1. Solaris

Im trying to edit a 113 meg file in VI and i get the error TMP FILE TOO LARGE. Does someone know how to get around this? Thanks! (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello if I like to move file from defined directories system to new directory that not contained any directories system structure . But I like to create the same file system structure as source directory for example : I have 2 directories: foo1 and foo2 foo1 have directories and foo2 have... (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I was experimenting with redirection. Manual says >&digit --> standard output is redirected to the file descriptor digit I tried exec 3>myout exec >&3 This sent all the output to myout. Nothing was coming on the screen. I was thinking duplication will result in output similar to what... (7 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

i have a script in bourne called cdrsnokia.sh and inside of it calls a script called resta_dias where it calls the datecalc script (perderabos date calculator). The purpose is to rest (-) one day arithmetical operation the content of each line and the result is passed to another file lista2;after... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Is there no simple way using 'date' command just to get number of days from given date. ie. if I pass 2007-01-15 as an argument. I want to obtain result as 015 Simarly for 2007-02-10. I want to obtain result as 41. Can't this be achieved by simple 1 or 2 lines of command (date). As this is... (1 Reply)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello: I need to generate two datetimestamps in one hour apart. the start date is 05262008000000 then generate the following dates 05262008010000 05262008020000 05262008030000 ... ... ... ... ... ... 05262008230000 05272008000000 05272008010000 05272008020000 05272008030000 ...... (5 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a doubt in date conversion. Can anyone explain the logic behind the date2jd and jd2date in datecalc function specified in this forum. I could not understand what the number are actually representing. Please explain...bcoz i am doing a program with this one.. Note: No need to... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

i'm trying to parse a file with lines like the below where i need to get a diff on the 169-182 so that the result is 13 for instance. I was looking into using bc but am not that familiar with embedding it in a script. john8:9. 169-182 any ideas are appreciated! (5 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi guys. I am trying to subtract 10 minutes from the current Unix system date and time. I have the datecalc provided here but it is mainly the date and not the time. Please check on how can i subtract 10 minutes from the current time using datecalc or any other shell scripting that will... (2 Replies)