Comments on: HOWTO: Use the C Preprocessor in a bash script. http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/ by Colin Barrett Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:17:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Allan Odgaard http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/comment-page-1/#comment-19634 Allan Odgaard Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:43:15 +0000 http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/16/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/#comment-19634 <p>As an alternative to suppressing errors and hiding <code>cpp</code> via a define, you can do something like the following to “skip” the first two lines of your script when feeding it to <code>cpp</code>:</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/bash cat "$0"|{ read; read; cpp|/bin/bash; }; exit $? … </code></pre> As an alternative to suppressing errors and hiding cpp via a define, you can do something like the following to “skip” the first two lines of your script when feeding it to cpp:

#!/bin/bash
cat "$0"|{ read; read; cpp|/bin/bash; }; exit $?
…
]]> By: Fred Wenzel http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/comment-page-1/#comment-11208 Fred Wenzel Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:41:51 +0000 http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/16/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/#comment-11208 <p>Hah, that's so wrong :) But I lov eit.</p> Hah, that’s so wrong :) But I lov eit.

]]> By: Ted Mielczarek http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/comment-page-1/#comment-9803 Ted Mielczarek Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:23:55 +0000 http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/16/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/#comment-9803 <p>You are a sick monkey. Bash scripting is bad enough as it is!</p> You are a sick monkey. Bash scripting is bad enough as it is!

]]> By: Robert O'Callahan http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/comment-page-1/#comment-9789 Robert O'Callahan Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:47:48 +0000 http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/16/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/#comment-9789 <p>You sick, sad man.</p> You sick, sad man.

]]> By: Textual Pornography » Blog Archive » http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/comment-page-1/#comment-9772 Textual Pornography » Blog Archive » Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:27:13 +0000 http://iamthewalr.us/blog/2007/09/16/howto-use-the-c-preprocessor-in-a-bash-script/#comment-9772 <p>[...] Colin and I came up with three lines to stick at the top of a bash script that’ll run the C preprocessor over the script before running it. See all the sordid details at his blog. [...]</p> […] Colin and I came up with three lines to stick at the top of a bash script that’ll run the C preprocessor over the script before running it. See all the sordid details at his blog. […]

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