Shell Programming and Scripting [Archive]

7za compression,urgent help needed!!!
I Am Stumped, Please Help
replace a newline (\n)
using uniq and awk??
cut - columns with formatted Output
Help
Reading the particular line from the file
Directory sizes loop optimization
Help me with parsing this file
Where is and what its name of bigest file
check timestamp on specific files
Optimized way of doing the task in shell programming
test egrep not found
Use of index in UNIX shell scripting
help with perl
Can is set permissions temporarily?
Perl config file Help
Replace Help
if statment, based on retune value
Perl config file Help
passwordless login from a server to another server
comparing 2 strings
how to extract files one by one from a directory and let some processing happen
parsing a string
parse of lines with different delimiters
String concatenation issue in ksh
[sh] String comparison operators
awk, sed, grep...weird style
Find/replace to new file: ksh -> perl
copy after grep
Working with multiple home directories.
Awk output issues.
need help on multiple expression
Report generation
Problem with SED
Create a script using DATE command?
Outputting to table
shell script to delete directories...
HOW to egrep fo a pattern
bash. convert mpeg adts to normal mp3
awk - Grouping lines
print line whatever line i want in a file... there any way
want line whatever i want is there any way
limiting data inputs for the user
How to type the Omega symbol Ω in unix shell script
how to delete content in a file (delete content only)
Tables and borders
Spliting file based on condition
how to sort, and count unique data all at once?
Checking the Empty line in csv file
get_source[34]: 0403-057 Syntax error at line 66 : `"' is not matched.
Read value from particular position in file.
How to Sort?? Pls help!!
xls to csv
mail command not working
return string in functions
hi
fuction return in perl
dynamic editing using shell script
Lost+found
Adding character to spaces in a table
trying to learn for loops, and arrays at the same time
How to install expect rpm?
Trouble grepping for multiple strings
Pattern Matching in UNIX
Help with TCL/Expect in Solaris 5.3
grep with variable
shell script that would display installing.... when installign something
crontab execution
help on a perl script to edit file
Help with Script AWK
Files
Differences between csh and tcsh
Inserting a String in a file header.
How to copy and paste line in shell script
Script to count files and get the disk usgae on individual mail folders
For loop
sed replace with fixed length
How to delete multiple space or tabs from a read only file
how to restore the deleted files
Stripping out extensions when file has multiple dots in name
Determine string in Perl.
Capturing string between a xml tag
lzma details ,pls help!!!
how to use ifiles
Want to implement VLOOKUP (Excel function) in Unix
script help
awk - Counting number of similar lines
using ssh with a for loop
sorting huge file
C Shell Script query
Backup script - HELP :(
Replacing Last occurance of & from a string
Avoiding rc.local file during reboot
sendmail help required
Spaces getting trimmed off
mass file mv
Oracle Passwords in Unix scripts
find & copy files with absolute path
Conditonal clause in expect.
Global replace with sed
Moving files from Unix box to a windows box
help on egrep
Find the geographical location within a shell script
Need Help
How to parse a string efficiently
Parsing question
Shell script that would check if the CD-rom is readable
need to return value from function
Pleas help..this is driving me crazy
How to transpose data elements in awk
How to use array values after the loop.
Script based on input mail
read a file and compare
GREP problem
Looping through files with date component
file transfer using Ftp
mail log parsing script in need of makeover
Splitting input files into multiple files through AWK command
while loop problems
First occurence of character in a file
TCL TK SCRIPT Help Please
Verifying if the shell command executed or not?
File Name Problem from FTP
Newbee lost in unix land
Compare 2 files and give uniq output
Call sqlplus in the shell script
Splitting a file based on the records in another file
mutliple files in the same directory
Get the latest directory created
Script to add a single line to middle of text file.
outputting data in table from grep results
using -exec in a script
removing pattern which is spread in multiple lines
Using simple if statement in script
grep in Awk
To reduce execution time
Array Printing Inline
Formatted Output
How to erase files with line number less than 100
Grep logs on the fly
Error connecting oracle from inside while loop
help
Separate string
Adding a columnfrom a specifit line number to a specific line number
Problem with SSH
copy contents of one column in another
Create a TCP/IP Connection
stripping certain characters in at the middle of a string
Problem In Formating Table as Output
GREP in Bourne
Appending date to filename
Script to Scan proclog files
how to access values of awk/nawk variables outside the awk/nawk block?
