1. Shell Programming and Scripting

How do I execute a command containing a double quote ? I pass a variable to grep that contains spaces, so I need to quote it, but it does not work. #!/usr/bin/ksh set -x txt='"next to"' cmd="grep $txt ~dpearso5/file2" echo $cmd $cmd This is the error I get: + grep "next to"... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/sh copy() { source=`stat -c %s $1` dest=0 cd $2 while ;do cp $1 $2 & pct=`((100 * $dest) / $source )` dest=`dest+1` echo -en ".$pct%\b\b\b" sleep 1 done } echo "starting now" copy /file1 /tmp (3 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Is there any way we can findout which job/process in unix environment is generating error mails. I am continuously getting it with no subject.. I know the hostname. And the error in mail - SQL server timed out. There are hundreds of jobs runing there. How can we find the culprit... (3 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a shell script which composes a dynamic command (DataStage application): conn="/DS/Ascential/DataStage/DSEngine/bin " paramlist=" -run -jobstatus -wait -mode NORMAL -param JOB_ID=98246 -param PREVRUNDT='2010-03-20 18:00:00' -param CURRRUNDT='2010-03-21 18:00:00'" jobinfo=" APPPRJ... (2 Replies)

5. Solaris

I'm trying to generate this key but getting an error "file not found" Here is the command: # ssh-keygen -t dsa Generating public/private dsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (//.ssh/id_dsa): /export/home/bartadm/.ssh/id_dsa Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, Trying to change the prompt. I have the following code. export PS1=' <${USER}@`hostname -s`>$ ' The hostname is not displayed <abc@`hostname -s`>$ uname -a AIX xyz 1 6 00F736154C00 <adcwl4h@`hostname -s`>$ If I use double quotes, then the hostname is printed properly but... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

RHEL 6.2/Bash shell root user will be executing the below script. It switches to oracle user logs in using sqlplus and tries to run the below UPDATE statement. All the commands after su -c are enclosed in a single quote delimited by semicolon. The execution has failed because the quotes... (3 Replies)

8. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Example: `abc.ksh | grep '^GLIS'| awk -F' ' '{print \$1}'`; (3 Replies)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hello All, May i please know how do i ensure my split command would NOT generate incomplete output files like below, the last lines in each file is missing some columns or last line is complete. split -b 50GB File File_ File_aa |551|70210203|xxxxxxx|12/22/2010 20:44:58|11/01/2010... (1 Reply)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Please help me to use echo or printf type of command to print some value from variable within double quotes - I want to print the double quote ( " ") also. I tried #!/bin/bash VALUE=some_value echo '{"value" : "$VALUE"}' I was expecting the above script would produce .. {"value" :... (3 Replies)