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
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
Thank you for helping me
the time is up for submission !
i will try to revise again. i hope i can share my knowledge with you soon ...
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I notice that you posted the identical question on LQ.org. Here is a reply from there.
yes, i was trying to gather info as much as i can
Thank you ...
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
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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)