I am relatively new unix/linux and am writing a script with many sub scripts. One of my choices in the script asks the user to specify a file to be edited. For this I am using the vi command. I want the user to type in a filename to be edited. However, if the user just hits enter I want vi to start as if a new file was being written.
Here is the is my if statement:
Any help would greatly be appreciated.
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Hi,
I have a statement in shell script which i am writing below:
if ]
then
.....
What is the meaning of -a option in files, meaning of the statement in the if condition ] means.
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can someone please tell me what is wrong with the below. i'm trying to get a script to run if the content of a variable is either small letter y or capital letter Y.
if
then
whatever
fi (4 Replies)
I want to write a program that would convert yard to feet and feet to yard.
i.e
1 yard = 3 * feet
Echo "enter a"
read a
expr a *3
The trick is that I want to give the user some options. After the conversion from yard to feet is done, I want to ask the user whether or not he/she wants to... (10 Replies)
In my ksh script, if the conditions of a if statement are true, then do nothing; otherwise, execute some commands.
How do I write the "do nothing" statement in the following example?
Example:
if (( "$x"="1" && "$y"="a" && "$z"="happy" ))
then
do nothing
else
command
command
fi... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am using Unix ksh script.
I need to insert values to a table using the o/p from a slelect statement.
Can anybody Help!
My script looks like tihs.
---`sqlplus -s username/password@SID << EOF
set heading off
set feedback off
set pages 0
insert into ${TB_NAME}_D... (2 Replies)
I have the program:
#!/bin/ksh
echo Please enter yes or no
read n
typeset -l n
if ]
then
echo My name
exit
else
echo delete my name
fi
Question:
How can I make the program accept only the word "yes" or "no" otherwise it will ask the user to re-enter?
Thanks! (7 Replies)
I'm trying to create a script that would allow me to identify the sucessful removal of a file. Here's what i put together so far, let me know if it's correct or not.
FILE_NAME="cactus.dat"
FILE_FIND='find / -name $FILE_NAME'
if ;then
echo "cactus.dat was not removed successfully" ... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have this code here. Its suppose to do something when certain condition is met, I'm pretty sure at least one of the condition will be meet somewhere in the loop but it always go to else part of the script.
Is something wrong on this script?
age_list=`tar -tvf /home/dir/$tarfile... (4 Replies)
Hi folks,
I have a scenario to convert the update statements into insert statements using shell script (awk, sed...) or in database using regex.
I have a bunch of update statements with all columns in a file which I need to convert into insert statements.
UPDATE TABLE_A SET COL1=1 WHERE... (0 Replies)
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zip_name_locate
ZIP_NAME_LOCATE(3) Library Functions Manual ZIP_NAME_LOCATE(3)NAME
zip_name_locate - get index of file by name
LIBRARY
libzip (-lzip)
SYNOPSIS
#include <zip.h>
int zip_name_locate(struct zip *archive, const char *fname, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
The zip_name_locate function returns the index of the file named fname in archive. If archive does not contain a file with that name, -1
is returned. The are specified by or'ing the following values, or 0 for none of them.
ZIP_FL_NOCASE Ignore case distinctions.
ZIP_FL_NODIR Ignore directory part of file name in archive.
RETURN VALUES
zip_name_locate returns the index of the file named fname or -1, if archive does not contain an entry of that name.
ERRORS
The zip_name_locate function fails and sets the error information to ZIP_ER_NOENT if no entry of the name fname is found in the archive.
If one of the arguments is invalid, the error information is set to ZIP_ER_INVAL.
SEE ALSO libzip(3), zip_get_name(3)AUTHORS
Dieter Baron <dillo@giga.or.at> and Thomas Klausner <tk@giga.or.at>
NiH October 4, 2006 ZIP_NAME_LOCATE(3)