Hi,
I'm trying to assign the permissions, owner and group of a file to seperate variables, but using
ls -l filename | awk '{print $1 "\t" $3 "\t" $4}'
gives the owner as tom.ja instead of tom.james
Is there any way to expand it so i get the full name, or is there an easier way to get them... (5 Replies)
I am missing something here, I have a file which contains only one line and that is either a number or character string. I am trying to read the file and assign that value to a variable and here it seems I am missing something and not getting the expected results... Here is the code :
#!/bin/ksh... (2 Replies)
HI
I have something like this in a file
ABC = 1
DEF = 2
GHI = 3
JKL = 4
MNO = 5
QRS = 6
TUV = 7
I need to assign ABC to V_abc (that is to a variable)
GHI to V_ghi (that is to another variable)
TUV to say V_tuv
... (6 Replies)
I was trying to store the number of lines in a file and store it in a file.after that i want to store the information in a file to a variable which is further used in the if loop to check certain condition.
#!/bin/bash
cat <file> | wc -l > count.txt
x="$count.txt";
i=10;
if ; then
cat... (10 Replies)
Hi,
In a script i am having trouble joining a variable to a file. for, example I read input from user as a variable a or b or c or d etc and want to join those to different files...
or
if user press a then it will open somefile.txt
if user press b then it will open otherfile.txt
any idea (4 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 am looking to create a perl script which will take numbers from a simple text file, convert them from decimal to hex, and then rewrite those values in the file or create a new file with the hex numbers(whichever's easier).
My text document for example would be something as simple as
1312... (6 Replies)
Hi! This might be a simple thing, but I'm struggling to assign values to variables from the file.
I've the following values stored in the file.. It consists of only two rows..
10
20
I want to assign the first row value to variable "n1" and the second row value to variable "n2"..
That is ... (3 Replies)
I wrote a simply perl that searched a file for a particualr value and if it found it, rite it and the next three lines to a file. Now I have been asked to check those next three lines for a different value and only write those lines if it finds the second value.
I was thinking the best way to... (1 Reply)
So first: Sorry if the title is confusing...
I have a script I'm writing with a file with several names in it (some other info - but it's not really pertinent...) - I want to be allow the user to delete certain records, but I ran into a problem I'm not sure how to go about fixing.
If I were... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: sabster
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echo
echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS -n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.11 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)