1. Programming

how do i validate y script so that it only accepts values between 1 and 3 and against any character input, cause at the moment i can only validate against numbers outside 1 and 3 but not characters cheers (4 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

What's wrong with this syntax? It's part of my 'if' statement but it doesn't seem to pass and it keeps going to the 'else' part. I thought it says that userid must start with a non-numeric character and is between 6 and 10 characters long (alphanumeric). $userid|grep -Eq '^?\{6,10\}+$' if... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi there, I'm trying to validate my $1 and $2 before I use them in the sqlplus update, I think I have the validation rules set correctly??? however when I test my script, it jumps straight into the sql. It doesn't seem to validate the vars....even when I know they are incorrect. if ; then ... (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

All Can you help me to validate a variable only for string and digit. That is variable should either fully alphabets or digits. Please send me result to my mail id also: REMOVED Thanx in advance Regards Deepak Xavier (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a file like the following aaaaa00005bbbbb aaaaa00108bbbbb The code "00005" and "00108" need to be validated and the list of valid codes are stored in a database. While I loop through the file, should call a sql statement for every records to do the validation? or is... (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Is there any code in Perl which can differentiate between numeric and non-numeric input? (11 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

i have a input file like this 001|rahim|bajaj|20090102 while reading the file i need to check whether the first column is a number second column is a name is there any methodology to check for the same thanks in advance (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Can someone tell me how to change the first column in a very large 17k line file from a random 10 digit numeric value to a non numeric value. The format of lines in the file is: 1702938475,SNU022,201004 the first 10 numbers always begin with 170 (6 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

HI, I am trying to write a validation script as below awk '($1=="ABC"&&$2="XYZ" ,then check the value in $8,$10 these columns should not be null. so their should be some corresponding value n the $8 and $10 column,if their is no value the script has to give error saying that at a... (2 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I was wondering if someone could help with what is probably a fairly easy problem. I have two variables, i is between 1-5, j is between 11-15 I'd like to produce this: 1_11 2_12 3_13 4_14 5_15 Each number goes up incrementally with the other. But my shoddy code is not... (5 Replies)