1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to pass a parameter to a function in a script. My parameter is a string. When I display the parameter within my function, I only get the first word from string I pass in. How can I make the function receive the whole string (and not terminate at the first space it encounters)?. part of... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am trying to replace a string with a paramter given along with the script. I am replacing application1 to application2 with the script: ./change_app.sh application2 change_app.sh: #!/bin/ksh grep $1 applications.dat 2>&1 >/dev/null echo $1 file=pckage.new sed 's/Name:... (5 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Guys, I am writing a Unix script which accepts a directory path as parameter $1 so something like /user5.data/WA/01 will be passed in. I want to determine if the directory path passed in contains "WA" as above (because then I need to do something specific if it does) What is the... (9 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I have a variable with value tmp2=123.45.175.243, I am taking this value from a network file. In the script I need to check whether the variable has only numerals and .(dot). if ..." ] then printf "SUCCESS\n" else printf "FAILED\n" fi doesnt work, is there a alternate... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I need to check if a parameter provided at the command line is equal to --.How can i do that ? Please help me. Thanks and Regards, Padmini (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have file like below, Srinivas Jala Srinivas Jala AA Srikanth ML Srikanth ML KK Vijay Kumar Dha Vijay Kumar Dha JJ i want to compare like "Srinivas Jala" word in same line, if i found i shoud get some like found, or not found. Pls help to get the code. (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi friends. i am newbie to shell scripting. I need to create a script where i will be passing 2 parameters to the script and based on that it should work. For ex: start_proc a 2 or start_proc b 2 start_proc a 2 --- this should bring up 2 processes as i define inside the script. start_proc... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hey I'm new in linux, I'm looking for a code to check whether the parameter is a number or a string. I have already tried this code: eerste=$(echo $1 | grep "^*$">aux) if But it doesn't work.:confused: Thanks (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi i have a shell script which needs a string as an input parameter. How to pass the string param as an input? In command line am running the script. for e.g., a="who is a buddy?" sh sample.sh $a Inside the script i get this input param as $1 but only the value "who" is accepted... (12 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I have below code inside my awk script if ( $0 ~ /SVC IN:/ ) { svc_in=substr( $0,23 , 3); if (msg_start == 1 && msg_end == 0) { msg_arr=$0; } } else if ( $0 ~ /^SVC OUT:/ ) { svc_out=substr( $0, 9, 3); if (msg_start == 1 && msg_end == 0) ... (6 Replies)