Perl scripting
HELP! PERL script to find matched pattern
Script to automatically check ports in shell?
Function to find day of any given date.
trouble in running script
perl Help
cut in sed/awk
Formatted output - awk
Simple Script
How to add numbers
Opening multiple documents at once
[csh] How to capture output from a command and pass it on to a variable?
substr not working
[csh] checking for specific character ranges in a variable
Inserting a column in a file
Problem with arrays in awk
Navigation Toolkit for BASH
please help in sed command
Bash - Add User script
rsync bash php
sort command
automatically answer a question raised by a command
gawk and gensub
Cut too slow
just want certail elements
How to loop?
Substr in shell script
Creating functions in shell script
nawk-how count the number of occurances of a pattern, when don't know the pattern
how to mount my xp FS?
echo command and file I/O Redirection
Creating a file
[REQ] Automatic script kill process
help with script (free ls rm)
host cp in ksh script not working
overwrite specific lines in a file
need script to connect sftp servers
How to handle multiple rows in a file
compare files
Need suggestions about a datecheck script
Script to install jdk
Using variable in case statement
Help with scripting
awk,gawk in bat file
sftp - permission setting check
trying to cope with awk difficulties
Script using awk works only as super user
awk help?
TEST command
Perl problem
Configuration File
A Batch job to delete files from various directories
find command
ASM Diskspace
total occ.
Moving files not directory.
awk script to search an html file and output links
Sh, Bourne Problem with getting lines in a file
variables on solaris?
grep patterns - File
Script that works on one server does not work on another
Getting error "syntax error at line 78 : `<' unmatched"
HELP PLEASE!! school assignment due in two hours!!
check if file exists in a mounted windows shared folder
Reading an Input file and searching for occurrences WIHOUT SED or AWK
Replacing a word with another in shell programming
Need help renaming bulk file extentions
Awk:Find length of string omitting quotes
Script Required
Capture entire line in ps command
Substr throws an ERROR. Any alternatives?
Script required
Until the file extension matches
Compare File Names in Different Directories...
Split a record
Join Every 5 Lines With $ Symbol
Need AWk To parse XML logs
deleteing
Please help - disk space check script
Awk issue
uniq options
How to search accross other documents?
selecting the stanza fields
ssh root@mrp-gateway problems
Removing users from sudoers - help needed
setting width in echo statement
grep for pattern
How to get 07 while giving ((Preyy = yy - 01))
Deleting a file located on another server
script not working...select utility
problem with ssh or loop (can anyone know the issue)
What happend?
How to merge different coulmn of differnt files
how to seperate space in a string
Awk Utilities
Deleting / finding files older than X days missess a day
Sed | Awk | Grep
Compose variable name
Case Statement :Checking Range(Shell)
Sed help
Comparing two files
problem with shell script execution
shell script help: sorting, incrementing environment variables and stuff
datecalc question.
awk question
Remove lines, Sorted with Time based columns using AWK & SORT
Passing Filename as a Parameter to Another script
Snytax error on If Statement--help
Flat file
script doesn´t read last line
Creating searches?
Extracting a Number from Passage
Removing Blank Lines
case sensitive "if [ -e $file ]"?
Script not executing second loop
Determine if file changed within last minute
ececute scrtipt over ssh
url calling and parameter passing to url in script
gawk and strftime()
Extracting a text between ""
UNIX script Validation
List files with a certain condition
Insert 2 lines in a file at a specific location
command runs, no output
Remove Headers throughout a data file
Shell script - If---fi condition
Script needs to be modified - Each 5 Rows to be joined in single line with comma (,)
grep is not working, please find out the problem
problem with connecting sftp server(urgent please)
Read csv into Hash array?
delete blank space in begining of line
menu.lst, boot options?
how to print date using ftp commands
sed error - using reserved letters
Reg expression For
Need Help to delete Smartly...!!!
Calling a C-function froma Perl script
Bourne and decimals??
