You're almost there... small changes:
change case 1) to:
and case 3) to:
...and case 4) to:
...and it should work. (works for me )
ps.
You're missing keyword esac after case 4).
Could someone please tell me where the dictionary file for Spell is stored. And is it in a text format so I can read it in a windows text editor. Thanks (1 Reply)
Has anyone ever encountered a good publication or site that is basically a NT(or DOS) to UNIX Dictionary / Translator (i.e. service = daemon or ren = mv, etc) - I've found lots of websites that list like 20 or so command equivalents, but that's about it- what about differences in system folders,... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I inherited a .lib file that I need to use to make a .dll file from a c++ file. I am able to do this in visual studio but I can not do this using cygwin. I would like to build the dll using the commandline in order to create a make file. Can someone help me. I would really appreciate it.
... (0 Replies)
Hey,
I am looking for an inbuilt unix dictionary.I tried to look at the path /usr/dict/word and I do not find anything any dict directory in the /usr folder. Can anyone please tell me how to find out this dictionary?
Thanks
Lee. (1 Reply)
i am having a ms excel file which contains 2 columns, I first column i added words, and in second column meaning to the word in the first column. I want to create a dictionary for mobile like nokia or any java based application running mobile. How it can be created as i, dont know the java... (1 Reply)
I'm using cygwin on win7, What I would like to do is something like this:
cygstart cygwin tail -f /foo/test.log | perl -pe 's/error/\e
I know I can start a new instance using either of these:
mintty -e ...
cygstart tail ...
But neither of those open in ANSI mode, so I can't do... (0 Replies)
I have a text file in UTF-8 format which has the following data structure
HEADWORD=gloss1,gloss2,gloss3 etc
I want to convert it so that all the glosses of the HeadWord appear on separate lines
HEADWORD=gloss1
HEADWORD=gloss2
HEADWORD=gloss3
An example will illustrate the requirement... (4 Replies)
Hi ,
In Unix we have the command ,
"useradd" command ==> To create New user and
"groupadd" ==> To add New group &
Updates to /etc/group and /etc/passwd files will happen automatically.
How will i do the same in UNIX like environment in Windows (In Cygwin Bash promt).... (1 Reply)
I am working on a multilingual dictionary and I have data in three columns. The data structure can be
word=word=gloss
or
word word=word word=gloss gloss
= acts as a delimiter
The number of words separated by the delimiter can be up to 8 or 10. The structure is well defined in the sense... (6 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
line
line(1) General Commands Manual line(1)NAME
line - Reads one line from standard input
SYNOPSIS
line
STANDARDS
Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards as follows:
line: XCU5.0
Refer to the standards(5) reference page for more information about industry standards and associated tags.
OPTIONS
None
DESCRIPTION
The line command copies one line, up to and including a newline, from standard input and writes it to standard output. Use this command
within a shell command file to read from your terminal. The line command always writes at least a newline character.
NOTES
The line utility has no internationalization features and is marked LEGACY in XCU Issue 5. Use the read utility instead.
EXIT STATUS
Success. End-of-File.
EXAMPLES
To read a line from the keyboard and append it to a file, enter: echo 'Enter comments for the log:' echo ': c' line >>log
This shell procedure displays the message: Enter comments for the log:
It then reads a line of text from the keyboard and adds it to the end of the file log. The echo ': c' command displays a : (colon)
prompt. See the echo command for information about the c escape sequence.
SEE ALSO
Commands: echo(1), ksh(1), read(1), Bourne shell sh(1b), POSIX shell sh(1p)
Functions: read(2)
Standards: standards(5)line(1)