textToBePrinted’; fi
>
> Good luck.
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> In theory that checks to see if kdialog fails and, if it does, prints
> text to the screen.
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> fudokai wrote:
> | There must be a simple answer…
> |
> | I want to write a bash script which could be run from a terminal or
> | within KDE - how can I find out within the script where it’s running?
> |
> | Basically I want to switch between a simple echo statement on the
> | terminal or kdialog if I’m in KDE
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That works but it’s a bit messy - I was hoping I could set a variable at the
start of the script and then test for that wherever I need it.
Alan
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It works but it’s a bit messy - I’d rather set a variable at the start of the script and test for it whenever I need to.
Alan
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That’s fine. Do the test and instead of having the ‘echo’ command for
the command line set a variable instead to be used from then on.
textToBePrinted=‘put your text for the message here’;
kdialog -msgbox “$textToBePrinted” 2>/dev/null
if $? != 0 ]; then export NOGUI=1; fi
#From then on:
if $NOGUI ]; then
echo "$textToBePrinted
else
kdialog -msgbox “$textToBePrinted” 2>/dev/null
fi
Still not perfect. You may be able to semi-reliably test the existing
environment for variables like XAUTHORITY. There are probably better
ways as well.
Good luck.
ajp wrote:
| ab@novell.com wrote:
|
| You could always try the kdialog command and perhaps check the
| errorlevel if it fails.
|
| textToBePrinted=‘put your text for the message here’;
| kdialog -msgbox “$textToBePrinted” 2>/dev/null
| if $? != 0 ]; then echo ‘$textToBePrinted’; fi
|
| Good luck.
|
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| In theory that checks to see if kdialog fails and, if it does, prints
| text to the screen.
|
| fudokai wrote:
| | There must be a simple answer…
| |
| | I want to write a bash script which could be run from a terminal or
| | within KDE - how can I find out within the script where it’s running?
| |
| | Basically I want to switch between a simple echo statement on the
| | terminal or kdialog if I’m in KDE
| |
| |
| That works but it’s a bit messy - I was hoping I could set a variable
at the
| start of the script and then test for that wherever I need it.
| Alan
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Ok - using
-n $KDE_SESSION_UID ]] && kdialog …
-n $KDE_SESSION_UID ]] || echo …
seems to work 