First, let's learn how to set a variable to a value. We don't need echo and all that punctutation. Also,there is never a reason to end a line in Shell with a semi-colon. For readability while testing let's indent our code and build in some diagnostic echo statements:
Hmm. Doesn't German ungleich mean English unequal ?
Hi,
Being new to Unix I came across a statement like
if ; then...
Does anyone know what they call the -f and where I can find a whole list of options that I can use.
Regards
jayram7. :confused: (2 Replies)
In my ksh script, if the conditions of a if statement are true, then do nothing; otherwise, execute some commands.
How do I write the "do nothing" statement in the following example?
Example:
if (( "$x"="1" && "$y"="a" && "$z"="happy" ))
then
do nothing
else
command
command
fi... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
I am using Unix ksh script.
I need to insert values to a table using the o/p from a slelect statement.
Can anybody Help!
My script looks like tihs.
---`sqlplus -s username/password@SID << EOF
set heading off
set feedback off
set pages 0
insert into ${TB_NAME}_D... (2 Replies)
I have the program:
#!/bin/ksh
echo Please enter yes or no
read n
typeset -l n
if ]
then
echo My name
exit
else
echo delete my name
fi
Question:
How can I make the program accept only the word "yes" or "no" otherwise it will ask the user to re-enter?
Thanks! (7 Replies)
I'm trying to create a script that would allow me to identify the sucessful removal of a file. Here's what i put together so far, let me know if it's correct or not.
FILE_NAME="cactus.dat"
FILE_FIND='find / -name $FILE_NAME'
if ;then
echo "cactus.dat was not removed successfully" ... (3 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I have an output file and somewhere in this file there is a line looks like
# Integrated weight : .60573E+01
I need to write a shell script which finds and reads the above line,
then if the number given in that line is in certain interval (let's say 5 < # < 9)
do... (3 Replies)
I am new to Unix and have been given the task of modifying a current script. Most of the programming I do is Oracle based, not unix.
That being said when I run my current script i get the following (not sure if this is an actual error or if it is just being informative)
./test_cron.s: cdev:... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have this code here. Its suppose to do something when certain condition is met, I'm pretty sure at least one of the condition will be meet somewhere in the loop but it always go to else part of the script.
Is something wrong on this script?
age_list=`tar -tvf /home/dir/$tarfile... (4 Replies)
Hi folks,
I have a scenario to convert the update statements into insert statements using shell script (awk, sed...) or in database using regex.
I have a bunch of update statements with all columns in a file which I need to convert into insert statements.
UPDATE TABLE_A SET COL1=1 WHERE... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: dev123
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
echo
echo(3XCURSES) X/Open Curses Library Functions echo(3XCURSES)NAME
echo, noecho - enable/disable terminal echo
SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib
-R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ]
c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]
#include <curses.h>
int echo(void);
int noecho(void);
DESCRIPTION
The echo() function enables Echo mode for the current screen. The noecho() function disables Echo mode for the current screen. Initially,
curses software echo mode is enabled and hardware echo mode of the tty driver is disabled. The echo() and noecho() functions control soft-
ware echo only. Hardware echo must remain disabled for the duration of the application, else the behavior is undefined.
RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion, these functions return OK. Otherwise, they return ERR.
ERRORS
No errors are defined.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |Unsafe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO getch(3XCURSES), getstr(3XCURSES), initscr(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), scanw(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 5 Jun 2002 echo(3XCURSES)