Shell Script Help
shell script required to convert rows to columns
ssh and remote command exec `uname -r`
Login Script
File Manipulation
Parent/child Korn shell script help
parse a file and fill an array with it
Awk script to add times.
basic script for yes and no answers
Find lines with space between strings
Stupid awk question
Perl: Global Search and replace
How to print log file in column format using awk
add records between pattern (awk)
Awk/shell question: Read from file and assign to variables.
Handling Unit Seperator Delimeter
AWK and Magic with file parsing
Wht is the err
Problem
diffrence between .cshrc .login .profile
Trim inside awk
awk usuage
delete lines in unix
exract string between two different characters
how to connect sftp server using script
comm not working
File to web page
Re-write first line of a file before printing
Perl Arrays and Substituion
parent shell is waiting upon the child shell
strtok equivalent in perl
how to generate html file using script?
cmp, diff need options
Multiply variables
checking out latest updated file
listing all code in all files in all directories
awk and file parsing
awk arguments
explanation of code ...
Can I get some help?
Forking with Tclsh vs Wish
A summing issue
Shell script question
Fileserver in Perl via xinetd - bad XML output
Listing uncompress and compress files
need to search text and output previous lines
ksh88 - curses
parsing logfiles (performance issue)
escaping double-quotes inside the script?
duplicates lines with one column different
Convert String to Date
XML parsing through shell scritps
Accessing Shell Variables in awk or sed
Want to Get List of All directories
Introduction
function return array
PERL uc help
How to negate grep result?
Calculate disk usage in different servers
automated sftp procedure interrupted
I want an urgent script
start a script from another tty
iterate over array
Problem with this script!
File Read using awk
Extrct IP from ping
Multi-line Substitution Gone Awry - perl
how to extract columns from a text file
retrive lines from a file using AWK command
Need to write a script in UNIX to find a file if another file exists
need to extract warnings and cautions
can't get perl Class::Struct to work
how to break mysql dump sql file
need perl help
dialog menu script. please HELP
lookup in unix
Simple script to modify kickstart file
contactenate columns from multiple files
using a vaiable parameters and values to find and tar
perl reg expression
How to find a count of a word within a file
Connecting to remote unix server using java?
How to combine text data into one line?
calling bash from html
PERL Question ...
Why is it always false?
Connecting and Querying DB2 database from Unix Script?
Passing argument to a pl/sql block
Ftp
how to call one script from another script...
Requesting an AWK code to generate averaged rows in a column
Bourne Shell: Hiding error messages
connecting to sqlserver from perl
Date Difference in PERL
ksh execute command containing double quotes
Calender Unix programming date issues
Parse value from multiple row to create the path
How Can we change the Date format from Variable
ls in if statement
If Else not working
problem while searching in a file by 'AWK'
Grep date from ls -l
Formatting Output
Problem using find and xargs
Shell Script Required
Need automated shell script please
configuration and template file
How to send mail in Unix
du from list with du of list total
Required Shell script for My requirement
Extract a line from a file using the line number
Help with expect script
function help
How do I transpose a column of results to a row
Need help for automated shell script
Append text at end of the first line in a file
searching and storing unknown number of lines based on the string with a condition
append o/p of grep in colomns
sqlloader issue
Enhancing Script (using loops) to go through for each group
finding string at runtime
perl adding items to a hash
SEd Command
shell script to execute user command
Bash rsync but move not delete
Edit a config file using shell script
ksh script using expr to calculate percentages
sed search/replace and display
Is there any s/w acts like UNIX?
Awk Command to extract Fields
Grep within a script
Appending multiple files into one
How to find files which has more than one occurance of pattern
error connecting sql through a shell script
Typeset
Variable has value or not
Suggestions on input
Find the intersection between two files
Perl Scripting
Perl: Sendmail - Permission denied
running in background
Usage of "acctcom" command ??
How to capture status code and echo a message
Perl: How to convert xxx@dom.ain.com to domaincom
awk error in sorting text file
syntex error script any suggestions
script on user who logged in????
awk
writing math testing program
awk reading 2 input files but not getting expected value
awk help
To find the time difference between two lines of the same log file
finding largest directories in a filesystem
Need to read data from a file (cut/awk)
help with strings in shell
script help
Removing duplicates in a sorted file by field.
