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#1 2014-09-04 18:45:36
- NotVeryKakky
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man pages work with root access, but not without
Hello,
Typically when I look for a man page for any command, I'd be able to open up the man page. I updated all the software I had with pacman -Syu.The software falls into an infinte loop with basename: missing operand as the error message.
[arch 36] OpSys > man ls
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information.
^CHowever, if I run it with root access, man works as expected. I'm not sure why this is happening and how to set it that I don't need root access to use man page.
I had manually installed some packages as well as their dependencies, accidentally changing my path environment variable beforehand when I overrode other path environment variables and.thought I had fixed them with what I need.
PATH currently is:
[arch 40] OpSys > echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/home/andy/.gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin:/bin:/home/andy/.gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin:/bin/gradle-2.0/binOffline
#2 2014-09-04 18:55:21
- jasonwryan
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Re: man pages work with root access, but not without
What happens if you rename your .bashrc and launch a new shell?
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#3 2014-09-04 19:37:21
- NotVeryKakky
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Re: man pages work with root access, but not without
Seems to work with renaming .bashrc. I am using a sample script from online to determine what happens.
export PATH=$PATH:/bin:/home/andy/.gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin:/bin/gradle-2.0/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk
export ANDROID_HOME=/usr/android-sdk-linuxis also in my .bashrc file. Editing the PATH to include /usr/bin didn't seem to help much, but here is the link to the rest of that script I was using: http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/sample-bashrc.html
PS1='\[\e[0;32m\]\u\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;32m\]\$\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;37m\]'
PS1='\[\e[0;31m\]\u\[\e[m\] \[\e[1;34m\]\w\[\e[m\] \[\e[0;31m\]\$ \[\e[m\]\[\e[0;32m\]'
#===============================================================
#
# PERSONAL $HOME/.bashrc FILE for bash-2.05 (or later)
#
# This file is read (normally) by interactive shells only.
# Here is the place to define your aliases, functions and
# other interactive features like your prompt.
#
# This file was designed (originally) for Solaris.
# --> Modified for Linux.
# This bashrc file is a bit overcrowded - remember it is just
# just an example. Tailor it to your needs
#
#===============================================================
# --> Comments added by HOWTO author.
#-----------------------------------
# Source global definitions (if any)
#-----------------------------------
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc # --> Read /etc/bashrc, if present.
fi
#-------------------------------------------------------------
# Automatic setting of $DISPLAY (if not set already)
# This works for linux and solaris - your mileage may vary....
#-------------------------------------------------------------
if [ -z ${DISPLAY:=""} ]; then
DISPLAY=$(who am i)
DISPLAY=${DISPLAY%%\!*}
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
export DISPLAY=$DISPLAY:0.0
else
export DISPLAY=":0.0" # fallback
fi
fi
#---------------
# Some settings
#---------------
set -o notify
set -o noclobber
set -o ignoreeof
set -o nounset
#set -o xtrace # useful for debuging
shopt -s cdspell
shopt -s cdable_vars
shopt -s checkhash
shopt -s checkwinsize
shopt -s mailwarn
shopt -s sourcepath
shopt -s no_empty_cmd_completion
shopt -s histappend histreedit
shopt -s extglob # useful for programmable completion
#-----------------------
# Greeting, motd etc...
#-----------------------
# Define some colors first:
red='\e[0;31m'
RED='\e[1;31m'
blue='\e[0;34m'
BLUE='\e[1;34m'
cyan='\e[0;36m'
CYAN='\e[1;36m'
NC='\e[0m' # No Color
# --> Nice. Has the same effect as using "ansi.sys" in DOS.
# Looks best on a black background.....
echo -e "${CYAN}This is BASH ${RED}${BASH_VERSION%.*}${CYAN} - DISPLAY on ${RED}$DISPLAY${NC}\n"
date
if [ -x /usr/games/fortune ]; then
/usr/games/fortune -s # makes our day a bit more fun.... :-)
fi
function _exit() # function to run upon exit of shell
{
echo -e "${RED}Hasta la vista, baby${NC}"
}
trap _exit 0
#---------------
# Shell prompt
#---------------
function fastprompt()
{
unset PROMPT_COMMAND
case $TERM in
*term | rxvt )
PS1="[\h] \W > \[\033]0;[\u@\h] \w\007\]" ;;
*)
PS1="[\h] \W > " ;;
esac
}
function powerprompt()
{
_powerprompt()
{
LOAD=$(uptime|sed -e "s/.*: \([^,]*\).*/\1/" -e "s/ //g")
TIME=$(date +%H:%M)
}
PROMPT_COMMAND=_powerprompt
case $TERM in
*term | rxvt )
PS1="${cyan}[\$TIME \$LOAD]$NC\n[\h \#] \W > \[\033]0;[\u@\h] \w\007\]" ;;
linux )
PS1="${cyan}[\$TIME - \$LOAD]$NC\n[\h \#] \w > " ;;
* )
PS1="[\$TIME - \$LOAD]\n[\h \#] \w > " ;;
