1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hey guys- what is the syntax for a string test to verify that a user has entered a 6 digit numeric? Thanks for your help in advance! Todd (9 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi! I'm using echo $string | grep "" -c to test in a script if a string is a number and it seems to work. But how can i find, for example, if a string is a four figures number ? Thanks to all! (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Okay, well this is more or less my first attempt at writing a shell script. Anyways, here's my code: cd ${PATH} if then rm ${FILE} ./anotherScript else exit 1 fi exit 1 Anyways, it's a pretty simple script that is supposed to search for the... (4 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Can you use an if statement after an else? example if then echo "word" else if then echo "word" (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

This is the code: while test 1 -eq 1 do read a $a if test $a = stop then break fi done I read a command on every loop an execute it. I check if the string equals the word stop to end the loop,but it say that I gave too many arguments to test. For example echo hello. Now the... (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello all, I'm trying to automate an if statement in my Perl script. The script opens an input file for reading, checks each line in the file for a particular substring, and if it finds the substring, writes it to an output file. There are approximately 200 different input files. Each has... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to check weather a string is like test* or test* ot *test* in if condition (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am trying to build a test statement but I can't make it work I want to rearrange some fields, so if my "$cfg" variable contains a string ending with .log (*.log) I want to move it in another field. Any help will be much appreciated! Thank you Shell:sh if then log="${cfg}"... (9 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

How do I use bash to test if a line begins with a random number of spaces followed by a letter? (1 Reply)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Is it possible to test against a varible within a ranges in a if statement. ex. if ];then echo "not in range" else echo "number within range" fi (8 Replies)