Questions tagged [syntax]
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8: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting “)”)
The following code:
weekday=$(date +%a)
day=$(date +%d)
month=$(date +%m)
if [[ ( $month == 03 || $month == 10 ) && $weekday = "Sun" && $day > 24 ]]
then
# ...
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What special characters need to be escaped in Nginx configuration files?
Several questions pertain to escaping specific symbols like { or $ in Nginx configuration files and server blocks, with an interesting discussion on why / is not escaped because it is not in fact a ...
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Syntax for using systemd-run to limit CPU and memory usage of multiple processes?
I would like to use Linux control groups (cgroups) to limit CPU and RAM usage of multiple processes. If the processes are Process 1 and Process 2 with child process Process 2 Sub, would this be the ...
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syntax error in monitrc
I must be doing stupid in my monitrc file but can't find it. If anyone wants to take a look, here is the result of monit -t
root@app-server[192.168.100.83] ~ # monit -t
/etc/monit/monitrc:308: syntax ...
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TCPDump, can't understand these parts
I need help to understand the bold part of this line :
01:04:28.539138 IP 90.2.255.58.37727 > 71.197.145.153.46872: . 9801:11201(1400) ack 0 win 2003
9801:11201(1400)
9801 seems to be the data ...
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Ansible Playbook and syntax issue with variables
I'm trying to execute the below playbook I wrote but it fails on some syntax errors.
I tried few things from the online doc but without sucess so far. The aim of these variable is to generate a ...
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Editing a value in a ldap dn
What is the correct syntax to edit a value in an LDAP dn? As of now I was trying the following:
serveradmin@magic:~$ ldapmodify -x -W -D cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com <<EOF
> dn: uid=foo,ou=...
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unbound.conf server option “private-domain” - domain name ending in a dot nor not?
unbound.conf is used to configure Unbound, a caching DNS resolver. The documentation of version 1.6.8 says:
Server Options
private-domain: <domain name>
Allow this domain, and all ...
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How to set up cron trigger time rule every 5 mins + 2mins delay?
In Microsoft Azure, this runs the script every 5 mins: "0 */5 * * * *"
I thought i will run another script every 5 mins plus 2 mins with rule: "0 */7 * * * *" but then i realized i made a mistake (0,...
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DNS zone file syntax check through SVN
I have server in development environment, we manage our DNS files through svn repositories. Few days ago, We messed up our DNS server by committing zone file with invalid serial number.
So I want to ...
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CloudFormation stack yaml syntax?
I'm trying to create a SecurityGroup which has a tag like Name: SG-StackName. This code works perfect in json:
"Resources": {
"SecurityGroup": {
"Type": "AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup",
...
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Full bash script check before runing
Trying to implement self syntax checking in bash script test.sh
to run syntax check before script will be executed.
error_exit()
{
echo -e "$1" 1>&2
exit 1
}
bash -n "$(...
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Nginx: significance of bracket syntax?
Using Nginx on FreeBSD, wondering what's the difference between
events {
worker_connections 200;
}
and just worker_connections 200; by itself?
Or
server {
listen 80;
location / {
...
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Various “Config variables” not defined, Apache 2.4.18
I have been setting up a blog/cloud server on Ubuntu 16.04 with Apache 2.4.18 and after rebooting my machine, came across this error.
[Wed Aug 03 01:04:41.468928 2016] [core:warn] [pid 3191] AH00111: ...
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SyntaxError at phyton script [closed]
I try to run an python script but I get errors.
File "./ics2owncloud.py", line 41
r = requests.put('%s/%s.ics' % (base_url, uid) verify=False),
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
How must i add the verify=...
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Proper syntax for monitoring an IP in .conf files, Icinga2
I currently have the code
object Host "rqbhost" {
address = "xx.xx.xx.xx"
check_command = "hostalive"
}
object Service "ping4" {
host_name = "rqbhost"
check_command = "ping4"
}
object Service "...
