1. Shell Programming and Scripting

QUERY SCENARIO Here is the actual scenario LOOP echo "$COLNAME $TYPENAME($LENGTH) $NULLS ">>$DDL_FILE END-LOOP COLNAME, TYPENAME, LENGTH, NULLS are the variables and within echo statment the output of which has to go into file specified by DDL_FILE. ... (1 Reply)

2. Solaris

I am new to this so i figure this is an easy one.. How do i change the time zone from Central to Eastern time in SunOS 5.8 ? I thought I needed to edit the /etc/TIMEZONE and them issue TZ=US/Eastern but I want to check. Is a reboot required afterwards? If I want to change the system time... (3 Replies)

3. Programming

Hi All, I am using a book to learn C++. Unfortunately the book, sometimes, uses the maddening phrase, #include <conio.h>, which is a M$ related file and not a part of STL, in some of its examples. My question is: How would you modify the following code so it would compile and run on Linux?... (3 Replies)

4. Programming

Hey guys, i am having problem with displaying my text. my text file is displayed in such a way and is called test....... Sam Worthington ... Jake SullyasZoe Saldana ... NeytiriasSigourney Weaver ... Dr. Grace AugustineasStephen Lang ... Colonel Miles QuaritchasJoel Moore ... Norm Spellman (as... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

What is the easiest way to find the date 6 month prior to the current date. Example: Today is 2011/01/29 I need to find the 1st day of the month, 6 month ago, which is 2010/08/01. I have to count 1/1/2011 as a previous month, since the current day is past 1/1/2011. Is there any easy... (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I've been diving into awk but still learning how to use it for text formatting. Below you can see my results are separated by a comma. Can somebody show me how to separate by TAB as well? An explanation would be appreciated as I did not comprehend the answer in the man pages and would like to gain... (1 Reply)