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Hi All, I have tried to use ckdate (sun) command in script. It checks the input parameter which should be in 'YYYYMMDD format. date=$( echo $1 | ckdate -f "%Y%m%d") | true if ] then print " success" else print "no success" fi But in whatever format i pass the parameter,...

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Validating user input

I'm trying to set up a script that takes user input and validates that the user input was entered correctly. So far I have this: while : do echo "Please enter your name." read NAME if then echo "You have not entered a name." echo...

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condredirect

condredirect(1)                                               General Commands Manual                                              condredirect(1)

NAME

       condredirect - perhaps redirect mail to another address

SYNOPSIS

       in .qmail: |condredirect newaddress program [ arg ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       condredirect  feeds  each new mail message to program with the given arguments.  If program exits 0, condredirect forwards the mail message
       to newaddress, and then exits 99, so further commands in .qmail are ignored.

       If program exits 111, condredirect exits 111, so delivery will be retried later.

       If program exits anything else (or does not exist), condredirect exits 0, so the rest of .qmail will be processed as usual.

       Note that it is not safe for program to fork a child that reads the message in the background.

       WARNING: If you create a .qmail file to enable condredirect, make sure to also add a line specifying delivery to your normal mailbox.

SEE ALSO

       bouncesaying(1), except(1), dot-qmail(5), qmail-command(8), qmail-queue(8)

                                                                                                                                   condredirect(1)

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