Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

On Sunday 22 October 2006 16:07, Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote 
about 'Re: [gentoo-user] Disabling net.ath0 backgrounding':
> > > How can I execute this from the command line?
> > You should just be able to type it in or cut/copy and paste from my
> > original email.  bash (and indeed most shells) don't interpret the
> > input from the command line significantly different than the content
> > of a script file.
> If I use spaces instead of line breaks so I can put it all on one line
> it doesn't seem to work out.  I'm missing something here.

You should be able to use linebreaks; bash will, appropriately, wait for 
more input if you are in the middle of a larger construct (if/while/etc.).

You should also be able to use spaces, but you have to add a semi-colon 
after each simple command.  If I was to do it as a one-liner it would be:
if /etc/init.d/net.ath0 status | grep -q started; then /etc/init.d/net.ath0 
restart; else /etc/init.d/net.ath0 start; fi

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