First of all, I don't think your script behaves as required, at least I don't see a requirement to tell the user that the argument isn't a directory, or doesn't have the executable bit set.
Try to get the logical flow down for the script first, and jot down some pseudo-code, eg
Code:
if argument given
if directory
count files
exit
else if file
if executable
say so
else
say not executable
else
argument is something else
else
say error
For the tests, test (shorthand: [ ... ]) has some very valuable operators to check for files, directories, executables, and if a string has zero length.
BTW, with your method of counting you'll have a one-off error. Compare the output of ls -l | wc -l and ls | wc -l. I'll leave it to you to find the source of that error
I am using ksh.
There is a report having amounts in the following format,
34343.67-
2343.45
23434.89-
I want to sum up all the amounts. For this I first need to find out if there is a minus sign at the end and prefix it before summing up. How to achieve this?
I thought of using an... (2 Replies)
Hello, i am doing a project for school and i cannot figure out whats wrong with my 2 programs they dont seem to work at all.
the first program is called isprime and naturally it checks to see if hte number is prime or not
here is my code:
#!/usr/bin/bash
num=$1
echo you typed
if ... (2 Replies)
Hello Experts,
I am new at this and need some help. I am looking for a delete command that allows me after I grep for the hostname to delete all the lines between two characters. for example I want to delete the first line all the way up to the } character
host test019 {
hardware ethernet... (10 Replies)
Hi,
The contents of my file is below:
Name,Location,Degree,Gender,Awards
Robert,Philadelphia,Accounting,Male,5
Jane,Chicago,Business,Female,2
Allan,New York,Engineering,Male,6
Tom,Detroit,Computer Science,Male,10
Nancy,Milwaukee,Engineering,Female,4
I want to add a "ID" in the 1st line... (2 Replies)
I have script as following..
server_status= some command | grep "Total error: 0"
if ; then
echo " Server $(hostname) is Down" >>Result
fi
else
echo " Server is OK on $(hostname)" >>Result
the if command seems to be not working properly for some... (13 Replies)
Hiiiiiiiiiiiii all,
Please i want your help fast, the teacher gave us this assignment can u help me to write it?
this is the question:
Write a shell script to point all prime numbers from the fibonacci series of integer N?
using Red hat Os
Thanks all and waiting for ur answers... (1 Reply)
hiiiiiiiiiiiii,,I found an error on my following script but couldnt find it!!! Can you please help me as soon as possible?!
echo "enter a number "
read n
i=0
first=0
second=1
result=0
prime="true"
echo –n " $first $second "
while
do
result=`expr $first + $second`
first=$second... (10 Replies)
Hi all,
can you plz check whether the below code is correct & some inputs.
I need to read the below file and process it.
input :
/home/ibm/var.txt
urgent
not urgent
not needed.
#!/usr/bin/ksh
VAR=/home/ibm/var.txt
if ]
then (7 Replies)
As per code it is getting matched. not sure why it assigning to cols=0.
Any inputs please.
Input : passed is
shell.sh c tablename.
if ; then
cols=1
table=$2
else
cols=0
table=$1
fi (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ramkumar15
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
mktemp
mktemp(3C) Standard C Library Functions mktemp(3C)NAME
mktemp - make a unique file name from a template
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
char *mktemp(char *template);
DESCRIPTION
The mktemp() function replaces the contents of the string pointed to by template with a unique file name, and returns template. The string
in template should look like a file name with six trailing 'X's; mktemp() will replace the 'X's with a character string that can be used to
create a unique file name. Only 26 unique file names per thread can be created for each unique template.
RETURN VALUES
The mktemp() function returns the pointer template. If a unique name cannot be created, template points to a null string.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
EXAMPLES
Example 1 Generate a filename.
The following example replaces the contents of the "template" string with a 10-character filename beginning with the characters "file" and
returns a pointer to the "template" string that contains the new filename.
#include <stdlib.h>
...
char *template = "/tmp/fileXXXXXX";
char *ptr;
ptr = mktemp(template);
USAGE
Between the time a pathname is created and the file opened, it is possible for some other process to create a file with the same name. The
mkstemp(3C) function avoids this problem and is preferred over this function.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO mkstemp(3C), tmpfile(3C), tmpnam(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.11 15 Sep 2004 mktemp(3C)
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