try typing
Then echo $PS1 and $PS2 and see what the values are
You may also want to check environment variables.
Thanks alot mark54g. The reset command worked and the strange behavior is gone now. But i wonder why did that happen and the first place, and what does the reset command do?
Hello All,
I have installed Cygwin on Windows XP and working with some Shell scripting work, I have needed to schedule my script using the cornetab and whatever commands such as "cron", "cron-config" are not working in my cygwin shell,
I re-installed the Cygwin but the same problem is with... (2 Replies)
i am having a weird error on mac os x running some shell scripts. i am a complete newbie at this and this question concerns 2 scripts. one of which a friend of mine wrote (videochecker.sh) a couple weeks ago and it's been running fine on another machine.
then last week i wrote capture.sh and it... (2 Replies)
I am trying to create a shell that asks the user to enter their name, and compare it to my own by saying we have the same name or saying my name and that they have a nice name too. Here is my script...
#!/bin/bash-x
echo "Enter your name".
read name
if
then
echo "My name is Adam too"... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Linux lxs3er06 2.6.9-67.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 7 13:58:04 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
Issue:
While executing shell scripts in bash shell, following error messages are thrown:
rm:command not found
On doing little investigation, I added '/bin' to $PATH and on doing echo... (9 Replies)
I downloaded and installed "Cygwin yesterday onto my PC running Windows XP. When I tried to type "vi" in Cygwin's window, I got the following message bash: vi: Command not found
What shud i do inorder to get into vi editor
Thanks (10 Replies)
I created a script that I need to run from time to time, but get this error message. To get it working again I run this command from time to time:
export PATH="$PATH:~/scripts"
I put all my automated scripts in the /scripts directory and would like to run my scripts from any directory... (5 Replies)
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I think there may be something I dont understand fully.
The following code works well, but I dont like the set domen method.
#!/bin/bash
#
domen="y"
while
do
echo " M A I N - M E N U"
echo "1. Contents of /etc/passwd"
echo "2. List of users currently logged"
echo... (10 Replies)
In the bash below, if the answer is "y" then goto function remove. If the answer is "n" then goto the id variable line (where the date is inputted). However, I am getting command remove not found, but remove is a function not an command. I must have the syntax incorrect? Thank you :).
... (3 Replies)
Hello Experts,
I have been trying to send a test mail in our linux server with sendmail command.But I am getting command not found error message.
-->when I tried whether sendmail installed or not with the command
rpm -qa sendmail* I got the below,
sendmail-cf-8.14.4-8.el6.noarch... (26 Replies)
So I'm trying to pass certain json elements as env vars and use them later on in a script.
Sample json:
JSON='{
"Element1": "file-123456",
"Element2": "Name, of, company written in, a very weird way",
"Element3": "path/to/some/file.txt",
}'
(part of the) script:
for s... (5 Replies)