1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I'm very new to UNIX. I need to FTP a file to a remote host. It happens through a port 2222.I need to automate the process as the SCP command prompts for a password. 1) The regular ftp, tells me that the connection is refused 2) The sftp login@remotehost gives me... (0 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, i want to write a script that executes a program (exec?) . this program then requires a filename as input. how do i give it this input in the script so the program will be complete run and close by the script. e.g. exec prog.exe program then asks for filename "enter filename:"... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am fairly novice at bash but not bad at C and so wondered if a for loop could be done as shown below:#!/bin/sh echo "Enter some strings , terminate with a single 'x':"; REPLY=; #I am trying to replace this with a arithmetic for statement: j=0; while ; do ((j++)); # My logic: ... (3 Replies)

4. Solaris

I need to run the spawn command but when I typed it in, I got "ksh: spawn: not found". So, I downloaded spawn-fcgi but it required to be compiled first. The compile failed when I tried it. I need a copy that's ready to be used. Unix system info: OS: Sun Solaris 2.8 Shell: ksh Does... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

i want to write a script that automatically fills in a form and pushes a few buttons. can i do that with bash or something similar? (1 Reply)

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

what is diffenrence between spawn and fork ? "fork() system call spawns the processess" what is mean by this sentence. (1 Reply)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am executing a expect script in while loop for doing telnet on list of servers stored in file as below : expect script : #!/usr/bin/expect -f set timeout 20 set ip set port if { == 0} { send_user "Usage: scriptname ip port\n" exit 1 } #exp_internal 1 log_user 0 spawn... (3 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, i am trying to ssh to a remote machine and execute certain command to remote machine through script. i am able to ssh but after its getting hung at the promt and after pressing ctrl +d i am gettin the out put as expect: spawn id exp5 not open while executing "expect "$" {... (3 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I am having an issue with my script which I am using to get files from a remote server. In my script I am going to server:- REMOTESERVER and directory:- /Interface/Upload, and then getting files from there to my local server directory:- /ftp/jail_nextview_LMS/home/nextview_LMS/outbox. ... (1 Reply)