LDP/LDP/guide/docbook/abs-guide/agram2.sh

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#!/bin/bash
# agram2.sh
# Example of nested command substitution.
# Uses "anagram" utility
#+ that is part of the author's "yawl" word list package.
# http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/libs/yawl-0.3.2.tar.gz
# http://bash.deta.in/yawl-0.3.2.tar.gz
E_NOARGS=86
E_BADARG=87
MINLEN=7
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "Usage $0 LETTERSET"
exit $E_NOARGS # Script needs a command-line argument.
elif [ ${#1} -lt $MINLEN ]
then
echo "Argument must have at least $MINLEN letters."
exit $E_BADARG
fi
FILTER='.......' # Must have at least 7 letters.
# 1234567
Anagrams=( $(echo $(anagram $1 | grep $FILTER) ) )
# $( $( nested command sub. ) )
# ( array assignment )
echo
echo "${#Anagrams[*]} 7+ letter anagrams found"
echo
echo ${Anagrams[0]} # First anagram.
echo ${Anagrams[1]} # Second anagram.
# Etc.
# echo "${Anagrams[*]}" # To list all the anagrams in a single line . . .
# Look ahead to the Arrays chapter for enlightenment on
#+ what's going on here.
# See also the agram.sh script for an exercise in anagram finding.
exit $?