The Korn shell allows literal <newline> characters in quoted strings and has a $'...' form to allow the C language's backslash escapes in strings. So either of the following will set PS3 the way you want it:
or
The rest of your script looks OK to me (although I don't know what menu_db_admin is supposed to do).
When I'm writing ksh scripts, I usually add the optional opening parentheses in the case clauses to I can more easily match opening and closing braces, parentheses, and square brackets when I'm editing scripts.
Since you have this menu inside a shell function, I would usually get out of the function with a return rather than an exit, but that clearly depends on what you want to do with this function.
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If I have a flatfile like vote.dat
NAME | SEX | DATETIME | VOTE
Jason|M|2005-12-10 08.01.30|Y
Benson|M|2005-12-10 12.01.00|Y
William|M|2005-12-10 08.01.09|Y
Nick|M|2005-12-11 09.01.07|Y
Pascal|M|2005-12-11 01.01.06|Y
Mickey|F|2005-12-12 12.01.30|Y
How can I write a korn script to have... (4 Replies)
hi All,
Have a doubt in ksh..Am not familiar with arrays but i have tried out a script..
plzzzzz correct me with the script
My i/p File is:
(DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS_LIST =
(ADDRESS =
(PROTOCOL = TCP)
(Host = 192.168.2.2)
(Port = 1525)
)
)
(CONNECT_DATA = (SID = TESTDB1)
)
)
... (7 Replies)
...when the lines use both a colon and commas to separate the parts you want read as information.
The first version of this script used cut and other non-Bash-builtins, frequently, which made it nice and zippy with little more than average processor load in GNOME Terminal but, predictably, slow... (2 Replies)
Hi Folks,
I am new to ksh, i have informatica parameter file that i need to update everyday with shell script. i need your help updating this file with new parameters.
sample data
$$TABLE1_DATE=04-27-2011
$$TABLE2_DATE=04-23-2011
$$TABLE3_DATE=03-19-2011
.......Highligned... (4 Replies)
I cannot seem to get this to work..
I have a file which has about 100 lines, and there is no end of line (line break \n) at the end of each line, and this is causing problem when i paste them into an application.
the file looks like this
this is a test
that is a test
balblblablblhblbha... (1 Reply)
<td>
CIS
</td>and I tried to sed 's/<td>\/nCIS\/n<\/td>/<td><\/td>' and sed 's/<td>\/rCIS\/r<\/td>/<td><\/td>' , but no joy. This is an html page that I need to clean. (4 Replies)
So I'm in a Unix class and our assignment was to go into VI and write a script to make this file tree. At the end of it, I'd like it to echo "This is the file tree you've created" then a line break, then . But I'm not sure as to who to do it. Is there a way for when I run it (./filesystem), the... (4 Replies)
Hi All
I am using the below code to chose a file to view :
PS3="Select file to view : "
select FILE in `ls` QUIT
do
if ; then
clear
cat $FILE
else
break
fi
REPLY=''
done
Everything works fine as long as I am giving the correct choice .
But when i give a... (4 Replies)
PS3="Enter corresponding number and hit enter:"
select DIR in `cat mylist` QUIT
do
if
then
echo "INVALID INPUT"
else
if ; then
my commands .....
else
break
fi
fi
REPLY=''
done
The above will return something like below :
Select from the list of... (4 Replies)
Hello everyone!
I'm trying to make the below file1 look like file2, can anyone help?
Basically I just hit backspace on every line that starts with a number.
Thanks!
file1:
THIS#IS-IT1
4
THIS#IS-IT2
3
THIS#IS-IT3
2
THIS#IS-IT4
1
Result > file2: (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: demmel
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
echo
echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS -n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.10 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)