1. Shell Programming and Scripting

All I want to find the occurence of comma in a variable in KORN shell. For example : var = test,test2,test3 .... finding occurence of comma in this variable. Result = 3 now. Please help me to write the code. Thanks in advance. Regards Deepak (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, How will you refer one variable's value using another in unix? For e.g Take the case System1_ip=172.120.20.54 And in latter part of the program while I'm using the values in a for loop I use i=System1 j=${i}_ip k=$j But K's value at the end of the run is System1_ip I want... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

in a text " Korn Shell Unix programming Manual 3° Edition" i have found this sintax to declare a compoud variable: variable=( fild1 (0 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

in a text " Korn Shell Unix programming Manual 3° Edition" i have found this sintax to declare a compoud variable: variable=( fild1 fild1 ) but this sintax in ksh and sh (HP-UNIX) not work... why?? exist another solution for this type of variable ??? (5 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am using two shell scripts a.ksh and b.ksh a.ksh 1. Sets the value +++++++++++++++++ export USER1=abcd1 export PASSWORD=xyz +++++++++++++++++ b.ksh 2. Second scripts calls sctipt a.ksh and uses the values set in a.ksh and pass to an executable demo... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All- First time using iSql. I have 4 query files - some have more than 1 line of sql statements After a bit of research it appears I can just use the -i command and specify the input file. Questions: Does it matter that there are multiple queries in each file? Do I need to have... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

hello, i have a variable which should have following content : var="value1" or var="value2" or var="value2:*" # example: value2:22 how can i check : - if the content is ok (value1 / value2* ) - the two options of "value2" when content is example "value2:22" , i want to split... (3 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm using korn shell and I am wondering if it's possible to use a parameter passed into a function to build a variable name in a configuration file. I have the function in one source file, I'd like to have a global configuration file instead of hardcoding logins to each script. So I have a... (7 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi I am using two shell scripts which are running on the system simultaneously. And in one of the script i am exporting an Integer Variable. Now i want to use the variable in another script. But i cannot run the first script in the second as the first script has many other functions which... (3 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I have a script which should take more than 9 command line inputs while running. Likescript.sh a s d f g h j j k l o p i u y t r e w Now in the script if I have to access one of the input which is at position after 9, in this case say 'p' then how can I do that? echo $12 will not work... (15 Replies)