I would like to prompt for input and then use it as a variable in a script.
Something like this.
#!/bin/ksh
echo "What is your name?: \c"
read response
echo "Your name is $reply" >file.txt
done
exit 0
What am I missing?
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Hi,
Here is the output of lpstat. I would like to read value of Queue which is(abxxxxb1)and status that is DOWN in first line. i dont care what is in second line. any one can help me.thanks
Queue Dev Status Job Files User PP % Blks Cp Rnk
------- ----- ---------... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I am reading a file line by line using read line function of while loop. Each line contains 4 fields. I want to take these 4 values in 4 variables in each iteration so that i can use them in my script. The issue here is that my awk command is returning awkward results -
Here is a sample line... (8 Replies)
I have 'n' number of files in a folder .each file in the folder "myfolder" is having the content like.
COLNAME
------------
AAAAAA
BBBBBB
CCCCCC
DDDDDD
...
...
...
ZZZZZZ
26 recrod(s) selected.
My request is by reading each file in "myfolder" and format each file such a way... (18 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I have a file. Each record needs to inserted into a table. The table also have other columns which needs to be inserted with Shell variables.
The following is the file.
Error code None.
Error Code 1
The shell script is having these variables.
Name=Magesh
Dep=Coding
... (1 Reply)
I have a file details.csv and I need to create 5 files in same folder named as details1.csv,details2.csv,details3.csv,details4.csv,details5.csv along with contents of details.csv
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Hi ,
i have a parameter which has path of a file. Now i need to have another parameter with the content of that file. I tried the belwo script , can any one please help.
I dont want to use cat command to read. Can we do it with out using cat command.
while read line
do... (9 Replies)
Dear Gurus
I am stuck with the peice of work and do not know from where to start.
I get a machine generated file which is binary file contain binary data, i want to read binary data as it is without converting into any other format.
i want to read byte by byte.
Please let me know what... (24 Replies)
is there any unix tools that can read the text files like through SQL queries? (ie in Hadoop, Impala DB support flat file query) (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
noecho
echo(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions echo(3XCURSES)NAME
echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib
-R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ]
c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <curses.h>
int echo(void);
int noecho(void);
DESCRIPTION
The echo() function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control soft-
ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.11 5 Jun 2002 echo(3XCURSES)