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should be with the echo statement before su:
if [ id -u root -ne 0 ]; then

echo "type in the root password"
su # or sudo
fi

Does the suggestion do what you want?

Another might be to use xargs similar to this:-find . -type f | xargs -tn1 md5sum > /md5sums/file.txt

The flags are:-
-t - write the arguments to STDERR...

You are expecting the form elements user and passwd to be converted to shell variables and exported to your scripts environment before calling it. It doesn't happen that way (unless there is an...

$tar

evaluates to a file name, which is not a valid script or command.
try:
tar -tvf "$base" >> /mnt/local/data/logs/"$base".csv

Try something like:

awk '
{
s=$1
for(i=4; i<=6; i++) {
if (FNR==NR)
A[NR,i]=$i
else
s=s OFS A[FNR,i]-$i
}
}
NR>FNR && FNR>1 {
print s...

Hi Robert,
You didn't pay close enough attention to what I suggested in post #40: I said it would be much better if you would create a hidden directory under /to_be_archived (such as...

Hi.

Did you edit the file in WIndows? ... cheers, drl

Please don't ask the same question in two threads! It is almost impossible for people trying to help you to follow one discussion being held in two places!

As I said in post #40 in the thread...

Yes. Whenever the tar-command returns a non-zero value the part between "then" and "fi" (or, in case an else-branch is there, the "then and the "else") is executed. In your case, since there is a...