1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Having a memory lapse: If I redefine a command using an alias or a function - How do I access the "real" command without specifying an absoulte path: i.e. function man { /usr/bin/man |more } alias ls='/usr/bin/ls -l' How do I specify the ls or man command above without the... (6 Replies)

2. Programming

Assume we have an application built on *nix that uses fork()...then the processes procedure is going to act as follow: X is considered a parent process (first click on application) Y is considered a child process of X (second click on application) Z is considered a child process of Y (third... (6 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have 7 functions those need to be executed as command line inputs, I tried with below code it’s not executing function. If I run the ./script 2 then fun2 should execute , how to initiate that function I tried case and if else also, how to initiate function from command line if then... (8 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

My professor has given me a couple of functions that I am to use to accomplish the task of replacing spaces in file and/or directory names with hyphens. (i.e. A B/C D/E F and you want to rename that to A B/C D/E-F would be an example of changing the file and leaving the directories) These are... (1 Reply)