well i have this code here..and it works fine in kornshell..
#!/bin/ksh
home=c:/..../
input=$1
sed '1,3d' $input > $1.out
line=""
cat $1.out | while read a
do
line="$line $a"
done
echo $line > $1
rm $1.out
however...now i want it just in normal sh mode..how to convert this?... (21 Replies)
Greetings all,
I'm currently writing a shell script menu which is dynamically populated from an array. Have a question to ask about the filtering of invalid input. I'm using KSH.
A brief description of my algorithm is as follows:
1) Read in input from user and store in a variable. (a valid... (2 Replies)
I am trying to find a way to allow users to select multiple options in a shell menu. I am using case and it gives menu options 1-9, how can I set this up so that it give the user the ability to choose more then one option, ie 1,2 or 3,4,5, etc... (4 Replies)
Dear All,
Kindly suggest on how should i proceed with the following requirement
I need to develop an interactive shell script menu which would enable the user to inquire the value of a column based on a key value . The output can be more records..
Also is it possible to do the following
1)... (2 Replies)
Hi, I am getting the error
01.30 Invalid shell error
I am running the bash shell script in the korn login shell.
I have mentioned the #!/bin/bash statement in the my script but not sure why it is giving this error to me.. (4 Replies)
Hi All
I have writing a Korn Shell script to execute it on many of our servers. But some servers don't have Korn Shell installed, they use Borne Shell.
Some operations like calculation don't work :
cat ${file1} | tail -$((${num1}-${num2})) > ${file2}
Is it possible to activate Korn Shell... (3 Replies)
Dear all,
I'd be so grateful if I could get great feedback again for my problems.
We usually spool some text files from our system in csv format.
Unfortunately, some data contains ',' (comma) and it's rare case but when it comes to spool, that row included comma should be invalid data, due... (2 Replies)
The script below fails with the following error messages:
gzip: invalid option -- 'w'
Try `gzip --help' for more information.
mysqldump: Got errno 32 on write
cp: invalid option -- 'w'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
rm: invalid option -- 'w'
Try `rm --help' for more information.
... (1 Reply)
Here is the question...
Create a new script, sub2, taking three parameters...
1.) the string to be replaced
2.) the string with which to replace it
3.) the name of the file in which to make the substitution
...that treats the string to be replaced as plain text instead of as a regular... (1 Reply)