1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I know this topic has been covered in one form or another, but it hasn't been covered to handle my problem. I was given a Sparc4 running Solaris 2.5.1 The root password is unknown. This machine has no cdrom drive and it has no floppy drive. I tried booting into the single user mode, but... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Ok so I have a file which contains 2 columns/fields and I have another file with 2 columns. The files look like: file1: 1 33 5 345 18 2 45 1 78 31 file2: 1 c1d2t0 2 c1d3t0 3 c1d4t0 4 c1d4t0 5 c2d1t0 6 c2d1t0 7 c2d1t0 8 c2d1t0 9 c2d1t0 10 c2d1t0 (11 Replies)

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hey all, I am working on a static analysis tool and I wan't to see if it can find bugs in the linux kernel, it uses LLVM framework to analyse the instructions. Long story short I need to build the kernel with a custom compiler. The compiler will create byte code files where binaries usually... (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello Everyone, I am using the korn shell. I was hoping to find a set of commands to count files in a directory. I am using: ls /home/name/abc* | wc -l This command works fine when a file matches abc* (returns only the file count) , however when no file(s) are found I get... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm currently trying to write a ksh or csh script that would change the name of a file found in directories and attach to the name an incrementing three digit number. I know how to write a script that will go: 000, 001, 002, 003, etc The twist is I need more increments then allowed by a 3... (11 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello folks! Raised a bump on my head trying to figure this one out ;) I have an xml file which needs to be edited, removing an entire property section in the work. Here's what the target section layout looks like: <property name="something"> {any number of lines go here} </property>... (7 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I can do simple file renaming but this task is slightly more troublesome Ive got a guy that gives me multiple .pdf filles in a directory named something like 3412345.pdf 4565465.pdf 8534534.pdf And he also gives me a html file which is tabled with which shows the filenames above... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I have two text files, each with a single column, file 1: 124152970 123899868 123476854 54258288 123117283 file 2: 124152970 123899868 54258288 123117283 122108330 (5 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have file1 and file2 I lookup field3 from file2 in field1 of file1 and if there is a match, output field 2,3,5 from file2. I now want to add field2 of file1 in the output. I suspect what I have to do is read the entire line of file1 into a 2 dim array? pls help. (1 Reply)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Greetings! I have a quick question which must be deferred to those with greater skill than myself :) In this situation, I wish to create a list of all the files on an entire partition in descending order sorted by date. I tried numerous switches for ls, and found this line to be the closest... (4 Replies)