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cool. thanks.

I do know how we set the PATH variable-


export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH


I'm trying to understand why we have written :$PATH in the end above statement. What is it's meaning?

This is so cool. Thanks

Does this means I am not innovative or dumb...I know how to script...why this stuff did not come to my mind?

There is a one way to know, can you tell me how did you...

Normally i would do this-

cd abc
ls -ltr

I wish to run above command in a single line, like this-

cd abc | ls -ltr

But above command doesn't works, it simply runs the second command,...

Scott, Thank you. You are the real expert. As I am a java programmer, I thought it will work this way-

result=$(times)

It will call times function and the return value will go in variable...

oh g8t, I changed the name it worked. But also 1 more thing to notice here is, it did not echo the value of global variable.

the value of result

My script-
result=""
times()
{
echo "inside the times function"
result=8
echo "Inside function $result"
return $result
}
result=$(times)
echo "the value is "$?
echo "the value of result...

In this below function, I am trying to understand what is the purpose of
H1=${H1#0} ?
This is ksh. Any improvement to below function are also appreciated.


dateDiff(){
echo enter first...

I always find BASH easier than ksh. At my home, i have written this bash script. I am finding it hard to write its equivalent in ksh, any suggestions?


######################################...

Normally we can use %s to find out the time in second since 1970.
But in my ksh, this format option is not available.

Example- date +%s
1268103151

above script command won't work in ksh. Can...