1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

what is the function of swap in linux why i have to create apsolutely a particion for the swap when i install (i installed lnx4win mandrake and made an automat. disk particion and the install program one of my disk partitions that was 3gb devidet in 4 one native 700mb swap 600mb and the others i... (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi im a unix system beginner i would like to write a script that will run as follows 1 it will read all process including what they are doing 2 it will list all the processes that were idle or not consuming space in the VMSTAT command like in the cpu or memory coloum so i can kill those... (4 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

how do i write a script that'll open what i entered and scan it for a certain line of text. for example, i enter a filename (that exists) and in that file i want to scan a certain word that'll show how much of that word appears throughout the file. (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need to write a script file that will tell me the largest number in a group of numbers. ANy help is greatly appreciated (2 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Guys I have a quick question I have a file that is approx 1.5 million lines long of which most of the lines start with INFO: some info INFO: some more info INFO: etc I want to remove these lines I was thinking along the lines of :%s/INFO*//g but this does not work None... (6 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

1. How the Unix system identify the Other User to access for file permission? 2. What command we use to convert the extension of a file name? 3. What command use to convert other editing file to Unix based text file? Please answer of these Question???Its necessary for me?? (3 Replies)

7. Programming

Hi, I am doing a C++ self-study and I got stuck with this problem. I want to have a code that asks the suer to enter two numbers and then it lists the numbers between these two numbers. It has also to print a message if these two numbers are equal. Here is what I wrote: #include <iostream>... (11 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I'm new to unix and got struck here.Can any one help me out.My question is .. is the command if ; then echo "do some stuff" fi correct? Thanks in advance abhijeet (18 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, When doing ls -l, is it right to assume that all files with the date and time on it are files that are created/modified on the current year? Is there any way to display the creation/modified date of a file that are not created/modified in the current year? (4 Replies)