Batch changing file extensions
mail function problem
Rsync script in cron from stepping on itself
Formatting the output from diff
problem in replacing a string
Removing specific lines
for loop in unix
simple substring?
what does this command do?
how to grep some text in a directory and as well as in its sub-directories
parse coloum in a file
concate all duplicate line in a file.
Using Sed to duplicate a section of a file....
mget command
How to sort lines by substring
Perl Help
ftp username with back slash
connecting to oracle thro informatica
written a srcipt with 2 arguments
regular expression
embeding shell script in makefile
Problems with ftp
Help with perl scripting on strings
redirect after the diff
is this script right???
help with scrpit
Controlling GUI from Shell Script
How to extract a column from two different files in AWK?
Exit Shell Prompt after Pbrun
output text in between
generating line numbers
String hash/obfuscation in ksh
printing each users by processes
Help with script
'end of file' unexpected
Finding cumulative size of files older than certain days
meghshell
PERL: Searching for a string in a text file problem
un-tar question
what i do wrong, find grep rm, help me plz
search and replace
Need some sort of loop
how to selectively mount FS?
Grep commands in loop
Trim issue
Please concatinate these 2 strings , bcoz i cant
sed error
Append string to columns from 2 files
MV files with xargs or -exec
diff command
How to find size of a file
to run sql as superuser
Appending a string to all files in a directory
How print number
IF Statement
How to know size of file in a directory
Mailx usage
using awk != parameter
How to access psql from perl script?
Problems with cut
print 10 characters in series
how can i put the condition in for loop for the below.
Problem with find in script
How to....
Script problem due to recursive directories Help please
compare two files and print the last row into first
Need help : Shell Script Programming
Extraction of various lines from a hugh file
KAnitkar Shell Programming
How to remove old files without recursion?
help newb at linux and bash need numeric script sort
ksh: cmd output to input of another script
how to check missing files?
question about vfstab
cp can not access
Simple Script
A script pls( To retrieve database information)
doubts in crontab
Removing certain characters in a file
Question about output to file
duplicate line in a text file
Multiple input field Separators in awk.
Help with awk - read from file
Urgent:FileSystem Check Script
Calculator
Checking for existence of a flat file in UNIX !
FIND returns different results in script
How to grep at nth position?
Deleting files older than 7 days
deleting lines from multiple text files
Comparing files
Help with script that submits jobs at a certain time.
Match keyword on string and substitute under vi
Help needed removing two top level folders from path
How to giv two conditions in IF statement..??
UrgentPlease: compare 1 value with file values eliminating special characters
using foreach loop
read command
Remote login through ssh
manipulate data with specific format
How to supplement HTML tags with SED
does someone see the difference
how to cut first 3 characters of each line in a file
TRAP treating
any help on while loop
Displaying Output in Columns
Format disorder after email with attachment
How to search and replace text in same file
removing extra spaces
script or piece of code where the data returned by a stored procedure you are writing
Exiting from script when error occurs
Problem with float calculation and awk
unable to log into gdm, urgent help needed!!!pls
how to change crontab entries
how can i replace / with new line in shell script or sed ?
Running a queued set of commands?
invoking script from /etc/passwd
Remove duplicate lines in log files
su root from normal user
How do I know all processes are finished?
How to write comments in Korn shell script
finding duplicates in columns and removing lines
column extract help
Find String in Perl
comparing content of 2 variables in script
Help with if..then..else statement
help on looping using if/for or while
Korn Shell Script to find out error in logfile
Awk Parsing
How printf handles empty variables
convert phrase
exclude a line
Need an Awk script
Beset Scripting langauge to delete old directories and contents?
help on unix script
Script to unzip specific files
Perl Newbie - help!
Value of a variable from another script
Convert filenames with DDMMYYYY to YYYYMMDD
Urgent: How to eliminate special symbols in a file and how to read it
problem with if, while, for conditions
read the file line by line
Help required for counting delimiter
Creating an sql statement from a file. Problem with '
problem, with if condition in function
send mail attachment to lotus notes
User installing a rpm package
Run a script on the hour but only for 30mins
need one liner to edit this text...
