quick script to help find what the lib path needed to launch

library-path-helper.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Define the program and the expected substring in the output
+PROGRAM="PROGRAM TO RUN"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="SUBSTRING TO CHECK FOR"
+
+# Supply the initial LD_LIBRARY_PATH as a variable
+INITIAL_LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$1"
+
+# Check if the variable is supplied
+if [ -z "$INITIAL_LD_LIBRARY_PATH" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Please provide the initial LD_LIBRARY_PATH as the first argument."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Read the supplied LD_LIBRARY_PATH into an array
+IFS=':' read -ra LIB_PATHS <<< "$INITIAL_LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+
+# Function to generate combinations of a specific size
+combinations() {
+    local size=$1
+    local prefix=$2
+    local start_index=${3:-0}
+    local remaining=("${@:4}")
+    local count=${#remaining[@]}
+
+    if [ $size -eq 0 ]; then
+        # Export the current combination of LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$prefix"
+
+        # Start the program and capture its output
+        echo "Trying with LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+        OUTPUT=$("$PROGRAM" 2>&1)
+
+        # Check if the output contains the expected substring
+        if [[ "$OUTPUT" == *"$EXPECTED_OUTPUT"* ]]; then
+            echo "Success! Output contains the expected substring with LD_LIBRARY_PATH: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+            exit 0
+        else
+            echo "Output does not contain the expected substring."
+        fi
+    else
+        for ((i = start_index; i < count; i++)); do
+            local next_prefix="${prefix}:${remaining[i]}"
+            local next_remaining=("${remaining[@]:0:i}" "${remaining[@]:i+1}")
+            combinations $((size - 1)) "${next_prefix#:}" $((i + 1)) "${remaining[@]}"
+        done
+    fi
+}
+
+# Generate combinations incrementally by size
+for size in $(seq 1 ${#LIB_PATHS[@]}); do
+    echo "Trying combinations of size $size..."
+    combinations $size "" 0 "${LIB_PATHS[@]}"
+done
+
+echo "All combinations attempted, no match found."