how to set and unset proxy dynamically through shell script?

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p=sudo npm config get proxy;
echo "$p";
if [ -z $p ]
then
echo "delete";
sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
else
echo "set";
sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
fi


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    p=sudo npm config get proxy;
    echo "$p";
    if [ -z $p ]
    then
    echo "delete";
    sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
    else
    echo "set";
    sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
    fi


    I have tried this but didn't get result







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      p=sudo npm config get proxy;
      echo "$p";
      if [ -z $p ]
      then
      echo "delete";
      sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
      else
      echo "set";
      sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
      fi


      I have tried this but didn't get result







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      p=sudo npm config get proxy;
      echo "$p";
      if [ -z $p ]
      then
      echo "delete";
      sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
      else
      echo "set";
      sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
      fi


      I have tried this but didn't get result









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      yogesh agrawal

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          There wasn't too much wrong with your script:



          1. setting a variable to the output of a command (i.e. Command Substitution) needs $() around the command. I am deliberately ignoring the existence of obsolete backticks for the same purpose, they are broken in several ways.



          2. quote your variables when you use them.



            e.g. if [ -z $p ] without quotes is guaranteed to be a syntax error if $p is actually empty because -z requires an argument. if [ -z "$p" ] will never cause an error because even an empty string is an argument.



          Here's a minimally fixed version (also with superfluous semicolons removed):



          p="$(sudo npm config get proxy)"
          echo "$p"
          if [ -z "$p" ] ; then
          echo "delete"
          sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          else
          echo "set"
          sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          fi





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          • BTW, the -z probably needs to be a -n. The way it's written now, it attempts to delete the proxy setting if "$p" is empty (i.e. no proxy has been configured) which effectively does nothing, and sets a proxy if one is already set. But that's what I meant by "minimally fixed" - I fixed the obvious errors, without any consideration of whether your script actually does what you want/expect or not....I'll leave that up to you.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 14:10










          • Mind expanding on your comment on why backticks are "broken in several ways"?
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:01










          • quoting issues. you can't nest backticks. difficult to distinguish from single-quotes. general ugliness. some (unverified) reports of demonic manifestations. see, e.g., unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126927/… and mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 and wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/cmdsubst. backticks still work (as well...badly...as they ever did) but don't use them. backticks are evil, and they will cause your hamster to spontaneously explode.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:14










          • But ... I don't have a hamster. Now I'm even more worried.
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:50










          • i accidentally deleted the chilling end to that sentence - "even if you don't have a hamster".
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:58











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          up vote
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          There wasn't too much wrong with your script:



          1. setting a variable to the output of a command (i.e. Command Substitution) needs $() around the command. I am deliberately ignoring the existence of obsolete backticks for the same purpose, they are broken in several ways.



          2. quote your variables when you use them.



            e.g. if [ -z $p ] without quotes is guaranteed to be a syntax error if $p is actually empty because -z requires an argument. if [ -z "$p" ] will never cause an error because even an empty string is an argument.



          Here's a minimally fixed version (also with superfluous semicolons removed):



          p="$(sudo npm config get proxy)"
          echo "$p"
          if [ -z "$p" ] ; then
          echo "delete"
          sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          else
          echo "set"
          sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          fi





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          • BTW, the -z probably needs to be a -n. The way it's written now, it attempts to delete the proxy setting if "$p" is empty (i.e. no proxy has been configured) which effectively does nothing, and sets a proxy if one is already set. But that's what I meant by "minimally fixed" - I fixed the obvious errors, without any consideration of whether your script actually does what you want/expect or not....I'll leave that up to you.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 14:10










          • Mind expanding on your comment on why backticks are "broken in several ways"?
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:01










          • quoting issues. you can't nest backticks. difficult to distinguish from single-quotes. general ugliness. some (unverified) reports of demonic manifestations. see, e.g., unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126927/… and mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 and wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/cmdsubst. backticks still work (as well...badly...as they ever did) but don't use them. backticks are evil, and they will cause your hamster to spontaneously explode.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:14










          • But ... I don't have a hamster. Now I'm even more worried.
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:50










          • i accidentally deleted the chilling end to that sentence - "even if you don't have a hamster".
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:58















          up vote
          4
          down vote













          There wasn't too much wrong with your script:



          1. setting a variable to the output of a command (i.e. Command Substitution) needs $() around the command. I am deliberately ignoring the existence of obsolete backticks for the same purpose, they are broken in several ways.