Conversion of Exponential to numeric in awk- not correct output
how to concatinate two strings
How to replace word in CSV
checking the smallest and largest number
How to work with two files with awk
echo statement issue
no data redirected to a file with top and grep - why?
BASH -- sed -- variable
changing first letter to CAPS
Replace text in input file
Find command - First file only
Find /Dir
awk - list to tables
find files with 2 or more words
Error file Redirection
Compare date from db2 table to yesterday's Unix system date
a number situated just after = symbole
Need help on move (mv) command
Put the output of grep in a variable
Problem in arithemetic operation
Parse String Using Sed
Find help
How to estimate a UNIX process ...
What's going on in my scripts?
Problems with "test"
not being able to escape "$" is doing my head in.
How to copy some data from file A to file B
Passing more than one argument in a function
false use of sed???
How to search for two fields
editing a character in a file
How to get lines in between Patterns?
How to convert a 2 digit to 4 digit
Backup files per Date String
tcsh + completing a sub-directory entry
Search for a word
problem in greping the string from file using awk
Passing shell variable to NAWK
Shell Script To increment Date*HElp***
Help Storing PID
how can i replace "(", "\" "+" in a file
find command
Help! How to compare two lines in a file
put the contents of this file into a variable with multiple lines
awk - sub() ---> substr(), match()
Linux starter help needed
tail | grep lagging badly
set timeout for ssh prompt
problems installing expect utilty
Still trying to get a grep -c that works
mail from unix
Grep/awk
grep for word
Need some help with this script -- extra eyes
New simple language
Two folder comparison
when executing .sh script in telnet error "script not found"
replace words in file based on another file
Search and replace in Perl
find exarct string using grep
To cut entire column from a file and apend it to another file as another column
Renumbering files scripting help!
ftp, rlogin , rcp, rsh are not wroking
Need help finding number of logins!
grep a string from 2 text files
pattern matching over more lines
sum(col) finding from a file
Help to Create this file format structure
help rsh killer
getting colored output in perl
matching first instance of FS
Text Parser
Count not correct
Trying to kill a program via help command.
Need help in checking the date and looking for a keyword in a script
Extracting lines between 2 strings only if the pattern patches
Calling a shell script from php
replace single field out of 60
question about wc command in Unix
search for lines in a file
Numbers of records in SAS dataset
only if column1 equals this print that
Converting HTML data into a spreadsheet
printing parameters from .profile
Calling sql in shell script with parameters
handle decimals
Throttling
how to set classpath in cron
Comparing two files
Run shell program in perl
NEW: need help with nawk using -v vars
perl script to list filenames that do not contain given string
How to generate nested folder permissions
Finding the total of a column using awk
extract character + 1
shell script to search content of file with timestamps in the directory
comparing scalars contaning "DOUBLE QUOTES" as data
removing a line containing a pattern in sed
Writing a Utility Script
Retreive content between specific lines ina file
Removing character ' from a variable
processes problem...
create a chmod cron job help please
Empty Files
remove first column of a space delimited txt
different shell csh bash
Does not run via cron job
Script Question
trap signal for enter key
syntax for variables in sed
Problem with function script.
how to write script in tar
script question
AWK unable to parse
redirection
[Unix] a dos style rename wont work
Problem in using diff
Help required on awk
help on awk or sed
wildcard in a if cycle
delete n last lines of a file
Test variable
shell script to send email with usage of space in the directory as description :
cut through variable
grep and assign it to variable
help with while loop or any other alternative?
How to Replace fix width string
How to read a specific column into variable
column 1 line transitions part two!
print all even lines of a txt file
egrep help
newbie shellscript tryout help.
Is grep being used correctly?
find a string and get the next string
Help !!!!
storing result of a command in variable
Print variable of a variable
print line before column 1 transitions
variables
awk print the next line on the current line
if [[ "$(uname)" = "SunOS" ]]
Spawning multiple threads in Unix
Sort complicated two fields
Replace one digit by two digit using sed
txt files
Reading a mailbox and sending new messages to a text file
Daemonizing a bash script
How not to let field overflow ?