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openldap alternative to modifying core schema syntax
I have an application that stores contacts in OpenLDAP. It uses the c attribute to store a string describing a country name. The syntax of c only allows a two-letter country code, but the application ...
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Is There a Difference in Methods of Command Execution in a Subshell?
I wonder if there is a significant difference of calling sub shell via $(...) or `...`?
For example:
a=$(ls -la /tmp | grep vox-*)
And:
a=`ls -la /tmp | grep vox-*`
The result will be the ...
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rsyslog filter on authpriv facility in rsyslog.conf
This has been addressed in other post(s), but I still can't get this to work properly.
I am trying to OMIT (discard) certain entries from being written to my " /var/log/secure ".
Namely, any line ...
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Puppet string interpolation with function call and a variable as parameter
Trying to construct a string.
I can do:
"Blah blah ${::osfamily} blah blah"
"Blah blah ${$::osfamily} blah blah"
But whats the syntax to call a function with a variable as parameter and have ...
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Fixing syntax errors in lighttpd.conf?
lighttpd newbie here...
We're trying to set up lighttpd to host a local django app, kiosk-style. We intend to use wsgi for this, but we're having trouble figuring out the syntax for lighttpd's config ...
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Puppet Error: 400 on SERVER: Syntax error at
I am getting a syntax error when running puppet, although I cant figure out why:
Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER: Syntax error at 'String'; expected ')' at /...
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Poweshell escaped wildcard
I'm trying to compare string which contains wildcard character.
("www.mysite.*" -match '`*')
But something is not working because I always get a True response, for example
("www.mysite.com" -...
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Puppet case statements with integer range
I need to write a case using some ranges in order to write in a better way something like the following spaghetti code :
if $mem < 1024 { $retvalue = "128M" }
elsif $mem < 7000 { $retvalue ...
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How to customize munin alert message text
So, I use munin to monitor a couple hundred servers and I love it. I am trying to tweak the alert text to look a little different however, and I'm not understanding how to get it to do what I want.
I ...
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mail: Cannot parse address
This is the command I use to tar my backup files, write to stdout and then upload everything to Amazon S3 with an email notification.
tar -czvf - --exclude-caches /var/www | s3cmd --reduced-...
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Postfix header_checks syntax (POSIX - Perl)
I am using header_checks in Postfix to rewrite my headers (for emails sent by Outlook through my server).
Here is the part of the header I am trying to change :
Received: from Raphasus (****.abo....
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SQL Server 2005 DROP LOGIN syntax error
This snippet of code (it's just a repeater, not the actual code I'm going to run) throws a syntax error on the DROP LOGIN command:
declare @obso_user varchar(16)
set @obso_user = 'BEN_VA\20362781'
...
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How to use the join statement in MSSQL correctly? [closed]
I am pretty new to SQL and I already read something about joins , but coudn't find out.
I painted my scenario here :
I want to update the Firstname of Table1 into Temp1 where the CreateTS of the ...
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What is wrong with my apache2 server?
I edited the file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default and then tried to restart my apache server and this error came up:
Syntax error on line 20 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.save:
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debian bash/sh string execution
I am stuck with this piece of code here
user@server:~$ TEST="ssh rsync@otherserver.example.org 'date; hostname -A; uname -a'"
user@server:~$ $TEST
bash: date; hostname -A; uname -a: Command not found....
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Yum command to downgrade packages
I need to downgrade php on a server and found the command below. Something seems to be wrong with the syntax.
yum downgrade $(rpm -qa --qf "%{NAME} " | \
grep -v ioncube | grep ^php | ...
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What is this specific shell script statement validating?
I'm not a good Shell Script expert. Can somebody help me to understand and explain the statement [ ! -z ${TRUE:-} ] && [ ${TRUE:-} == 'true' ] &&from the following snippet. What is ...
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Should I use semicolons at the end of each PowerShell statement? [closed]
I've done a fair bit of programming in C#, but then I've also written a lot of T-SQL scripts. C# requires semicolons, and T-SQL and PowerShell they're optional. What do you do for PowerShell? Why? My ...