          2. quote your variables when you use them.



            e.g. if [ -z $p ] without quotes is guaranteed to be a syntax error if $p is actually empty because -z requires an argument. if [ -z "$p" ] will never cause an error because even an empty string is an argument.



          Here's a minimally fixed version (also with superfluous semicolons removed):



          p="$(sudo npm config get proxy)"
          echo "$p"
          if [ -z "$p" ] ; then
          echo "delete"
          sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          else
          echo "set"
          sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          fi





          share|improve this answer




















          • BTW, the -z probably needs to be a -n. The way it's written now, it attempts to delete the proxy setting if "$p" is empty (i.e. no proxy has been configured) which effectively does nothing, and sets a proxy if one is already set. But that's what I meant by "minimally fixed" - I fixed the obvious errors, without any consideration of whether your script actually does what you want/expect or not....I'll leave that up to you.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 14:10










          • Mind expanding on your comment on why backticks are "broken in several ways"?
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:01










          • quoting issues. you can't nest backticks. difficult to distinguish from single-quotes. general ugliness. some (unverified) reports of demonic manifestations. see, e.g., unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126927/… and mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 and wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/cmdsubst. backticks still work (as well...badly...as they ever did) but don't use them. backticks are evil, and they will cause your hamster to spontaneously explode.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:14










          • But ... I don't have a hamster. Now I'm even more worried.
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:50










          • i accidentally deleted the chilling end to that sentence - "even if you don't have a hamster".
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:58













          up vote
          4
          down vote










          up vote
          4
          down vote









          There wasn't too much wrong with your script:



          1. setting a variable to the output of a command (i.e. Command Substitution) needs $() around the command. I am deliberately ignoring the existence of obsolete backticks for the same purpose, they are broken in several ways.



          2. quote your variables when you use them.



            e.g. if [ -z $p ] without quotes is guaranteed to be a syntax error if $p is actually empty because -z requires an argument. if [ -z "$p" ] will never cause an error because even an empty string is an argument.



          Here's a minimally fixed version (also with superfluous semicolons removed):



          p="$(sudo npm config get proxy)"
          echo "$p"
          if [ -z "$p" ] ; then
          echo "delete"
          sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          else
          echo "set"
          sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          fi





          share|improve this answer












          There wasn't too much wrong with your script:



          1. setting a variable to the output of a command (i.e. Command Substitution) needs $() around the command. I am deliberately ignoring the existence of obsolete backticks for the same purpose, they are broken in several ways.



          2. quote your variables when you use them.



            e.g. if [ -z $p ] without quotes is guaranteed to be a syntax error if $p is actually empty because -z requires an argument. if [ -z "$p" ] will never cause an error because even an empty string is an argument.



          Here's a minimally fixed version (also with superfluous semicolons removed):



          p="$(sudo npm config get proxy)"
          echo "$p"
          if [ -z "$p" ] ; then
          echo "delete"
          sudo npm config delete proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          else
          echo "set"
          sudo npm config set proxy http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx:8085
          fi






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          answered Jan 23 at 13:43









          cas

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          • BTW, the -z probably needs to be a -n. The way it's written now, it attempts to delete the proxy setting if "$p" is empty (i.e. no proxy has been configured) which effectively does nothing, and sets a proxy if one is already set. But that's what I meant by "minimally fixed" - I fixed the obvious errors, without any consideration of whether your script actually does what you want/expect or not....I'll leave that up to you.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 14:10










          • Mind expanding on your comment on why backticks are "broken in several ways"?
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:01










