1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hello everyone! Very basic question for the guru's in here but anyways, I am trying to type a command that is longer than the line. What character do I use to continue my command on the next line? Thanks in advance.... Todd (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I wish to enter directories which are on the HD but not part of the user hierarchy and have access to the contents of an external HD. To an advanced user this is probably a stupid question but I experimented with ~, cd, . and.. to no avail. I did check for a suitable command but couldn't find one.... (9 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Say I write something like the following: var1=1 var2=2 for int in 1 2 do echo "\$var$int" done I want the output to be: 1 2 Instead I get something like: $var1 $var2 (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello All, I am trying to write a script when executed, asks you for the password, and confirm password; it should save to a file and also entered password should not be in clear text on the console - should be as **** Can somebody give me direction in writing this in shell? Thanks Chiru (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi everybody, im writing a bash script, and receiving entry from a user, and i need to check if the word has any wildcards in. do u have any ideas please . thanks . (2 Replies)

6. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers

Hi I am new to linux, when I typed "vi FILE1" I was able to open VI editor. I added some data and I want to save the file and I tried :w but it threw me an error. "file1" E212: Can't open file for writing Press ENTER or type command to continue why I am not able to save it? I read it... (16 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I want to enter into C shell from Ksh remotely. I have written code like, remsh $rHost -l $rUser -n "source $RM_HOME/run_time/.set_env.csh; jar -xvf $package.$extension" But it says; ksh: source : not found ksh: jar : not found Can anyone help me? Thanks. (1 Reply)

8. Solaris

Hi all, I have just installed Solaris 10 on an old Fujitsu Primepower 650 which has been wiped clean. I haven't installed anything apart from the OS yet, so the machine is 99% idle. I get long delays when logging in, first after entering the id then another long delay after entering a valid... (8 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I am looking for a unix command or a small shell script which can takes one parameter and then searches for the passed in the parameter in any or all files under say /home/dev/ Can anyone please help me on this? (3 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

i am passing input parameter 'one_two' to the script , the script output should display the result as below one_1two one_2two one_3two if then echo " Usage : <$0> <DATABASE> " exit 0 else for DB in 1 2 3 do DBname=`$DATABASE | awk -F "_" '{print $1_${DB}_$2}` done fi (5 Replies)