Sorry for not specifying. I'm using bourne and yes the collumns are always the same (only two). Output from the query would look something like this:
1 server001
2 server002
3 server003
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I seem to have found a solution that has been working but may not be the best immplementation:
Hi All,
I wish to automate the unix command 'su' through a shell script.
I would like to pass the content of a file as password to 'su' command.
My script is as below,
#! /bin/sh
su userA
while read line
do
rpm -ivh $line
done < pwd.txt
where pwd.txt contains the password of... (6 Replies)
I need to write a bourne shell script (solaris 10) that accepts input from the user. The input will be a command- any command like ls/ pwd/ mv etc. After the input is read, the shell must execute the command supplied by the user.
I know we use read to play with user inputs. Just not sure how to... (2 Replies)
Hi everyone, i have made a very simple script where it reads the user input and converts the number from celcius to faranheit but instead of running the command and prompting the user for input I want to be able to simply enter a number at the end of the command to run the script.
ex. instead of... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Do we know how to read input file within awk script and send output toanother log file. All this needs to be in awk script, not in command line. I am running this awk through crontab.
Cat my.awk
#!/bin/awk -f
function test(var){
some code}
{
}
END
{
print"test code"
} (5 Replies)
Hi,
I want to write a small code in which script changes command line input to some form.
Example
script.sh a1 a2 a3 a4 .....
output should be "a1|a2|a3|....."
Number of inputs in command line can be any variable (2 Replies)
Hello,
I want to use the read command in order to input a keyword from the keyboard.
I then want to use this keyword in a grep command.
How to I input a phrase as a keyword? For example if I use
read keyword
"today is"
and then use grep, I get "No such file or directory" error. (6 Replies)
Team ,
I am trying to write a case condition for database backups.But I am unable to make the script to read input from command line .
while true ;do
read -p "Do You Wish To Take Database Backup ?? " yn
case $yn in
*) echo " YES take backup ";;
*) echo " NO BACKUP " ;;
... (9 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a input file as below. Input file may contain more hostlists.
sample Input file
$ cat hostlist.lst
cs18-db1-1-sjl
cs22-db1-1-was
na88-db1-1-chi
na21-db1-2-was
I want the output like below format. Pls help. Thanks !
Output format:
... (4 Replies)
Hi,
i am working on one automation , for that i have writing one shell program that take user input in "while read line" block. but read command is taking value that is readed by While block.
while read line; do
command 1;
command 2
echo -n "Do you want to continute > "
read rsp... (2 Replies)