1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Just want to know a few conversion tricks. in Borne Shell, I have the line: if test -s testmap then ... fi ## testmap is a filename and I wanna test whether it exists ## then do whatever How can I convert that to C Shell? I've tried: if (test -s testmap) then ... endif but it... (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have installed a new program called chimera under the directory /usr/local/bin/chimera. the executable is under the directory /usr/local/bin/chimera/bin/chimera.e If i put myself under the latest directiry and I type ./chimera, the program works. I would like to avoid this and I... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I have some script that creates a temp csv file. What I need to do is do some search and replace and modify the file from my shell script. I know the commands to open the file and then apply the reg ex but wasnt sure how I could do this from a script and modify the file? Any help... (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I am trying to use the Ex editor and its commands in a script - more specifically within an if statement within a while loop. Here are the basics of the loop: cat $file1 | while read line do grep $line $file2 if ] then echo $line > $file2 elseex $file2 /ESI185... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a script that currently runs fine and I need to add or || (or) condition to the if statement and I'm not sure the exact syntax as it relates to the use of brackets. my current script starts like this: errLog="/usr/local/website-logs/error.log" apacheRestart="service httpd restart"... (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have an existing shell script that I am trying to modify. I have about 10 lines of info I want to overwrite using text someone emailed to me. I guess what I am trying to do basically is like a copy/paste, but it's not working for me. I am using Cygwin and vi editor. I open the script and... (4 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

#/bin/sh echo "enter the user name" read $username echo "Enter new home directory" read $newhd usermod -d $newhd $username ;; error while executing : enter the user name Rev Enter new home directory: /home/58745 usermod: option requires an argument -- 'd' Try `usermod --help' or... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello all, I have a Kconfig file that looks like something below ... ================================ menu "Application type" config GUI_TYPE_STANDARD bool "Standard Application" source "cfg/config/std.in" source... (12 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Dear Experts. I need to add/modify the entries in the DNS server and this has to be achieved using shell script and below is the requirement, could you please let me know if a shell script can be written for this task? 1. Log in to primary DNS server 2. Check /etc/named.conf if zone is... (4 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have script which work 70% of the desired task , the output from script.sh is following , however the desired output I require is following . Any piece of suggestion would be great.. thanks in advance, emily #!/bin/bash ... (8 Replies)