esac
}
powerprompt # this is the default prompt - might be slow
# If too slow, use fastprompt instead....
#===============================================================
#
# ALIASES AND FUNCTIONS
#
# Arguably, some functions defined here are quite big
# (ie 'lowercase') but my workstation has 512Meg of RAM, so .....
# If you want to make this file smaller, these functions can
# be converted into scripts.
#
# Many functions were taken (almost) straight from the bash-2.04
# examples.
#
#===============================================================
#-------------------
# Personnal Aliases
#-------------------
alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'
# -> Prevents accidentally clobbering files.
alias h='history'
alias j='jobs -l'
alias r='rlogin'
alias which='type -all'
alias ..='cd ..'
alias path='echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}'
alias print='/usr/bin/lp -o nobanner -d $LPDEST' # Assumes LPDEST is defined
alias pjet='enscript -h -G -fCourier9 -d $LPDEST' # Pretty-print using enscript
alias background='xv -root -quit -max -rmode 5' # put a picture in the background
alias vi='vim'
alias du='du -h'
alias df='df -kh'
# The 'ls' family (this assumes you use the GNU ls)
alias ls='ls -hF --color' # add colors for filetype recognition
alias lx='ls -lXB' # sort by extension
alias lk='ls -lSr' # sort by size
alias la='ls -Al' # show hidden files
alias lr='ls -lR' # recursice ls
alias lt='ls -ltr' # sort by date
alias lm='ls -al |more' # pipe through 'more'
alias tree='tree -Cs' # nice alternative to 'ls'
# tailoring 'less'
alias more='less'
export PAGER=less
export LESSCHARSET='latin1'
export LESSOPEN='|/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s 2>&-' # Use this if lesspipe.sh exists
export LESS='-i -N -w -z-4 -g -e -M -X -F -R -P%t?f%f \
:stdin .?pb%pb\%:?lbLine %lb:?bbByte %bb:-...'
# spelling typos - highly personnal :-)
alias xs='cd'
alias vf='cd'
alias moer='more'
alias moew='more'
alias kk='ll'
#----------------
# a few fun ones
#----------------
function xtitle ()
{
case $TERM in
*term | rxvt)
echo -n -e "\033]0;$*\007" ;;
*) ;;
esac
}
# aliases...
alias top='xtitle Processes on $HOST && top'
alias make='xtitle Making $(basename $PWD) ; make'
alias ncftp="xtitle ncFTP ; ncftp"
# .. and functions
function man ()
{
xtitle The $(basename $1|tr -d .[:digit:]) manual
man -a "$*"
}
function ll(){ ls -l "$@"| egrep "^d" ; ls -lXB "$@" 2>&-| egrep -v "^d|total "; }
function xemacs() { { command xemacs -private $* 2>&- & } && disown ;}
function te() # wrapper around xemacs/gnuserv
{
if [ "$(gnuclient -batch -eval t 2>&-)" == "t" ]; then
gnuclient -q "$@";
else
( xemacs "$@" & );
fi
}
#-----------------------------------
# File & strings related functions:
#-----------------------------------
function ff() { find . -name '*'$1'*' ; } # find a file
function fe() { find . -name '*'$1'*' -exec $2 {} \; ; } # find a file and run $2 on it
function fstr() # find a string in a set of files
{
if [ "$#" -gt 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: fstr \"pattern\" [files] "
return;
fi
SMSO=$(tput smso)
RMSO=$(tput rmso)
find . -type f -name "${2:-*}" -print | xargs grep -sin "$1" | \
sed "s/$1/$SMSO$1$RMSO/gI"
}
function cuttail() # cut last n lines in file, 10 by default
{
nlines=${2:-10}
sed -n -e :a -e "1,${nlines}!{P;N;D;};N;ba" $1
}
function lowercase() # move filenames to lowercase
{
for file ; do
filename=${file##*/}
case "$filename" in
*/*) dirname==${file%/*} ;;
*) dirname=.;;
esac
nf=$(echo $filename | tr A-Z a-z)
newname="${dirname}/${nf}"
if [ "$nf" != "$filename" ]; then
mv "$file" "$newname"
echo "lowercase: $file --> $newname"
else
echo "lowercase: $file not changed."
