Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Feb 2004 08:13:09 -0600 (CST) | From | Ryan Reich <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.2: "-" or "_", thats the question |
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On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Ryan Reich wrote: > > Harald Dunkel wrote: > > > >> > >> I am interested in the module file names. 'cat /proc/modules' > >> should return the correct module names, but for some modules > >> (like uhci_hcd vs uhci-hcd.ko) '_' and '-' are messed up. > > > > > > According to the modprobe man page, the two symbols are interchangeable. > > > I know. But this requires some very ugly workarounds outside > of module-init-tools. For example, if you want to check > whether a module $module_name has already been loaded, you > cannot use > > grep -q "^${module_name} " /proc/modules > > Instead you have to use a workaround like > > x="`echo $module_name | sed -e 's/-/_/g'`" > cat /proc/modules | sed -e 's/-/_/g' | grep -q "^${x} " > > This is inefficient and error-prone. > > Maybe somebody has another idea for the workaround, > but I like the first version.
Well, you can shorten it by using 'tr':
cat /proc/modules | tr _ - | grep -q "^${module_name} "
/proc/modules uses the '_' and I suppose your problem is that your module name list uses the '-', so this solves both at once.
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