I need to query a http site and then parse the xml results, this works well if I use the string in IE but I require an automated solution.
I have tried using the following as well as HTTP::Request, nothing seems to work any suggestions would be appreciated, I have tried diffrnt things I found on... (7 Replies)
I need to write a perl script to execute external programs and grab the output and return code. Each program should be killed if it has not completed within X seconds.
Imagine that the script goes something like this :
@commands = &get_commands();
foreach $cmd (@commands) {
$pid =... (4 Replies)
I need to write two shell scripts for an rsync backup solution. The first script will copy all backed up files into a folder named after the original folder, plus a date stamp (so e.g. if the original folder name is 'foo' and is backed up on the 10th of September, then the backup folder will be... (0 Replies)
Hello,
Please advise. Scoured this site, as well as google for answers. However if you do not know what to search for, it's a bit hard to find answers.
INPUT:
ACTASS=
802
BASECOS=
279
COSNCHG=
3
CUSCOS=
52
UPLDCOS=
2
DESIRED OUTPUT:
ACTASS=802
BASECOS=279 (13 Replies)
I am using ii for irc on my pogoplug...
hxxp://hg.suckless.org/ii/file/d163c8917af7/FAQ
If you look at the bottom of there, it states
31 What other fancy stuff can I do with ii?
32 ----------------------------------------
33 It is very easy to write irc bots in ii:
34... (3 Replies)
Howdy folks,
I'm trying to craft a log file summarisation tool for an application that creates a lot of duplicate entries with only a different suffix to indicate point of execution. I thought I'd gotten close but I'm clearly missing something.
Here's a genericized version:
A text_file... (3 Replies)
Hello everyone! I am brand new at this forum thing and wanted to thank all of you for your time and help in advance for helping me troubleshoot my issue.
I am fairly new to shell scripting and scoured the entire internet to find a solution for my issue to no avail and hope you're able to help.
... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I am in a Unix class and have been out of town. I have been tasked to generate a couple of scripts and ahve never done it before. I have a virtual machine running Ubuntu. The task is below
Prompt the system administrator for all valid input parameters
Generate a menu to ask which... (1 Reply)
As a followup to my previous thread, I'm trying to make a complicated perl script that involves storing information from a text file into a hash, and giving the user the ability to change the information present/write the information currently inside the hash to a new file. This is the code I've... (8 Replies)