fi
done
}
function swap() # swap 2 filenames around
{
local TMPFILE=tmp.$$
mv $1 $TMPFILE
mv $2 $1
mv $TMPFILE $2
}
#-----------------------------------
# Process/system related functions:
#-----------------------------------
function my_ps() { ps $@ -u $USER -o pid,%cpu,%mem,bsdtime,command ; }
function pp() { my_ps f | awk '!/awk/ && $0~var' var=${1:-".*"} ; }
# This function is roughly the same as 'killall' on linux
# but has no equivalent (that I know of) on Solaris
function killps() # kill by process name
{
local pid pname sig="-TERM" # default signal
if [ "$#" -lt 1 ] || [ "$#" -gt 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: killps [-SIGNAL] pattern"
return;
fi
if [ $# = 2 ]; then sig=$1 ; fi
for pid in $(my_ps| awk '!/awk/ && $0~pat { print $1 }' pat=${!#} ) ; do
pname=$(my_ps | awk '$1~var { print $5 }' var=$pid )
if ask "Kill process $pid <$pname> with signal $sig?"
then kill $sig $pid
fi
done
}
function my_ip() # get IP adresses
{
MY_IP=$(/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | awk '/inet/ { print $2 } ' | sed -e s/addr://)
MY_ISP=$(/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | awk '/P-t-P/ { print $3 } ' | sed -e s/P-t-P://)
}
function ii() # get current host related info
{
echo -e "\nYou are logged on ${RED}$HOST"
echo -e "\nAdditionnal information:$NC " ; uname -a
echo -e "\n${RED}Users logged on:$NC " ; w -h
echo -e "\n${RED}Current date :$NC " ; date
echo -e "\n${RED}Machine stats :$NC " ; uptime
echo -e "\n${RED}Memory stats :$NC " ; free
my_ip 2>&- ;
echo -e "\n${RED}Local IP Address :$NC" ; echo ${MY_IP:-"Not connected"}
echo -e "\n${RED}ISP Address :$NC" ; echo ${MY_ISP:-"Not connected"}
echo
}
# Misc utilities:
function repeat() # repeat n times command
{
local i max
max=$1; shift;
for ((i=1; i <= max ; i++)); do # --> C-like syntax
eval "$@";
done
}
function ask()
{
echo -n "$@" '[y/n] ' ; read ans
case "$ans" in
y*|Y*) return 0 ;;
*) return 1 ;;
esac
}
#=========================================================================
#
# PROGRAMMABLE COMPLETION - ONLY SINCE BASH-2.04
# (Most are taken from the bash 2.05 documentation)
# You will in fact need bash-2.05 for some features
#
#=========================================================================
if [ "${BASH_VERSION%.*}" \< "2.05" ]; then
echo "You will need to upgrade to version 2.05 for programmable completion"
return
fi
shopt -s extglob # necessary
set +o nounset # otherwise some completions will fail
complete -A hostname rsh rcp telnet rlogin r ftp ping disk
complete -A command nohup exec eval trace gdb
complete -A command command type which
complete -A export printenv
complete -A variable export local readonly unset
complete -A enabled builtin
complete -A alias alias unalias
complete -A function function
complete -A user su mail finger
complete -A helptopic help # currently same as builtins
complete -A shopt shopt
complete -A stopped -P '%' bg
complete -A job -P '%' fg jobs disown
complete -A directory mkdir rmdir
complete -A directory -o default cd
complete -f -d -X '*.gz' gzip
complete -f -d -X '*.bz2' bzip2
complete -f -o default -X '!*.gz' gunzip
complete -f -o default -X '!*.bz2' bunzip2
complete -f -o default -X '!*.pl' perl perl5
complete -f -o default -X '!*.ps' gs ghostview ps2pdf ps2ascii
complete -f -o default -X '!*.dvi' dvips dvipdf xdvi dviselect dvitype
complete -f -o default -X '!*.pdf' acroread pdf2ps
complete -f -o default -X '!*.+(pdf|ps)' gv
complete -f -o default -X '!*.texi*' makeinfo texi2dvi texi2html texi2pdf
complete -f -o default -X '!*.tex' tex latex slitex
complete -f -o default -X '!*.lyx' lyx
complete -f -o default -X '!*.+(jpg|gif|xpm|png|bmp)' xv gimp
complete -f -o default -X '!*.mp3' mpg123
complete -f -o default -X '!*.ogg' ogg123
# This is a 'universal' completion function - it works when commands have
# a so-called 'long options' mode , ie: 'ls --all' instead of 'ls -a'
_universal_func ()
{
case "$2" in
-*) ;;
*) return ;;
esac
case "$1" in
\~*) eval cmd=$1 ;;
*) cmd="$1" ;;
esac
COMPREPLY=( $("$cmd" --help | sed -e '/--/!d' -e 's/.*--\([^ ]*\).*/--\1/'| \
grep ^"$2" |sort -u) )
}
complete -o default -F _universal_func ldd wget bash id info
_make_targets ()