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Why can't I select from a table named range without using backticks?
I'm facing a problem with mysql. A query select * from range; works on mysql 5.0.22 but does not work mysql 5.1.61. but it works with backtick:
i.e.
select * from `range`;
Kindly help in this ...
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MySQL Syntax error when trying to reset Joomla password
I'm trying to reset my Joomla admin password by executing the following code in MySQL:
INSERT INTO `jos_users` (`id`,`name`, `username`, `password`, `params`)
VALUES (LAST_INSERT_ID(),'Administrator2'...
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Exchange 2010 Cmdlets for Sent Items in a Distribution group
Here is the scenario that I am in and am stuck on how to get this the correct way.
What I'm looking for is a syntax that will provide me with statistics on what users have emailed "Sent" for the day.
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Syntax error at '{'; expected '}' when using nagios in puppet
It's a big problem to me, because I'm not familiar with puppet.
ERROR on the puppetmaster:
debug: importing '/etc/puppet/manifests/nodes/group-1.pp'
err: Could not parse for environment production: ...
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How can I check the syntax of another PHP script in PHP before it is include()'d
In PHP I am making a kind of bot which dynamically includes a few different PHP files. Since these PHP files may change, I would like the files to be checked for syntax/parse errors before the include(...
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Syntax error near unexpected token `fi'
I have been trying to write a while loop bash script that will check the size of two directories, and echo that out to a text file in the www folder. After my while loop stubbornly refused to work, I ...
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what is SSH, how to learn it's syntax and [closed]
i want to know what SSH really is ? does it work with all servers ? (linux or win based)
what's the reference to learn it's syntax.
and is there a way to experience it on local machine ?
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BASH quoting for sudo su user -c
I need to run the following command:
sed -i 's/^/command="\/bin\/false",no-agent-forwarding,no-pty,no-X11-forwarding, /' ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
within sudo su user -c
I think I've spent about 3 ...
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Apache print syntax errors to console instead of logfile
Some of my apache configs are failing like this (because of a bug in control panel, but I need a workaround till this gonna be fixed):
/etc/init.d/httpd start
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 30 ...
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Exchange 2010 - double right brackets ( >> ) in ems every time I hit Enter
Lets say I run cmdlet such as this:
[PS] C:\Windows\system32>$AllMBX = Get-MailboxStatistics -Database "SSYDrybulk? | Where-Object {$_.DisconnectDate -ne $NULL} | Select MailboxGuid, Database [...
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BIND/DNS Zone meaning of “IN”
I have been reading http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-bind-zone.html but the document raised a question. What is the meaning of IN? Is it just a class which is optional or ...
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Portsnap error, doesn't work anymore FreeBSD 8.2
I can't seem to run portsnap anymore, there seems to be an error and /usr/ports/sysutils/portsnap doesn't exist for a reinstallation.
The error I'm getting when running portsnap is:
/usr/sbin/...
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How can I set up mysql logs so that syntax errors are logged?
I've got mysql logging log_slow_queries or whatever, and had turned on all query logging for a moment before I found it to just be spammy and thus useless.
How can I log only mysql queries that ...
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"IfModule… in Apache 2 Fedora… Whats the use?
#<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset Pragma
FileETag None
Header unset ETag
ExpiresActive On
<FilesMatch "\\.(ico|jpg..)$">
etc
</FilesMatch>
#</...
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Please help me understand useradd example's syntax [closed]
I've been doing some research on how to add a user to the system so as to have a new ftp user and one of the examples I ran across was this:
useradd -m -G users,ftp,wheel joe -s /bin/bash
passwd joe
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Cannot move folder to a subdirectoy of itself - What's going on?
O.K I am trying to do the following very simple command and it is failing as follows...
mv '/home/admin/Downloads/folder1' '/home/admin/MyLibrary/MyVideos/TV/folder1/'
mv: cannot move `/home/admin/...
