i want to get a substring from a string and used such shell script:
var_year=`expr substr "07132006" 5 4`
echo $var_year
but i got such error message: expr: syntax error. why?
Note: Kshell used on solaris 8. :confused: (5 Replies)
I found below script to check whether the variable is a digit in ksh.
############################
#!/bin/ksh
REPLY="3f"
if ]*\)'` != ${REPLY} && "${REPLY}" != "0" ]]
then
print "is digit\n"
else
print "not digit\n"
fi
############################
Although it works fine, but... (6 Replies)
I am trying to run the script bellow but its given me "syntax error at line 20 :'done' unexpected." error message"
can someone check to see if the script is ok? and correct me pls.
Today is my first day with scripting.
Gurus should pls help out
#!/bin/ksh
# Purpose: Check to see if file... (3 Replies)
I know I asked a similar question but I want to know if there is a regular expression existing that with a korn shell cmd, finds any timestamp data records in a file where it is greater then a timestamp in a shell variable ?
something like :
grep all records where it has a timestamp >... (5 Replies)
Hi Guys,
THis is the first time am using the expr expression.
I like to know how to write the expression a=(b\100)*a.
THis works fine if it gives without a bracket. the bracket should be present as i wanted to define the order of execution.
Help me out.
Thanks for your help in advance.... (2 Replies)
hello to everyone,
i am writing a shell script in unix and i use the following command:
lnum= cut -f 1 -d : aa
passline=`expr $lnum + 1`
echo "$passline"
with the following command i get the value that is stored in the first field of the file "aa" and i save it in the variable "lnum". i am... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
This is a piece of code from one of my scripts:
t1=`cat temp3.21447 | grep WEALTHTOUC_TRANS_20100409_233127.txt.txt.TRG | awk '{print $3}' | cut -c1-5`
t2=`cat temp3.21447 | grep WEALTHTOUC_TRANS_20100409_233127.txt.txt.TRG | awk '{print $5}' | cut -c1-5`
#t1=23:43... (5 Replies)
Hi All,
As per my knowledge in unix, my code looks fine. But still I am getting error (expr:syntax error). Please help me to resolve this error.
Script :
PRE_LBNO=0
PRE_DATE=0
TOT_PAY=0
TOT_REM=0
TOTAL=1
for Record_Type in `cut -c 1 Inputt.dat`
do
if ;
then
CURR_LBNO=` cut -c... (6 Replies)
This really puzzles me. The following code gives me the error 'expr: syntax error' when I try to do multi-line comment using here document
<<EOF
echo "Sum is: `expr $1 + $2`"
EOF
Even if I explicitly comment out the line containing the expr using "#", the error message would still exist... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I tried to look up the issue i'm experiencing, but i'm confused what's wrong with my script.
After executing the script I'm getting the following error
expr: non-numeric argument
syntax error on line 1, teletype
After some research, it seems that the problem relates to bc.
I have... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nms
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griffith
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griffith - film collection manager
SYNOPSIS
griffith
DESCRIPTION
Griffith is a film collection manager. Adding items to the movie collection is as quick and easy as typing the film title and selecting a
supported source. Griffith will then try to fetch all the related information from the Web.
OPTIONS -h --help
Show usage information.
-D --debug
Run in debug mode.
-C --clean
find and delete orphan files in posters directory.
--check-dep
check dependencies - if all needed Python modules are installed, it prints nothting.
--sqlecho
Prints all SQL queries to standard output.
--home DIR
Set Griffith's home directory. Use this option if you want to change the default ~/.griffith
Printing movie list:
-c <expr> --cast=<expr>
cast field must contain <expr>
-d <expr> --director=<expr>
director field must contain <expr>
-o <expr> --original_title=<expr>
original title field must contain <expr>
-t <expr> --title=<expr>
title field must contain <expr>
-y <number> --year=<number>
movie must be released in year <number>
-s <columns> --sort=<columns>
set sort columns to <columns>. Example: --sort=o_title,number,director
SEE ALSO
Homepage: <http://www.griffith.cc/>
BUGS
If you want to help or report any bugs founded please visit homepage <http://www.griffith.cc/> or <https://bugs.launchpad.net/griffith>
AUTHORS
Griffith was written by Vasco Nunes and Piotr OA1/4arowski. See the AUTHORS and THANKS files for a list of other contributors.
Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Vasco Nunes <vasco.m.nunes@gmail.com>, Piotr OA1/4arowski <ozarow+griffith@gmail.com>,
This man page was written by Piotr Ozarowski
Dec 20, 2006 griffith(1)