1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Ok, another fun hiccup in my UNIX learning curve. I am trying to count the number of occurrences of an IP address across multiple files named example.hits. I can extract the number of occurrences from the files individually but when you use grep -c with multiple files you get the output similar to... (5 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi All, How can I work on following request? Delete all the html files older than 29th November from the path - /dding/ting/tong/unixyang/output (4 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am fully capable of reading a book to get the answers or looking to the web, but no one has the answer to this one. I had a Zoom 56K V34 Plus external modem (2836A) attached to my Unix box for about ten years without a flaw. This weekend I couldn't access the box remotely through the modem and... (0 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Good afternoon! Im new at scripting and Im trying to write a script to calculate total space, total used space and total free space in filesystem names matching a keyword (in this one we will use keyword virginia). Please dont be mean or harsh, like I said Im new and trying my best. Scripting... (4 Replies)

5. HP-UX

Is there a size limit when passing an argument using wildcards? I.E. when I pass an argument in the form (like) "ftp_auto *.txt" - is there a limitation on the size of UNIX expanding "*.txt" ? (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a log file that I want to extract the field name and the field value and write them to a text file for importation it a database table for reporting purposes. How can I extract the desired data from this file . Example: dbt_dbid=4 dbt_dbid is the field name 4 is the field value... (4 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a script that does log rotation, at 10000k, it will print out the logs as follows: name.date.0.log(1gb) name.date.1.log(1gb) name.date.2.log(200mb) << current log being written to at midnight it reverts back to : name.date.0.log(size) I want it to be able to go past date.9.log... (2 Replies)

8. IP Networking

I even don't dare to ask for a hint, but as I am looking for clues may someone can help me, though reading me bsd handbook. It is about one machine running as media play studio with a debian distro and one machine running bsd 10.2 connected to one router. By booting first the debian machine it... (4 Replies)