I came across the following problem, where file contents are overwritten using redirection. Can somebody please explain what cat << BAR seems to be doing and say why this is a problem? Explain the contents and relation between the two filenames used before the cat command. thanks
/tmp# echo... (2 Replies)
Hi,
in my script I need to execute the following command:
query $id 456 432
but it waits for a RETURN character from keyboard and therefore, it fails. I tried something like:
query $id 456 432 << '\n'
but, i'ts clear it is not correct. Is there any way to do this?
Thxs. (0 Replies)
Hi all,
I am working with the Grinder tool (unrelated to my question) to redirect the output of a program to a file as follows:
java -cp $CLASSPATH net.grinder.TCPProxy > grinder.txt
This is a proxy server which pipes output to a file. When I do something on my proxy, more and more goes to... (1 Reply)
Hi all,
Maybe someone is able to help:
Need to redirect the output of a command in realtime to a second command. Command-A executes a remote shell to another host, and outputs its results. Command-B displays a "dialog" with the outputs of Command-A.
Command-A Output:
Updating FileA... (2 Replies)
I just wondered if I'm understanding this command line correctly
cat 2>save1 0<memo | sort 2>save2 1>letter
This means that stdin will read from memo and if there is an error then stderr will write to save1. Am I correct in saying that the sort command will sort the memo file and write... (2 Replies)
for shell operators like <, >, <<, and >> do the LHS always have to be a process or device and the RHS a file or device?
Is it possible for the RHS to be a process? (1 Reply)
I want to redirect stderr and have the following peice of code
$ cat t1.ksh
#!/bin/ksh
func2()
{
diff /tmp/jdlkwjdlkejew /tmp/djlkwejdlewdjew >$OUTPUT_FILE 2>>$ERR_FILE
}
func1()
{
let counter=0
while
do
print -u2 "Error: In main function"
func2
let... (1 Reply)
So I have a existing file that I used the uniq command on and I need to save the output to the same file without changing the file name.
I have tried $ uniq filename > filename
then when I cat the file it then becomes blank like there is nothing inside.
any help would be much appreciated... (0 Replies)
OS : AIX 6.1
Shell : Korn
in the url
https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=361463&tstart=0
I came across a crontab entry example
00 23 * * 1,3,5 <complete shell script path> 1> <log file> 2>&1
From googling , I gathered that
0 - stdin
1 - stdout
2 - stderr
I... (5 Replies)
Hi,
Can I get some explanation around this bash redirection?
From what I have read, x < y means call the shell to redirect the output of y into x.
Does this mean that this sequence of commands is executed from right to left?
diff <(sort testfile.txt) <(sort testfile2.txt)
Thanks,
edit... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sand1234
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gpe-question
GPE-QUESTION(1) gpe-question GPE-QUESTION(1)NAME
gpe-question - GPE interface for asking questions from shell scripts.
SYNOPSIS
gpe-question [---icon] name {--question "Question text"} {--buttons icon1:text1} [icon2:text2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
gpe-question provides dialogues to raise a question within the GPE Palmtop Environment with cancel and ok buttons.
OPTIONS --question STRING
The question to ask the user via the dialogue.
--buttons type:label
The type and label of the button(s) to be shown. Repeat for additional buttons.
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gpe-question "test" --question "Do you want to check first?" --buttons YES:yes NO:no
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Debian 1 January 16, 2007 GPE-QUESTION(1)