          • quoting issues. you can't nest backticks. difficult to distinguish from single-quotes. general ugliness. some (unverified) reports of demonic manifestations. see, e.g., unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126927/… and mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 and wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/cmdsubst. backticks still work (as well...badly...as they ever did) but don't use them. backticks are evil, and they will cause your hamster to spontaneously explode.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:14










          • But ... I don't have a hamster. Now I'm even more worried.
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:50










          • i accidentally deleted the chilling end to that sentence - "even if you don't have a hamster".
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:58

















          • BTW, the -z probably needs to be a -n. The way it's written now, it attempts to delete the proxy setting if "$p" is empty (i.e. no proxy has been configured) which effectively does nothing, and sets a proxy if one is already set. But that's what I meant by "minimally fixed" - I fixed the obvious errors, without any consideration of whether your script actually does what you want/expect or not....I'll leave that up to you.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 14:10










          • Mind expanding on your comment on why backticks are "broken in several ways"?
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:01










          • quoting issues. you can't nest backticks. difficult to distinguish from single-quotes. general ugliness. some (unverified) reports of demonic manifestations. see, e.g., unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126927/… and mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 and wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/cmdsubst. backticks still work (as well...badly...as they ever did) but don't use them. backticks are evil, and they will cause your hamster to spontaneously explode.
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:14










          • But ... I don't have a hamster. Now I'm even more worried.
            – CyberJacob
            Jan 23 at 16:50










          • i accidentally deleted the chilling end to that sentence - "even if you don't have a hamster".
            – cas
            Jan 23 at 16:58
















          BTW, the -z probably needs to be a -n. The way it's written now, it attempts to delete the proxy setting if "$p" is empty (i.e. no proxy has been configured) which effectively does nothing, and sets a proxy if one is already set. But that's what I meant by "minimally fixed" - I fixed the obvious errors, without any consideration of whether your script actually does what you want/expect or not....I'll leave that up to you.
          – cas
          Jan 23 at 14:10




          BTW, the -z probably needs to be a -n. The way it's written now, it attempts to delete the proxy setting if "$p" is empty (i.e. no proxy has been configured) which effectively does nothing, and sets a proxy if one is already set. But that's what I meant by "minimally fixed" - I fixed the obvious errors, without any consideration of whether your script actually does what you want/expect or not....I'll leave that up to you.
          – cas
          Jan 23 at 14:10












          Mind expanding on your comment on why backticks are "broken in several ways"?
          – CyberJacob
          Jan 23 at 16:01




          Mind expanding on your comment on why backticks are "broken in several ways"?
          – CyberJacob
          Jan 23 at 16:01












          quoting issues. you can't nest backticks. difficult to distinguish from single-quotes. general ugliness. some (unverified) reports of demonic manifestations. see, e.g., unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126927/… and mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 and wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/cmdsubst. backticks still work (as well...badly...as they ever did) but don't use them. backticks are evil, and they will cause your hamster to spontaneously explode.
          – cas
          Jan 23 at 16:14




          quoting issues. you can't nest backticks. difficult to distinguish from single-quotes. general ugliness. some (unverified) reports of demonic manifestations. see, e.g., unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126927/… and mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/082 and wiki.bash-hackers.org/syntax/expansion/cmdsubst. backticks still work (as well...badly...as they ever did) but don't use them. backticks are evil, and they will cause your hamster to spontaneously explode.
          – cas
          Jan 23 at 16:14












          But ... I don't have a hamster. Now I'm even more worried.
          – CyberJacob
          Jan 23 at 16:50




          But ... I don't have a hamster. Now I'm even more worried.
          – CyberJacob
          Jan 23 at 16:50












          i accidentally deleted the chilling end to that sentence - "even if you don't have a hamster".
          – cas
          Jan 23 at 16:58





          i accidentally deleted the chilling end to that sentence - "even if you don't have a hamster".
          – cas
          Jan 23 at 16:58













           

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