1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am giving a grep command, and i am getting the output. i want to store it in a variable for eg a = grep '12345' /dir/1/2/log.txt ( the output is number) b= grep 'basic' /dir/1/2/log1.txt (in this case the output is character) so how to assign the output of grep to a variable ... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I want to assign a comment to a veriable for example my program head -1 myfile I want to assıgn output to a variable (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Guys ! I am new to unix and want to find out how we can make sql statement data to shell script variable? Any help/suggestion is greatly appreciated -Chandra (1 Reply)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I work in ksh88. I have an interective script which prompts the user for the input and returns numeric value depending on the input provided. I need to call this script inside another script and then assign the resulting output the the variable. The call like that A=`my script` obviously... (6 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

greetings all, I am have a heck of a time trying to accomplish a very simple thing. I have an array of "shortname<spaces>id" created from a dscl output. I want to assign shortname=word1 and id=word2. I have tried shortname=$(${textArray} | awk '{print $1}') - and get 'awk : cannot open... (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

isql select count(*) from Table eof How to assign record count output of isql query to a shell variable ? (4 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I'm new to the scripting world... I want to know that how can I assign the the field value(that has multiple lines) of a .csv file to a variable??? Model of my .csv file : 1 Poppy 5 2 red 6 3 black 5 4 white 8 and so on,the list... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Folks, I am trying to assign a value from the command to a dynamic variable. But I am not getting the desired output.. I am sure something is wrong so i need experts advise. There will be multiple files like /var/tmp/server_1, /var/tmp/server_2, /var/tmp/server_3, having different server... (6 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, guys, i have a script i inherited from a coworker but i'm not perl savy. The script works but i would like it to work better. I want to run this command ./ciscomgrtest.pl -r "show version" -h hosts.router and have the script goto each router in the hosts.router file and run the command... (2 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi guys, Is there a way to assign curent time to PS4 variable in ksh. My goal is to have each line produced by 'set -x' command to have a time stamp. Here is my code: $cat test #!/usr/bin/ksh export PS4="`date` " set -x echo "TRACE LINE ONE" echo "I WILL SLEEP FOR 10 SEC" sleep 10... (2 Replies)