I have an issue that hope someone will be able to help me with....
I'm using a while-read loop to read lines from a file that contain variables, and I want the variables substituted, but I can't get it to work - the below example with explain:
Code:
while read line
do
echo $line
ls -l $line
done < testdata
testdata just contains "$HOME".
I want it to output:
Code:
"/export/home/aperp5" - this is what $HOME is set to
and then list the contents of $HOME
Hi,
Could anyone help me in understanding what I am missing..
I have a text file with the following info.
INFILE=>
#Name Variable=<value>
#---------------------------------
name1 inargs="-a Filename1.$VAR.csv -f Filename2.$VAR.csv -c File.c"
name1 ... (4 Replies)
file.txt contains
------------------
sat1 1300
#sat2 2400
sat3
sat4 500
sat5
I need to write a shell script that will output like the below
#output
sat1.ksh 1300
sat3.ksh
sat4.ksh 500
sat5.ksh
my try
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...
declare vINIFILE
vINIFILE=$1
...
echo "The name of the File is $vINIFILE" >>mail_tmp
echo "" >> mail_tmp.$$
...
grep RUNJOB=0 $vINIFILE >>tmp_filter
...
So the strange is in echo-statement I get the correct output for $vINIFILE wrtitten into the file mail_tmp. But the... (2 Replies)
Hi I am using KSH and trying to read variables from a csv file. I've set the IFS=, and it workds. Problem is where one of the values is text containing a comma. For example the following lines exist in my file. How can I read everything between the quotes into a single variable?
APW13812,,1... (2 Replies)
I have output from luxadm display commands as below :-
DEVICE PROPERTIES for disk: /dev/rdsk/c10t60020F200000C8083F951F4C00012863d0s2
Vendor: SUN
Product ID: T300
Revision: 0201
Serial Num: Unsupported
Unformatted capacity:... (0 Replies)
Hi Gurus,
I have a file named log with 2 lines
Each line is a file name. eg
$ cat log
monday
tuesday
I need to read log and assign each output(filename) to a different variable.
The following doesn't work:-
while read A B
do
echo " a is ${A} "
echo " b is ${B} "
done <... (6 Replies)
I have a file that has four values on each line and I'd like to give each column a variable name and then use those values in each step of a loop. In bash, I believe you could use a while loop to do this or possibly a cat command, but I am super new to programming and I'm having trouble decoding... (2 Replies)
Hello all,
I've been out of programming for awhile so sorry about the stupid, elementary question.
I'm trying to read two inputs and compare them to a list entered as a parameter via the terminal. The script is
#!/bin/bash
read -p "Enter the numbers" NUM1 NUM2
for VALUE in $@; do
... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to write a shell script to help with some digital signature work currently being undertaken where we have a file that contains a number of rows ending with ^M.
What I need to do is concatenate this using shell scripting and retain the control character. E.G.
abc^M... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I managed to read and print variable as shown in the below code.
table_name=table1,table2,table3
i=0
IFS=","
for i in $table_name
do
echo $i
done
Is there a way how I can read more than one variable. For example I need to read 2 variables and populate the output... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: shash
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
pref
environ(4) File Formats environ(4)NAME
environ, pref, variables - user-preference variables files for AT&T FACE
SYNOPSIS
$HOME/pref/.environ
$HOME/pref/.variables
$HOME/FILECABINET/.pref
$HOME/WASTEBASKET/.pref
DESCRIPTION
The .environ, .pref, and .variables files contain variables that indicate user preferences for a variety of operations. The .environ and
.variables files are located under the user's $HOME/pref directory. The .pref files are found under $HOME/FILECABINET, $HOME/WASTEBASKET,
and any directory where preferences were set via the organize command. Names and descriptions for each variable are presented below. Vari-
ables are listed one per line and are of the form variable=value.
.environ Variables
Variables found in .environ include:
LOGINWIN[1-4] Windows that are opened when FACE is initialized.
SORTMODE Sort mode for file folder listings. Values include the following hexadecimal digits:
1 Sorted alphabetically by name.
2 Files most recently modified first.
800 Sorted alphabetically by object type.
The values above may be listed in reverse order by ORing the following value:
1000 List objects in reverse order. For example, a value of 1002 will produce a folder listing with files LEAST
recently modified displayed first. A value of 1001 would produce a "reverse" alphabetical by name listing of the
folder.
DISPLAYMODE Display mode for file folders. Values include the following hexadecimal digits:
0 File names only.
4 File names and brief description.
8 File names, description, plus additional information.
WASTEPROMPT Prompt before emptying wastebasket (yes/no?).
WASTEDAYS Number of days before emptying wastebasket.
PRINCMD[1-3] Print command defined to print files.
UMASK Holds default permissions with which files will be created.
.pref Variables
Variables found in .pref are the following:
SORTMODE Contains the same values as the SORTMODE variable described in .environ above.
DISPMODE Contains the same values as the DISPLAYMODE variable described in .environ above.
.variable Variables
Variables found in .variables include:
EDITOR Default editor.
PS1 Shell prompt.
SunOS 5.10 3 Jul 1990 environ(4)
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