02-23-2009
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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I am passing a variable site_name from a shellscript to an SQL script and then I want to spool an sql query on to my Unix box and generate a CSV file.
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all...
This is probably the simplest question but its driving me round the bend :-(
does anyone know how to store a single quote in a variable. Im using cygwin bash
for example
single_qoute = " ' "
echo single_quote
dosnt work :-( it is absolutely baffling me!
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3. Programming
Hi !
Can anyone please tell me how can I check if a character is single quotes in C ?
Thanks,
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Please help me to echo the following statement using single quotes
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm not very familiar with the ssh command. When I tried to set a variable and then echo its value on a remote machine via ssh, I found a problem. For example,
$ ITSME=itsme
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itsme
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, I have a sed line in double quotes which works fine, but I want it to be in single quotes
here is the sed line
sed "/abc_def/s/\'.*\'/\'\${abc_def}\'/"
can some one give the equivalent to the above script in single quotes
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Unix superusers,
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi I want to replace single quote with two single quotes in a perl string.
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Trying to change the prompt. I have the following code.
export PS1='
<${USER}@`hostname -s`>$ '
The hostname is not displayed
<abc@`hostname -s`>$ uname -a
AIX xyz 1 6 00F736154C00
<adcwl4h@`hostname -s`>$
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DP(8) [nmh-1.5] DP(8)
NAME
dp - parse dates 822-style
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/mh/dp [-form formatfile] [-format string] [-width columns] [-version] [-help] dates ...
DESCRIPTION
Dp is a program that parses dates according to the ARPA Internet standard. It also understands many non-standard formats, such as those
produced by TOPS-20 sites and some UNIX sites using ctime(3). It is useful for seeing how nmh will interpret a date.
The dp program treats each argument as a single date, and prints the date out in the official 822-format. Hence, it is usually best to
enclose each argument in quotes for the shell.
To override the output format used by dp, the -format string or -format file switches are used. This permits individual fields of the
address to be extracted with ease. The string is simply a format string and the file is simply a format file. See mh-format(5) for the
details.
Here is the default format string used by dp:
%<(nodate{text})error: %{text}%|%(putstr(pretty{text}))%>
which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', and the date in error. Otherwise, output the 822-proper format of the
date.
FILES
$HOME/.mh_profile The user profile
PROFILE COMPONENTS
None
SEE ALSO
ap(8), Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages (RFC-822)
DEFAULTS
`-format' default as described above
`-width' default to the width of the terminal
CONTEXT
None
BUGS
The argument to the -format switch must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes dp. Therefore, one must usually place
the argument to this switch inside quotes.
MH.6.8 11 June 2012 DP(8)