1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi everybody, i want to make an argument at echo command that takes a alpharithmetic and returns it reversed. How this can be done? plus what makefile changes are needed (0 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have a very stupid/simple problem, but for some reason I cannot figure out...and I need your help! I am writting a bash scrip that should be executed using "my_script X Y Z T" where X Y Z and T can be any string, but there can be any number of arguments. I want my script to do... (4 Replies)

3. Homework & Coursework Questions

I have no idea what the following means. The teacher is too advanced for me to understand fully. We literally went from running a few commands over the last few months to starting shell scripting. I am not a programmer, I am more hardware oriented. I wish I knew what this question was asking... (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

This is what I have: #!/bin/bash #ascript.sh WORD1=`tail -n +$1 /home/gscn/word1.txt | head -1` sed -e "s/WORD1/$WORD1/g" < /home/gscn/configtmp > /home/gscn/config WORD2=`tail -n +$1 /home/gscn/word2.txt | head -1` sed -e "s/WORD2/$WORD2/g" < /home/gscn/config2tmp >... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Here is my script: #!/bin/ksh usage () { echo " Usage: $0 <opt1> <opt2> <opt3> <opt4>" } if ; then usage exit; fi prog -a $1 -b $2 -c $3 -d $4 2>&1 | tee -a ~/$1.log I want argument 4 to be optional, so if there's no argument for opt4, that it doesn't... (8 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am new to schell scripting . My objective is to write a ksh shell script that performs following tasks: - 1. Script reads all command line arguments (arguments are file names) and checks if it contains charachters "abc" in it. 2. If it contains "abc" it will execute a binary file xyz <command... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I want to write a code that will cut everything that is under a couple of columns in a text file but so far I am not even close to achieve something like that. Basically, I want to cut all the information from the columns and transfer the column information to a spread sheet. I have... (1 Reply)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Edit: Sorry. Mistakenly posted - please delete (3 Replies)

9. Programming

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10. Homework & Coursework Questions

Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted! 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: 1) The script is executed in the Korn shell. 2) Name the shell script file is asg6s. 3) The asg6s file is... (7 Replies)