1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, How do I write a korn shell that will rename file with the current date. What I want to do is, I have a file that is re-written every day. But instead, I want to keep a 14 day history of the file. So I want to write a script that will rename the current file with a date attached to the... (2 Replies)

2. HP-UX

When I try to run previous commands from the shell history, some irrelevent output is given (something like a script coding). What is the reason for this? (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Morning, people! I'd like to call upon your expertise again, this time for a sed endeavor. I've already searched around the forums, didn't find anything that helped yet. background: Solaris 9.x, it's a closed system and there are restrictions to what is portable to it. So let's assume I... (4 Replies)

4. Programming

hii to all i am developing a simple unix shell in c i want to add history feature in that how could i do that plz help if there is any tutorial or website plz put it here history feature should be like that in bash, when press up key show the previous command typed in console plz be... (1 Reply)

5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi all, My need is : 1. To know who , when , which command used. 2. Local user should not delete this information. I mean , with an example , i can say i have a user user1 i need to give all the following permissions to user1, : a. A specific directory other than his home... (3 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, My need is : 1. To know who , when , which command used. 2. Local user should not delete this information. I mean , with an example , i can say i have a user user1 i need to give all the following permissions to user1, : a. A specific directory other than his home... (1 Reply)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello All, Many developers in our company use same application account to log in Linux Box for code development, how can i redirect my log in shell history to a different file to avoid history being shown to others or accidentally execute the same command which i or others executed? Thank you. (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am working on converting shell to Perl script. In shell we have built in function trap Do you know alternative in Perl or actually we don't need it? Thanks for contribution (3 Replies)