1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

This isn't causing me a problem, but it is puzzling (& slightly worrying) me. If I use tar to copy to a tape & the tape is write protected, I only get the message 'tar: tape write err' if there are a few files to copy. eg. # tar cvf /dev/rStp4 /usr/data will produce the messages ... (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

The following command does not work under cygwin bash. ant debug >log 2>&1 && ant image >>log 2>>&1 & pid=$! It gives the error "-bash: sysntax error near unexpected token '&'". Is there a way I can redirect std output and std error to file "log" for both the commands "ant debug" and "ant... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi frnds, I have written a script as follows. ssh username@servername "find $1 -type f -name $2 -mtime +1 -exec rm '{}' \;" when i excute tis script i get error FIND: Parameter format not correct parameter 2 is the file name .. . Thx in advance (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I am trying to run the below cmd thro' a script. awk 'NR>=48&&NR<=(58-1)' $IN_FILE_NAME | tee $OUT_FILE_NAME but I am getting an err while running the script. It gives the below err msg : awk: syntax error near line 1 awk: bailing out near line 1 (P.S Note: When run the... (6 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Im using the vmstat command to display the CPU run queue, but i want to put that into a program so is there a way to just display the number under the r? Thanks, (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi.... below cmd (to get current hour - 1) works in localhost...whereas to get the same value in remote host..no result.. looks some pharsing error...can someone help? $ date Monday, 3 May 2010 09:15:46 GMT $ perl -e 'print "" . localtime(time()-$ARGV) . "\n";' 3600 Mon May 3 08:15:57... (1 Reply)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, How to: Run a bash script, display on the screen and save all information in a file including error information. For example: I have a bash script called test.sh now I want to run the test.sh and display the output on the screen and save the output including error info to a file. ... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Bonjour, I have a large script with a lot of print statements and misc commands. Standard and error outputs are redirected like into the following code : #!/usr/bin/ksh LOG=/<some dir>/log > $LOG exec >>${LOG} 2>>${LOG} print aaaaa print bbbbb print ccccc ... some_cmd That way,... (5 Replies)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hi, Does anyone know if there is anyway to run sdiff such that it shows the name of the files as it display the results of the differences? That is, I want it to show the filenames on each column and then display the differences I can't find any option that allows this. Maybe someone has a... (2 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Can anyone offer any advice on how to modify the script below to work on a new system we have, that has no graphics capability? We admin the system through a serial RAS device. I've tried running the below script through the RAS and through an ssh -X session. It failed with something like "GTK... (3 Replies)