Not much I guess - here is a starting script but I will not write it to the end for you
Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh
CUR_DATE=`date +%d/%b/%Y`
if [[ -z $2 ]]; then
END_DATE=${CUR_DATE}
else
END_DATE=$2
fi
for MY_ARG in $@; do
case ${MY_ARG} in
[0-9][0-9]/[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z]/[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]) echo "ok";;
*) echo "not ok";;
esac
done
exit 0
how do i validate y script so that it only accepts values between 1 and 3 and against any character input, cause at the moment i can only validate against numbers outside 1 and 3 but not characters
cheers (4 Replies)
I am trying to validate input from the user in a script. I thought is was easy to do using regular expressions but I can't figure out how to use REs in a conditional. I have tried using grep from a temp file, sed from a temp file, sed from command line, comparison in an if condition and I cannot... (1 Reply)
Trying to create a script in BASH that would ask the user to enter another user name making sure the input is not blank before they hit enter then to check the home directory of that user does exist, I have the check folder sorted it's just the loop to make sure the user has entered chars (5 Replies)
i have a input file like this
001|rahim|bajaj|20090102
while reading the file i need to check whether the first column is a number
second column is a name
is there any methodology to check for the same
thanks in advance (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a shell script(K shell) which takes a date as input.
i want the input to be in DD-MM-YYYY format.
Can i enforce such a format of input string using just one line of code?
OR
do i need to parse the input date into different components and test them using Case statements... (2 Replies)
Yes, i did... let me state my problem in more detail
Inputs:
I have one input CSV file
And, i have stored no. of comma each line should in a variable.
e.g.
$ cat cmt.csv
this, is a ,comma ,count test1
,,this, is a ,comma ,count test2
this, is a ,comma ,count test3... (6 Replies)
Hi All,
I have tried to use ckdate (sun) command in script. It checks the input parameter which should be in 'YYYYMMDD format.
date=$( echo $1 | ckdate -f "%Y%m%d") | true
if ]
then
print " success"
else
print "no success"
fi
But in whatever format i pass the parameter,... (3 Replies)
I'm trying to set up a script that takes user input and validates that the user input was entered correctly.
So far I have this:
while :
do
echo "Please enter your name."
read NAME
if
then
echo "You have not entered a name."
echo... (13 Replies)
how to check input date format.
for example $input_date must be in format dd.mm.gg
script is execute like this:
bin/script1.sh 14.12.2009
script1.sh code:
#!/bin/sh
input_date=$1
CMD="/app/si/test/test.sh $input_date"
echo "*****"
$CMD (2 Replies)
Hi all,
i had a code where in user will enter a date in yyyymmdd format.. i didnt use any validation for the date and now the problem is if a user enters date instead of month after year it is proceeding with the code..
like if the date is 20120426 and if the user enters 20122604 it... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: smarty86
4 Replies
LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
echo
echo(1) User Commands echo(1)NAME
echo - echo arguments
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/echo [string]...
DESCRIPTION
The echo utility writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output. If there are no arguments,
only the NEWLINE character is written.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files, for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of environ-
ment variables.
The C shell, the Korn shell, and the Bourne shell all have echo built-in commands, which, by default, is invoked if the user calls echo
without a full pathname. See shell_builtins(1). sh's echo, ksh's echo, ksh93's echo, and /usr/bin/echo understand the back-slashed escape
characters, except that sh's echo does not understand a as the alert character. In addition, ksh's and ksh93's echo does not have an -n
option. sh's echo and /usr/bin/echo have an -n option if the SYSV3 environment variable is set (see ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES below). csh's
echo and /usr/ucb/echo, on the other hand, have an -n option, but do not understand the back-slashed escape characters. sh and ksh deter-
mine whether /usr/ucb/echo is found first in the PATH and, if so, they adapt the behavior of the echo builtin to match /usr/ucb/echo.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
string A string to be written to standard output. If any operand is "-n", it is treated as a string, not an option. The following char-
acter sequences is recognized within any of the arguments:
a Alert character.
Backspace.
c Print line without new-line. All characters following the c in the argument are ignored.
f Form-feed.
New-line.
Carriage return.
Tab.
v Vertical tab.
\ Backslash.
n Where n is the 8-bit character whose ASCII code is the 1-, 2- or 3-digit octal number representing that character.
USAGE
Portable applications should not use -n (as the first argument) or escape sequences.
The printf(1) utility can be used portably to emulate any of the traditional behaviors of the echo utility as follows:
o The Solaris 2.6 operating environment or compatible version's /usr/bin/echo is equivalent to:
printf "%b
" "$*"
o The /usr/ucb/echo is equivalent to:
if [ "X$1" = "X-n" ]
then
shift
printf "%s" "$*"
else
printf "%s
" "$*"
fi
New applications are encouraged to use printf instead of echo.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Finding how far below root your current directory is located
You can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o Echo your current-working-directory's full pathname.
o Pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters.
o Pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
Below are the different flavors for echoing a string without a NEWLINE:
Example 2 /usr/bin/echo
example% /usr/bin/echo "$USER's current directory is $PWDc"
Example 3 sh/ksh shells
example$ echo "$USER's current directory is $PWDc"
Example 4 csh shell
example% echo -n "$USER's current directory is $PWD"
Example 5 /usr/ucb/echo
example% /usr/ucb/echo -n "$USER's current directory is $PWD"
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of echo: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MES-
SAGES, and NLSPATH.
SYSV3 This environment variable is used to provide compatibility with INTERACTIVE UNIX System and SCO UNIX installation scripts. It is
intended for compatibility only and should not be used in new scripts. This variable is applicable only for Solaris x86 platforms,
not Solaris SPARC systems.
EXIT STATUS
The following error values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Committed |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Standard |See standards(5). |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO ksh93(1), printf(1), shell_builtins(1), tr(1), wc(1), echo(1B), ascii(5), attributes(5), environ(5), standards(5)NOTES
When representing an 8-bit character by using the escape convention n, the n must always be preceded by the digit zero(0).
For example, typing: echo 'WARNING: 7' prints the phrase WARNING: and sounds the "bell" on your terminal. The use of single (or double)
quotes (or two backslashes) is required to protect the "" that precedes the "07".
Following the , up to three digits are used in constructing the octal output character. If, following the n, you want to echo addi-
tional digits that are not part of the octal representation, you must use the full 3-digit n. For example, if you want to echo "ESC 7" you
must use the three digits "033" rather than just the two digits "33" after the .
2 digits Incorrect: echo " 337" | od -xc
produces: df0a (hex)
337 (ascii)
3 digits Correct: echo " 0337" | od -xc
produces: lb37 0a00 (hex)
033 7 (ascii)
For the octal equivalents of each character, see ascii(5).
SunOS 5.11 8 Apr 2008 echo(1)
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