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I am trying to use a for loop in my expect cmdFile that I am calling.

I want to be able to call either one file name or a series of file names in the working directory (that I won't know the names...

Sorry that's the output on a freebsd machine I am using.

I ran:
set -o emacs
^v
and I get PD KSH v5.2.14.2 99/07/13.2

I am attempting to learn shell programming using o'rielly book "Learning the Korn Shell".

I am finding it pretty difficult to do since the only access I have to unix boxes are running version 99...

I was recently promoted to a jr engineer postion where the environment is about 90% Solaris.

I would say that this is my dream job accept for the fact that I haven't earned the title yet.

You...

Almost but it errors because it tries to append the "AAA" to the beginning of the entire directory. AAA/home/vedder191/AAA_revised cannot rename

I am attempting to use a shell script to append the string "AAA" to the beginning of over 400 files and I am just missing that little piece to finish.

I am still a newbie and I am still learning...

Unix sys admin in training here and I was performing a rollout of java code. While rolling out my connection to the server was broken.

I logged back on to the box and performed a ps -ef | grep...

Is there a way to find when and who updated the crontab file for a specific user?

I wasn't really in a position to add anymore logging as I am not the sys admin.


Thanks for all of your help.

Thank you that helps a lot.

Now I understand everything accept why the $(). Why does this workin instead of piping to the find command?

I am not that savy with command usage as it relates to pipes and scripts yet.

I wanted help on stringing a command together that found all types of a particular file and then zipped them up.
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That's one of the problems we are not getting any errors in any of the logs accept of the specific process and it just says process stopped.

But it's when it's trying to pick up a pid it stops

I am trying to determine the root cause of a java process that dies trying to startup during it's cron job.

I did go ahead and change the time that it starts up in the cron file and now it starts...

Is there a way to look at mpeg files using vi in a human readable format? Is there a flag that i can use?

Since this is a place for very smart, expert tech people I wanted to know if anyone knew a site or way to find accurate info on the whereabouts of relatives online. I am looking for a reputable site...

My laptop is goes black when I perform startx in Red Hat 9. I used a generic monitor type, just like Red Hat documentation instructs, during the installation. Now after the installation I am unable...

I only get a chance to initiate startx from the rescue mode and it just generates a black screen.

Can anyone help me with how to configure x so that it is not the default login. Right now I have suse 9.0 installed and KDE login comes up by default when booted up. Where can I change this so that I...

I have a problem with a red hat 9 install on a compaq laptop. I installed the OS and everything tests ok but It boots to a blank screen instead of the GUI login I wanted. What can I do to correct...

I was wondering if anyone has used VMWare Workstation? I wanted to practice and learn Unix in a networking environment and have my own home lab. However room and money prevent me from buying several...

Thank you for provideing me with that link it really helps out a lot. I am still trying to install and configure x on my bsd laptop but I just can't seem to get it working. I am following "The...

I am trying to setup X windows on a compaq aramada 3500 laptop using free bsd 4. I need to find the specs of my laptop but have no idea where to look. I have tried google but cannot find exact specs...

Hello I was wondering if anyone had a Unix book recommendation. Just one book, that can give me a good foundation in Unix and has plenty of hands on exercises to follow along with on my Unix...

How does one know that he/she has the skills and enough knowledge of Unix to start applying for unix sys admin jobs? I am learning by telneting into a free bsd system. Will this prepare me for a...