1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, How do I store following command output: export RESULT=`date` & It works when I do : export RESULT=`date` But what I need is when command put it background, I also need that output going to RESULT variable. Is there any way ? Thanks Sanjay (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am getting the following error while executing the script. Please can someone throw some light where is the problem. Many thanks. ./check: temp: not found The directory related to SEP instance 4 does not exist. The script is as follows. SEP_APP="/scp/sepx/app... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, My requirement is : We are calling an sql statement from a UNIX session, and fetching data into some variables from a table .. now we are unable to access these variables from outside the SQL part. Please let me know how can I achieve this. Can you please share a code snippet which... (4 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Example output: /tmp/generatelines.sh line1 line2 line3 line4 I want each output line assigned to its own variable, ie: "line1" --> $a "line2" --> $b "line3" --> $c "line4" --> $d Is this possible without writing to a temporary file? Thanks (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

When I run following command date Output1 => Thu Sep 9 03:26:52 IST 2010 When I store in a varibale as a=`date` echo $a output2 => Thu Sep 9 03:27:02 IST 2010 The differnece is, it is trimming the space when I am storing the output in varibale. Output1 = Thu Sep 9 03:26:52 IST 2010... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi how can i store sqlplus output to a variable in sh script (not bash) Thanks MM (1 Reply)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I typically pull a bunch of data via SQL that lists a bunch of users and the server on which they want to access, as well as other attributes, in one row of an excel sheet and the number of rows is directly proportionate to the number of users. I'm trying to write a loop to read each line of the... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need some help: 1) I have a out put from a shell script, the out put looks like this: Attempting privilege escalation using sudo ... List backups for CLTST: Start date Status Ret. Class Label -------------------- ------------ ------------ ... (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Pals, I have a file which contains a set of similar lines, as follows: Remedy Support Action Triggered by Incident Modification of type: ARA username2 ########## ARA|INC0000178532 INC0000178532 0000000019879 000000000038372 Remedy... (6 Replies)

10. Programming

I am trying to store output of python command in variable. Could you please help how I can do that ? For example I am executing the following command - "CentOS" in server_desc The output would be True or False I would like to store the output in a variable say outPut and use condition... (4 Replies)