1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I get a $ sign - do I put in a password? What do I do? I don't have a password only a user name and an activation ID - what's next? No one will answer me! (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, I am currently trying to execute a command in a Windows machine from a UNIX server. In order to do this, I am using the RSH command in UNIX but whenever i do this I am getting this error "RSHD: <username>: could not retrieve password: Please login and run rsetup." I log in via the... (0 Replies)

3. Homework & Coursework Questions

Hi All, We've been given the exercise below and I'm stumbling at the first block because we have to take in 20 student names and I don't know how to store them! :( I know that I can create (initialize) 20 different char arrays but this seems wrong somehow... What's the best way to store... (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, I have a script which uses a basic line to add text into another file e.g. grep -i test * >> test.txt Is there a way I can get the output of the grep to output to a specific line in the text.txt for example output above the line starting "Bottom line..." (6 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, Hope you are all well. New to scripting, and all those characters are all a new language for me. Though hoping to get my little head round it all sooner or later. I was wondering whether anyone could help with a script template example. What I would like to happen is to run the script... (8 Replies)

6. Programming

I can't seem to successfully output characters with spaces. I inputted using getchar(). Any other ideas? Thank you in advance! printf ("Enter the Title : "); int i = 0; int c1; while (( c1!= '\n')&& (i <21)) { new_name->title = c1; i++; ... (0 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, trying to download data by the ksh via sftp (password protected). I am looking for the exact syntax. (I know there are 1000 of threads but I have not found anything how to add the password). ftp.XYZ.com User:ABC Passwrd:123 I tried several stuff like: sftp -b... (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hey guys! So I'm working on a program in linux terminal, using perl, to convert dna alignments to amino acid. It involves reading in one sequence and outputting another. I have it set so I can input a file but I can't input any sequences manually, anyone got any ideas about it? I have it set up... (0 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to read 30 files into a command. The first file contains 10 lines and goes into this part of the command as "x" /tmp/filearrange.sh $x The group of files (20 files, I call them variable $i) need to be the second argument in the command and they need to be read so that they are... (9 Replies)

10. Programming

I realize this general issue (inputting strings of variable length in C) has been addressed in myriad locations before, but I'm interested in knowing why my specific approach is not working. (BTW I'm intentionally keeping the size increments small so that I can more easily follow what's going on.... (5 Replies)