1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i try to get the year and month values using the below shell script when i enter the script like this #!/usr/bin/ksh dd=`DATE +%Y%M` echo $dd it is showing the error as shown below abc.ksh: DATE: not found any suggestions please (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Date of Request: 20080514 10:37 Submitted By: JPCHIANG i want to get the value "JPCHIANG" only in read a file, however, when i do this: name=`"$line"|cut -d " " -f8` it display all the line and append 'not found' at the end of the statement the $line is actually a variable in a... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Guru`s, I have to write a prog. which will traverse through diff. directories and then extract some data from files. I have written it and its working fine. But I have tested it in 1 folder. There are many folders and I need to loop through each of them. I am not sure abt the... (4 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

How do I assign values to reference variables? I am assigning a variable name to --> $user_var Then I am trying to change its underlying variable value by $((user_var))=$user_value .. its failing,, Please let me know if there is a way to do this dynamically.. FileA.props... (5 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I wnat to assign a set of values to a variable and use it in if condition. for example: i=$1 d=1 2 3 4 5 6 if then echo "Fine" else echo "Check" fi i will either of the value in d, i.e. i can be 1 or 2 or any value in d, How this can be done? Thanks in advance (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a situation where my variable needs to pick up any of the 4 values from the environment it is in for e.g i am on server named a server=a (script running on this server) ftp servers= b c d e ----- the parameter passed should be any of these values in these 4 values, if not throw an... (4 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could assist me for (what is probably) a very straightforward answer. I have input files containing something like File 1 Apples Apples Apples Apples File 2 Bananas Bananas Bananas Bananas (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a code like this v_num=9 comp_num=39 if then echo "pass" fi echo "end" I am getting an error ksh: v_num=99 comp_num=39 if then echo "pass" fi echo "end" (3 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi , i have file which is having two fields in it (#delimited) ABC#FILE_01.DAT DEF#FILE_02.DAT i want to write first field values to one array example A_01 and second field values to B_02 array please let me know how to do this ,my final requirement i have send out a mail for each record... (2 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Is it possible to have a user input multiple words in one line and have the script assign each word a variable? I'm stuck please assist. Example using "BILL JOHN SARA JILL" as what the user could type: printf "Enter account names: " BILL JOHN SARA JILL read input (9 Replies)