12-19-2008
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone,
I am new to UNIX and scripting, and I have some problems with the test command.
when i try to execute the command:
test 20070327.gz > 20070320.gz
i try to make a charachter string comparison between the two strings or the two files, to make sure that 20070327.gz is greater than... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: marwan
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2. AIX
Hello,
I am trying to add some tests to existing code. The code already contains some test commands. An example is as follows...
] then
Does anyone know the purpose of the double equals? I would have used a single equals sign... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: JWilliams
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have been looking into searching various files to display output.
The search criteria will be a month and year to output various numbers in the files.
is there any way to do this with the TEST function or would it have to be another way? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: amatuer_lee_3
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Plese help me on the below query.
for j in *.20071231* *.ctl *.dat
do
(
if then
cp "$base/*.*" "$base1"
fi
)
done
My requirement is for all files that has extension *.20071231* *.ctl *.dat
should be copied to another folder.
But those with caaa.20071231.log... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sussane
7 Replies
5. Programming
I'm very new to C and could use a little help.
I'm testing to make sure the command is running as it's proper name, if not then fail.
if (strcmp(argv, "xinit") != 0) {
fprintf(stdout, "name = %s length = %d\n",argv,l);
usage(0);
}
This works if the command is... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nck
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do i tell my bash shell script to test the output of the command i'm using?? I want this script to look for lines not equal to 1 then let me know..
$ cat blah ; echo ---- ; cat blah.sh
1 fe
1 fi
1 fo
0 fum
1 blahda
1 blah
0 blahh
1 bla
1 bl
1 blahhh
----
#!/bin/bash
while... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: phpfreak
1 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
This is the code:
while test 1 -eq 1
do
read a
$a
if test $a = stop
then
break
fi
done
I read a command on every loop an execute it.
I check if the string equals the word stop to end the loop,but it say that I gave too many arguments to test.
For example echo hello.
Now the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Max89
1 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
How to check weather a string is like test* or test* ot *test* in if condition (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: johnjerome
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello,
i'v trying to use the TEST command and i have some problems with it.
i am trying kill all proccess wich is greater than 25.
i started with - ps -f | grep -v TTY | awk '{print $4}'
but i dont know how to proceed from here..
10x a lot, Daniel. (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: dadiT
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I need help with a test command.
Here is what I am trying to do :
I've got an interactive script that check if configuration files exist on 2 different directories, then all configuration files are print on screen by a short name.
My problem is when you type a "wrong name" or... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: Aswex
12 Replies
LDP(7) Miscellaneous Information Manual LDP(7)
NAME
LDP - Intro to the Linux Documentation Project, with help, guides and documents
SYNOPSIS
The Linux Documentation Project (LDP) provides a variety of free documentation resources including guides, FAQs, HOWTOs, and man-pages to
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SEE ALSO
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info pages as read with emacs(1) or info(1)
LDP
2001-11-15 LDP(7)