1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I have a doubt in the way the variables inside a function are treated . if a function is called from the main script directly, the variables inside them act as global variables. however if the return value of the function is stored to some other variable in the main script as shown,... (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Guys, I´m have this problem and I do not know what to do anymore: cod=`sqlplus -s ${DATABASE} << EOF set heading off feedback off verify off select max(eventid) from events; exit EOF` sed "s/CODEVENTID/${cod}/" c.ctl Abova What I´ve done. The CODEEVENTID is already set into a... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all I would like to know if there is a way to return an array for a function. As I know function can return all the contents in an array, I want to return an array type. (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

how to return value from function and print from main program??? And also I need to return true or false... Is it possible? (5 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have write a shell function to get the maximum of a vector. However, the returned value from the function is not always the correct one. Here is the script: maxval() { local max j i size arrval size=$1 ; shift max=-999999999 i=0 while do arrval="$1" if then ... (5 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am using ksh. I want to know how can we make any function to return string or double value. I dont want to use the global variables. (5 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have two scripts. script1.sh looks -------------------------------- #!/bin/bash display() { echo "Welcome to Unix" } display ----------------------------- Script2.sh #!/bin/bash sh script1.sh //simply calling script1.sh ------------------------------ (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Not sure where the problem is. I can run the script without any issue using the following command. . /opt/app/scripts/cdc_migration.sh But it fails with the below error when I try it this way /opt/app/scripts/cdc_migration.sh /opt/app/scripts/cdc_migration.sh: line 65: return: can only... (1 Reply)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, Good Day, seeking for your assistance on how to not perform my 2nd, 3rd,4th etc.. function if my 1st function is in else condition. #Body function1() { if then echo "exist" else echo "not exist" } #if not exist in function1 my all other function will not proceed.... (4 Replies)