1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello to all...this is my first post (so please go easy). :) I feel pretty solid at expect scripting, but I'm running into an issue that I'm not able to wrap my head around. I wrote a script that is a little advanced for logging into a remote Linux machine and changing text in a file using sed.... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, OS - Unix Iam doing the following: after login to the unix box 1. change directory 2. run a shell script "preinstall.sh" 3. This takes apprx 5 mins 4. after which i use to change permission of a file "installhub.sh" (this file is generated from the previous step). Is there anyway... (2 Replies)

3. Slackware

Hi everyone! I am running Slackware 12.1 and the past few days I have this problem: Whenever I use pkgtool to install an update, I get this message: /sbin/installpkg: line 231: 3967 Aborted /sbin/ldconfig I tried ldconfig but it aborts. Any ideas would help, Thanks... (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

This Expect script provides expect with a list of IP addresses to Cisco IPS sensors and commands to configure Cisco IPS sensors. The user, password, IP addresses, prompt regex, etc. have been anonymized. In general this script will log into the sensors and send commands successfully but there are... (1 Reply)

5. Programming

Hi, Am very new to expect scripting.. Can You please suggest me how to call an expect script inside another expect script.. I tried with spawn /usr/bin/ksh send "expect main.exp\r" expect $root_prompt and spawn /usr/bin/ksh send "main.exp\r" expect $root_prompt Both... (1 Reply)

6. Programming

I have an expect script called remote that I want to call from inside my expect script called sudoers.push, here is the code that is causing me issues: set REMOTE "/root/scripts/remote" ... log_user 1 send_user "Executing remote script as $user...\n" send_user "Command to execute is: $REMOTE... (1 Reply)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello I want use bash_completion on a script but the information on the internet give me not a solution. The scrip start with "cd" to a direction Than the script do "ls" Than I must give a name of a sub-direction and here I want to use <TAB>, so when I have a direction with the name smith... (2 Replies)

8. HP-UX

i tried to take a backup by using fbackup command. But it exactly aborted after taking backup of 2GB data. pleasse guide me how should i proceed to overcome this problem. The command i used is: fbackup -0 -y -f /dir1 \ -g fbackup_graph \ -c fbackup_config ... (6 Replies)

9. Programming

I'm fairly new to scripting so this might not be possible. I am using Expect with Cisco switches and need to capture the string after finding the expect request. For example, when I issue "show version" on a Nexus switch, I'm looking to capture the current firmware version: #show version ... (0 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello everyone, I was wondering if any of you could help me with this. I am an absolute beginner and don't know how to program, but I can follow a tutorial and tweak code sometimes. My understanding of programing is limitted to what for and while loops do, and how if then else logic works. That... (2 Replies)