1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

what is the problem with this comparison in ksh script: if " ] it gives syntx error (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have: datafile contains 1234567890 >wc -c datafile | awk '{print $1}' >11 The program #!/bin/ksh let n = (wc -c datafile | awk '{print $1}') echo $n I expect n to be 11 but it gives error message. What is wrong with this statement? Thanks! (3 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need a way to grep for a string in a file and if it finds it, to print set a variable to "Yes", if it doesn't find the string in a file to set the variable to "No". I plan on using these variables to print a table that lists whether the string was found or not. For example print "File ... (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to write a ksh script using the case statement to select certain directories to remove. The directories that I am looking for are in the following format 2008-10-10. I want to exclude all other files/directories that contain anything other the 4 digit year,a dash, 2 digit month, a... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi guys, im new to UNIX so bear with me. would it be possible for me to create an if statement where i can have a key being entered and something happening after that. (bad explanation) eg. If user enters letter 'q' then close window or exit puTTy Thanks in advance (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I'm trying to run an sql inside a loop which looks like this #!bin/ksh while IFS=, read var1 var2 do sqlplus -s ${USERNAME}/${PASSWORD}@${ORACLE_SID} << EOF insert into ${TABLE} ( appt_date ) values ( '${var1 }' ); ... (6 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to pass a DDL statement into a ksh script & parse the statement. What is the best way to pass a DDL statement into a KSH script. ---------- Post updated at 09:28 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:35 AM ---------- if the name of the script is test.ksh test.ksh "ALTER TABLE... (12 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

#! /bin/ksh rm -f ./xyz file --- this line is working // Below any if stmt is not working. if then echo " blah blah " fi or I replaced above if with if then echo "dir exists" fi This is also not working. I am new to KSH. So can someone help why if stmt is not... (31 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

How can I search get if to pinpoint 1 word in a line and have it do something for me? example: KEY1="<< Response ... Total of 2 >> Sun Jun 19 15:30:18 2011 Tx Power Level is 27.7 Bm ~ " if ]; then command; else error; fi Thats just a quick sample. I want my if statement to se the... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I tried the below code where it is working properly #!/bin/ksh set -x date1_data=abc.txt date2_data=bcd.txt if diff $date1_data $date2_data >/dev/null ; then echo "Equal" else echo "Not Equal" fi Then I tried like below where i want to use only if fi not else part ... (3 Replies)