1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Is it possible to redirect standard output to two locations? Unfortunately, I need to redirect it to two different files. Or if there might be any utilities that can do it. I'm suspecting not as it's all pipes and filters, but thought I'd ask. (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, My tar file exists in directory: /usr/users/rovolis/test1/archive.tar Now from directory: /usr/users/rovolis/ i run the following command tar xvzf /usr/users/rovolis/test1/archive.tar The problem is that the extraction of files is not done Any idea why? Thank you (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I have to send a processed file to 24 different server locations. I feel, if this job can be done parallel in the background - Time will come down. I found the script to FTP the file for a single server location through past Unix posts as below: #!/usr/bin/ksh ftp -v -n... (16 Replies)

4. Programming

I've got the following two queries: 1) What's the difference in performance if a variable storage is at bss and not at the data section (apart from the initialization to zero in case of data section variables --like static variables). In general, why a developer need to bother about the... (1 Reply)

5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi Can somebody help me with solution for this PLEASE? I have a flat file and need to insert delimiters at fixed positions in all the lines so that I can easily convert into EXCEL with columns defined as per their width. For Example Here is the file { kkjhdhal sdfewss sdtereetyw... (7 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Can someone please help?I have a file - fixed.txt----------------------------AABBBBCCCCCCDDDEEFFFFGGGGGGHHHIIJJJJKKKKKKLLL----------------------------To insert delimiters at fixed lengths of 2, 4, 6, 3, I created a file text1.txt as-------------------2463----------------------and trying to execute... (10 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hey everyone. What would be the best method to insert commas (or comma-quotes) into a file at set locations. Every line in the file looks like this: 1234567890123456 123456BIGAUDIODYNAMITE33 123.12 123456 12345678901234MARK E WILLIAMS 123456 The comma's should... (6 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi , I have a file which looks like this source1 LEN predictive 392879 394347 0.955489 + . Name=sa000003.1;ID=sa000003;Alias=sa121751.1; source1 LEN descriptive_1 391082 392878 . . . Parent=sa000003.1;supp_id=.1805.1; ... (3 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a backup script that runs on CRON that I developed about 5 years ago. It has always worked perfectly but a recent firmware update on my QNAP TS 259 has seem to break the large file move/copy capability amongst the ESATA drives. I would like to just change my backhup.sh so that writes... (3 Replies)