$? value
basic question
Problem with my case statements
sed command not running
Error in the script
read space filled file and replace text at specific position
ls -laR | grep "^-" | awk '{print $9}'| grep "$.txt"
Is there a command to measure compile speed?
How to read a specific section and modify within
how can make if [ $f1 -nt $f2 ] works in solaries
how to write script in compress format
Traverse a flatfile and check for errors
How to replace a line content
Pcap.h Sniffing
Parsing problem
Problem in getopts
pass variable from awk to shell script
help with sed
insert file2 after line containing patternX in file1
: + : more tokens expected
for looping
script to convert epoch into human-readable
checking text file
for
Retstart script
perl equivalent to grep -c
If statement - How to write a null statement
Multile Pattern Search in a same line and delete
Problem printing the property of xml file via shell script
Floating Division in Linux
[BASH - KSH] Passing array to a function
input from a file into an expect script ?
Start a service as user
Awk
problem in setting classpath in shell script
Parsing problem
Performance data, *nix
mathmatical expression
Awk
Comparing two files and appending only missing lines.
re arrange data
joining command results, and substitution
comparing strings
Parsing problem
list files commands
problem with listing of directory structure
how to check prefix and postfix
Estimated execution time
Need to apply Checks SSh/SCP
regex test in bash
Problems with regular expressions
Threads in Unix shell script
Expect script issue
print pattern line +2 without tabs or brackets
help with .profile
edit a file using ksh
Help shell script to loop through files update ctl file to be sql loaded
seeking help in text processing
Shell script that reads from configuration file to get database
AWK - printing certain fields when field order changes in data file
First letter of each Word from a line
How does mutt command pick senders Details
Test file format
attaching the file to mail
awk script to update header record
Sending an email to group of users
help with while loop
CSH - finding files with the same file extension
Linux Script help
ksh scripting help
error in running shell script in cron
GD.dll files for php 5.1.6
doubt in awk
Getting remote data through shell script
Split large file and add header and footer to each small files
Color putty
String Error
help please!!!!
Split large file and add header and footer to each file
Parse "masters" ip from named.conf
awk, join or sed
whats wrong with this code
facing problem in starting a process in background using shell script.
need help
tell me whats wrong with this
different result on shell and on perl HELP NEEDED
sed or awk to convert text files with recurring headings to rows and colum
how to display the permission of the home directory
display pathname of the login shell
lftp, get file list
Expect script problem
Cronjob - Redirect mail output to file, LINES & COLUMNS
Help with For Loop.
Help with Sed Command
awk script
Assign script parameters to variables
script invoking shel script.
Space in varible?
sed conditional string replace for each line
how to call one script frm another
Remove trailing G
interpreter " /bin/ksh" not found
Bourne Shell: Clean Display of stored procedure's output
script in saved in compress format
need advice on AWK
Doubt in awk printing
Bourne Shell: Special characters Input Prevention
find log file between two dates
calling function inside awk
how to make ksh to work on solaries
change wc -l
parameters
how can i print the output of the shell script in bigger size
please explain if [ -z $found ]
how does set--$(ls -l filename) work?
how to delete text from line starting pattern1 up to line before pattern2?
Pb with space wc -l
how to mount swap on /tmp?
if statement - how can I do 2 arguments?
Replace "\" with "/"
How to match two fields
Parsing Files
for loop syntax trouble
Background Process Shell Scripting
Getting modified time & filename only
Difference between "set $<var>" and "set -- $<var>"
sed - searching for string and storing in variable
combining lines in files
create filename with 'DD/MM/YYYY' date format
one line sed help
mv Filename variable to another filename
Find Unicode Character in File
passing in arguments into a file using a loop
Trouble installing Java bin in ssh
sed very confused
sed remove
sort problem
get last characters in ksh
probem while grep
how to write RC scripts!!! pls assist
Get multiple line content between two chars
Why does IF loop behave differently in different shells
Why does IF loop behave differently in different shells
Make sure connection
problem in the return of grep
Reading from Text file.....
Generate ASCII
Comparing similar columns in two different files
Of bash and whitespace...
sed help