1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have created symbolic links to several frequently used commands, for example: "lt" is a link to "ls -ltrgo|tail". What can I do to make these links available system-wide, or at least in the directories my coworkers are in most of the time? I have copied the link to several directories, and... (6 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

About associative nature of awk arrays i'm still confused, not able to understand yet how array element can be accessed based on a string, I got one example at gawk manual to illustrate associative nature of awk arrays, it goes here: Codeawk ' # Print list of word frequencies { for (i = 1;... (3 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am using Sun Solaris 5.8 I am trying to run a system command such as ls and echo inside awk, but when I run the following code system echo is not displayed. bash-2.03$ ls | awk 'BEGIN { print "first print" system("echo system echo") print "second print" ... (1 Reply)

4. Solaris

Hi there, files are being transferred via ftp to a folder in my machine which runs solaris 8. I would like to know if is possible to find out from my side if a file is completely transferred or not. Is there a way to control this? Thanks! (6 Replies)

5. Linux

I am trying to attach a patch file.The output I am getting is patching file net/ipv4/ip_forward.c Hunk #1 succeeded at 38 (offset -2 lines). Hunk #2 succeeded at 113 with fuzz 2 (offset -2 lines). Hunk #3 FAILED at 152. Hunk #4 succeeded at 197 (offset 1 line). 1 out of 4 hunks FAILED --... (0 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

dear All, my awk system command isn't working or rather I'm missing something in my command. Appreciated , if anyone can assist me what exactly I'm missing ?? awk ' /^/ { > c=split($3,a,"/") ;for(n=1; n<=c; ++n) > { > if (system("test -d" /home/cubedata/20120104/"$1"/"a")) { > print... (5 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

#!/bin/bash #this is script1 sleep 30 And #!/bin/bash #this is script 2 /path/to/script1.sh echo im done Running script 2 will give a 30 second pause and then echo Im done to the terminal. What behavior exactly, is responsible for waiting for script one to complete before the... (2 Replies)

8. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

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