1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello all, I am trying to write a simple script that will parse through a text/properties file and check a couple of if statements. Here is what I have so far: FILENAME=$1 while read line do echo $line done < $FILENAME When I call ./simple.sh testfile.txt I recieve a file or... (7 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I haven't used UNIX is several years. But I became pretty good at it and love it. But I am rusty. I know this is basic, but how do you copy and paste? The user guide says what I remember, to highlight the text and the right-click. But it isn't working. I don't know if this will matter,... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Here is my script: #!/bin/sh days=10 temporal_folder=/tmp/`basename $0`-$$ blacklist=bob.txt mkdir $temporal_folder find /home -type f -atime +$days | \ while read file do while read line do if ; then owner=`ls -l $file | awk ' { print $3 } '` basename $file >>... (8 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I've done some due diligence by searching the forum for an answer, but to no avail. Excuse this most elementary of questions. Using grep I can search a file and derive the line number of the text I'm searching for. Now for the elementary part, how do I continue a search for a different search... (3 Replies)

5. Programming

From <<Advanced Programming in the Unix>> section 11.6, it says: Although implementations vary, readerwriter locks usually block additional readers if a lock is already held in read mode and a thread is blocked trying to acquire the lock in write mode. This prevents a constant stream of readers... (5 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I was writing a script to accept input using read. When I put !#/usr/bin/ksh in the beginning of the script, it accepts only 258 characters. And I remove it, it accepts more. I'm wondering what the difference is. Thanks in advance, (7 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/bash count=1 while read line do if (($count > 4)); then awk -v var1="$count" '{printf "%3s%8s%11s%11s%11s\n",var1,$2,$3,$4,$5}' else echo $line fi count=$((count+1)) done < posre_sub.itp > test cat test INPUT: ; position restraints for... (3 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

how do I save a email I just read to a new file? Thanks. (3 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

OSX 10.9 How does "defaults" know where to look for .plists? To expand: defaults read com.apple.finder is located in ~/Library/Preferences but, defaults read com.apple.mail is located in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist So my question... (0 Replies)

10. Solaris

I have a T5140 and cannot find the power switch -is there an on/off button? Good grief ! Thank you in advance. joe (3 Replies)