1. Shell Programming and Scripting

How to stop the Prstat using shell script ? because after i run the below script the thing seems to be always in loop and cannot get out till i ctrl + c, is there anything that i can add in the script to make it terminate ? <code> #!/bin/sh prstat -Tc -u testing > testing.txt </code> ... (19 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am writing a bash shell script. How can I tell it to stop. For example, I would like to have something similar to the following: mike=1 if ; then STOP THE SCRIPT fi (3 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

It is happening with my sessions already second time: a 'for'-loop for some reason stop to work as expected. That means or it is looping without exitting, or it is not loop even once. Here example of my try when it is not processing even one loop. You can see, I start new subshell and... (14 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am ftping the file from one unix box to another box. This script works fine. Only problem here is, it is asking the password when ftp the file. How can i stop that. I am providing the password inside the shell script. But it is not accepting this. I need to put this script in crontab.... (5 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I would like to develop a shell script for stop & start an application server (1-4) on Solaris box. Here are the user requirements for this task. 1. User will input the option which server they wish to stop. 2. Will clear cache files from specific location. 3. ... (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi guys, I've found two nifty little scripts on these forums one which detects if the F5 key has been pressed: #/bin/sh _key() { local kp ESC=$'\e' _KEY= read -d '' -sn1 _KEY case $_KEY in "$ESC") while read -d '' -sn1 -t1 kp do _KEY=$_KEY$kp ... (0 Replies)

7. AIX

I have a AIX stop script file "stop_service_mail_DE_P" which is as follwoing ( if then sleepforvalue=$(cat stopfileparam|grep sleepperiod|awk -F= '{print $2}') targetdir=$(cat stopfileparam|grep targetdir|awk -F= '{print $2}') touch $targetdir/stop_b2bgate_service_mail_de_p_p sleep... (1 Reply)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi folks, I am running a shell script it asks for username and password to stop some service, I need to write some script that it will read username and password from my shell script and then sucessfully stop services without prompting username/password query. (13 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I need to create a shell script for automated server patching, with the following scenario: I have two Linux servers Primary and secondary. Server patching should start on Primary 1st and then secondary. 1st check both servers are up and running. Then stop primary and patching will... (1 Reply)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

I am writing a bash shell script for GarazLab's "WP EMAIL CRAWLER - AUTO SCRAPER & REAL TIME EXTRACTOR". it contains some commands. I want to stop the shell execution as soon as it encounters an error. how to do it? (8 Replies)