how do you redirect stdout into a variable. whenever I try I get an ambiguous redirect error :( I am trying to validate some user input and failing miserably.
cal $MONTH $YEAR | grep -c "$DAY"
if the above is 1 then it is valid if 0 then not valid. I have been trying to redirect the output... (2 Replies)
I have a question to do and it's somewhat confusing. It says, and I quote
"Create a file called file_1 with three lines of text in it. Create a shell variable called "f_name", assign it the string "file_1". Use the cat command and the variable "f_name" to display the contents of the file... (3 Replies)
I wanted to store a value read from a file in a variable with a given format. I was doing the first step as follows :
it0="$(cat ./myfile)"
I thought the second step would work as: it0= ` printf "%6.3f\n" $it0 `
but it says "./curplot.sh: line 33: 0.035: command not found", although it... (2 Replies)
Hello attempting to redirect out to create a startup script in solaris. The steps are working but the $1 entry is being left out. syntax below and content of output file below.
cat > S99build << EOF
> #!/bin/bash
> case $1 in
> 'start')
> /usr/os-buildsol.sh
>
> ;;
> esac
> exit 0
>... (3 Replies)
MyFile contains:
ALTER TABLE $DBN.$TBN
ADD $COL $TYP COMPRESS ($VAL);
I need to cat the file and have it substitute all of the variables with their contents. cat MyFile does not work. The following works for the first line, but errors on the second line because of the paren:
$ while read... (2 Replies)
I have a file created as ABC!DEF@2014.txt
My if condition is based on 2014 so I need to move it to variable.
So while I can do this on console screen -
ls ABC* -l > test.txt
cat test.txt | cut -f 2 -d "@" | cut -f 1 -d "."
to get the value - 2014
I am a bit at loss how to achieve this... (4 Replies)
Hi,
when I do cat for kernel parameters
cat /proc/sys/kernel/sem >> /etc/sysctl.conf
4096 4096 32 128
The above command working with out any doubt
but I want to pass it like below, need to append "kernel.sem =" and pass it to /etc/sysctl.conf kernel.sem = 4096... (2 Replies)
I have a directory that is restricted and I cannot just copy the files need, but I can cat them and redirect them to a new directory. The files all have the date listed in them. If I perform a long listing and grep for the date (150620) I can redirect that output to a text file. Now I need to... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I wish to know how to works the carriage return with cat.. As a picture often speaks better than words, my code below :
#te=`cat text.txt` (I tried this, but the same..)
te=$(cat text.txt)
echo $te
My file text.txt below:
BLABLABLABLABLALBLA
BLABLABLABLABLALBLA
... (9 Replies)
Thank you in advance for looking at this, I've scoured the internet and can't find the answer I'm looking for!! - I am new at bash script so please bare with me!!
I have a script where I've identified individual files within a folder, the filename is then stored as a variable ($filename):... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: paperbackwriter
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
rmf
rmf(1) General Commands Manual rmf(1)NAME
rmf - remove folder (only available within the message handling system, mh)
SYNOPSIS
rmf [+folder] [-help] [-[no]interactive]
OPTIONS
Prints a list of the valid options to this command. Asks for confirmation before deleting a folder. By default, rmf deletes a folder and
its messages without asking for confirmation. If you specify the -interactive option, rmf asks if you are sure before deleting the folder.
You are advised to use this option, since when rmf deletes a folder its contents are lost irretrievably.
DESCRIPTION
The rmf command removes all of the messages within the current folder, and then removes the folder itself. If there are any files within
the folder which are not part of MH, they are not removed, and an error message is displayed.
You can specify a folder other than the current folder by using the +folder argument. If you do not specify a folder, and rmf cannot find
the current folder,rmf asks you whether you want to delete +inbox instead.
If the current folder is removed, it makes +inbox current.
Note that the rmf command irreversibly deletes messages that do not have other links, so use it with caution.
If the folder being removed is a sub-folder, the parent folder becomes the new current folder, and rmf tells you that this has happened.
This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list and returning to the current
folder from which the list was extracted.
Using rmf to delete a read-only folder deletes the private sequence and current message information from the file, without affecting the
folder itself. If you have sub-folders within a folder, you must delete all the sub-folders before you can delete the folder itself.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's Mail directory
EXAMPLES
This example shows how rmf asks for confirmation when the -interactive option is used: % rmf -interactive +test Remove folder "test"? y
FILES
The user profile.
SEE ALSO rmm(1)rmf(1)