I have a script that runs the grub-md5-crypt command based on whether the pass_value variable is a non-zero string. The md5 hash is being created in the /opt/hostconfigs/$HOST file, but I can't echo $md5_value. It is blank. Is there a way to create and echo a md5 hash variable?
if
then... (1 Reply)
Can anyone direct me to a resource that explains scripting in simple terms?
I have visited many sites and browsed this forum and have yet to find simple explanations. (8 Replies)
Hi
I want to write a small script that will create folders named from `AAAA' all the way to `ZZZZ'.
That is:
`AAAA'
`AAAB'
`AAAC'
...
`AABA'
`AABB'
`AABC'
...
`ABAA'
`ABAB'
`ABAC'
...
`ABBA'
...
`ZZZZ' (4 Replies)
I have several unix servers,
I need to logon to each server and find out if an id exists on that server.
I need a simple script for this, i have come up with the following script, but I cannot bring the output of a child process on the remote server.
for i in `cat SERVER_LIST`
do
ssh $i... (5 Replies)
I have a local account for a unix server. The idle timeout for the account is around 10 mins. I have to login to the server multiple times during the day. Is there a way to increase the idle timeout or may be a script that I can run on background so it is not idle. Something like echo date every 9... (3 Replies)
Hello - I am in process of deleting many files which are older than 4 weeks.
For example I am inside:
/subsystem/prod/
Files are with various extentions, but anything older than 4 weeks should be deleted.
What would be the most simplest script to acheive this? (4 Replies)
Hello everyone,
I am looking to basically creating md5sum files for all iso files in a directory and archive the resulting md5 files into a single archive in that very same directory.
I worked out a clumsy solution such as:
#find files for which md5sum are to be created and store the... (1 Reply)
Guys I want to do this:
copy:
/var/router/system1/config/backup/install.put
/var/router/system2/config/backup/install.put
/var/router/system3/config/backup/install.put
/var/router/system4/config/backup/install.put
into:
/var/router/system1/config/install.dat... (22 Replies)
Dear all,
I have a directory named A and some subdirectories named B, C, D with .xml files. I want to use the following command to strip the file.
sed -re ':start s/<*>//g; /</ {N; b start}' file.xml > file.xml
At the same time, I want to remove the blank lines using
sed '/^$/d'
How can... (6 Replies)
Hello all!
This is my first post and I'm very new to programming. I would like help creating a simple perl or bash script that I will be using in my work as a junior bioinformatician.
Essentially, I would like to take a tab-delimted or .csv text with 3 columns and write them to a "3D" matrix:
... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: torchij
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basename
basename(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands basename(1B)NAME
basename - display portions of pathnames
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/basename string [suffix]
DESCRIPTION
The basename utility deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the suffix, if present in string. It directs the result to the standard output,
and is normally used inside substitution marks (` `) within shell procedures. The suffix is a string with no special significance attached
to any of the characters it contains.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Using the basename command.
This shell procedure invoked with the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current direc-
tory:
example% cc $1
example% mv a.out `basename $1 .c`
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sh(1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.11 28 Mar 1995 basename(1B)