1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Student have huge interest about why so many expert choose use UNIX than MS Windows. I consider that SHARE & OPEN is key point.:) (2 Replies)

2. Solaris

I need to use tip from machine A serial port to machine B serial port. Can someone point me to an example of the correct cable to use? Thanks. (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am about to do a script that change the COST so i dont need to change each cost. The output looks like this. "OL_ID OL_LINK_COST ----------- ------------ 51 10 52 10 53 10 54 10 55 ... (3 Replies)

4. Solaris

plz explain TIP in solaris in detail. (11 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

q = ((i + 2) * 6) >> 3 what's the meaning in python? (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I'm just starting working on it. I'd like to get a tip For istance if I have a file like: a b c d e f .... and I wanna get: 1a & 2b & 3c 0d & 8e & 4f ..... I would like to use sed and come up with a regular expression that works.... (3 Replies)

7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

A couple of times there was the question: in a directory hierarchy how to display the deepest directories only. For example in Help with listing only subfolders. My hot solution at that time was (in short) find . -depth -type d | awk -F / 'NF>=p; {p=NF}' But another article has opened my eyes... (6 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Often it has been said that echo is neither portable nor correct. Here is an input.txt: line1 line2 -n line4 -en line6 -x line8 Then the following fails with BSD/Linux/bash: while IFS= read line do echo "$line" done < input.txt It is elegantly improved by means of an echo... (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Dear members, moderators and others. While working on <insert project>, a need has surfaced to watch a directory, and when a file comes, to do appropriate action. So, i started writing some shell code, aware of linux inotify-tools package with inotifywait. Also, i'm seeing a lot of similar... (1 Reply)