HTML with UNIX Commands

Teqlump · October 26th, 2004, 04:18 PM

Is it possible to use HTML code to run UNIX scripts?

rajanikrishna · October 26th, 2004, 09:25 PM

Hi,

HTML is not a programming language.

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Rajani

Teqlump · October 26th, 2004, 09:42 PM

Ok,
I kind of knew that, but my question still remains. Can I embed UNIX commands in HTML statements, code, whatever. Excuse me for not having the syntax correct.

richard.york · October 27th, 2004, 07:05 AM

Sure, if you mean execute a shell command and take the results of that command and format it in an HTML document. This can be done using a server-side language like PHP.

<html>
    <head>
         <title></title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <?php
         echo 'Hello, world!';
    ?>
    </body>
</html>

PHP is a programming language capable of running on any platform, Windows, Mac and *nix. Shell commands can be executed from PHP by enclosing the statements in backticks. The results from those commands can then be stored in variables or output directly to browsers. PHP can be emedded in HTML documents, or output HTML documents itself.

http://www.php.net

HTH!

Regards,
Rich

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joefawcett · October 27th, 2004, 09:54 AM

Why don't you explain what you are trying to achieve? Are you attempting to run a shell script on a server when a page is requested or run commands on a Unix client when they view an HTML page?

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Joe

Teqlump · October 27th, 2004, 05:20 PM

I will. My system administrator is going to give me the code he is working with tomorrow. He is trying to run commands on a UNIX client.

joefawcett · October 28th, 2004, 02:39 AM

Okay, let us know what browser the client will be using and an example of the commands.

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Joe

Teqlump · October 29th, 2004, 02:04 PM

The browser that will be used is Internet Explorer. Below is a copy of the commands:

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<title>Export Label Printing</title>
<meta name="Microsoft Theme" content="leaves 011">
</head>

</form>

<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">
<p><input border="0"><img src=/icons/apache_pb.gif><name="I1" width="259" heig
ht="32" type="image"></p>
</form>
<p align="center">PADC EXPORT LABEL
PRINTING    </p>
<p align="left"><input type="button" value="PRINT
" name="/opt/hpws/apache/cgi-bin/unitrade.sh"><run unitrade.sh>Unitrade
Forwarding Solectron, Mx Bldg 1 (100 ea)</p>
<p align="left"> </p>

</html>

The commands in bold is what he is trying to run. When he clicks the PRINT command button on his web page he wants the command button to run unitrade.sh which is on his unix server. But here's the thing. unitrade.sh is a label written in Zebra Programming language which is simply language that prints to a Zebra printer. Is he on the right track. This is a start for now. He needs help with this and I want to do the best I can to give him some assistance. Thanks for the help.