{
local mdef makef gcmd cur prev i
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
# if prev argument is -f, return possible filename completions.
# we could be a little smarter here and return matches against
# `makefile Makefile *.mk', whatever exists
case "$prev" in
-*f) COMPREPLY=( $(compgen -f $cur ) ); return 0;;
esac
# if we want an option, return the possible posix options
case "$cur" in
-) COMPREPLY=(-e -f -i -k -n -p -q -r -S -s -t); return 0;;
esac
# make reads `makefile' before `Makefile'
if [ -f makefile ]; then
mdef=makefile
elif [ -f Makefile ]; then
mdef=Makefile
else
mdef=*.mk # local convention
fi
# before we scan for targets, see if a makefile name was specified
# with -f
for (( i=0; i < ${#COMP_WORDS[@]}; i++ )); do
if [[ ${COMP_WORDS[i]} == -*f ]]; then
eval makef=${COMP_WORDS[i+1]} # eval for tilde expansion
break
fi
done
[ -z "$makef" ] && makef=$mdef
# if we have a partial word to complete, restrict completions to
# matches of that word
if [ -n "$2" ]; then gcmd='grep "^$2"' ; else gcmd=cat ; fi
# if we don't want to use *.mk, we can take out the cat and use
# test -f $makef and input redirection
COMPREPLY=( $(cat $makef 2>/dev/null | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":"} /^[^.# ][^=]*:/ {print $1}' | tr -s ' ' '\012' | sort -u | eval $gcmd ) )
}
complete -F _make_targets -X '+($*|*.[cho])' make gmake pmake
_configure_func ()
{
case "$2" in
-*) ;;
*) return ;;
esac
case "$1" in
\~*) eval cmd=$1 ;;
*) cmd="$1" ;;
esac
COMPREPLY=( $("$cmd" --help | awk '{if ($1 ~ /--.*/) print $1}' | grep ^"$2" | sort -u) )
}
complete -F _configure_func configure
# cvs(1) completion
_cvs ()
{
local cur prev
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
prev=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}
if [ $COMP_CWORD -eq 1 ] || [ "${prev:0:1}" = "-" ]; then
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W 'add admin checkout commit diff \
export history import log rdiff release remove rtag status \
tag update' $cur ))
else
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -f $cur ))
fi
return 0
}
complete -F _cvs cvs
_killall ()
{
local cur prev
COMPREPLY=()
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
# get a list of processes (the first sed evaluation
# takes care of swapped out processes, the second
# takes care of getting the basename of the process)
COMPREPLY=( $( /usr/bin/ps -u $USER -o comm | \
sed -e '1,1d' -e 's#[]\[]##g' -e 's#^.*/##'| \
awk '{if ($0 ~ /^'$cur'/) print $0}' ))
return 0
}
complete -F _killall killall killps
# Local Variables:
# mode:shell-script
# sh-shell:bash
# End:Offline
#4 2014-09-04 19:42:56
- progandy
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Re: man pages work with root access, but not without
# .. and functions
function man ()
{
xtitle The $(basename $1|tr -d .[:digit:]) manual
man -a "$*"
}This function doesn't work.
| alias CUTF='LANG=en_XX.UTF-8@POSIX ' |
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#5 2014-09-04 20:03:32
- jasonwryan
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Re: man pages work with root access, but not without
Yet another example of why it is a bad idea to copy paste configs from the internets...
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#6 2014-09-04 22:02:30
- mrunion
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Re: man pages work with root access, but not without
And your JAVA_HOME setting is incorrect for the latest Java runtimes in Arch.
Read the second "Note: After installation, " here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Java#Installation
Matt
"It is very difficult to educate the educated."
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#7 2014-09-04 22:21:57
- NotVeryKakky
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Re: man pages work with root access, but not without
Thanks for both, rmeoved the scripts and it works. Fixed!
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#8 2014-09-04 22:57:41
- jasonwryan
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Re: man pages work with root access, but not without
Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.
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