I need to create a shell script having the menu with few options such as
1. Listing 2. Change permissions 3. Modify Contents 4. Delete Files 5. Exit
1. For 1. Listing: Display a special listing of files showing their date of modification and access time (side by side) along with their... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
Is there any way to achieve following using perl program (i.e without using system command).
1.system ("echo 'test' > /usr/spool/ship.csv");
2.system ("cat /usr/ajay_test* >> /usr/spool/RAM/work/patil.csv");
3.system("> /usr/spool/ajay.txt");
e.g
for system("rm -f... (1 Reply)
Hello,
I am having an application which has been ported from UNIX. I am facing a problem with sort command. It aborts with following error message when running in a Japanese locale.
sort command aborts with message "A line of the input file contains more than 20480 characters."
This... (0 Replies)
Helo Experts,
I need a help in handling errors in shell script, wants my errors displayed in text file instead of command window..
My shell script is here;
cd /cygdrive/s/Files
for FILES in ./*.*
do
temp=`basename $FILES`
if cp $FILES /cygdrive/r/CopyFile1/$FILES; then
echo "copy... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a query. Do we have any command line browser utility in linux which can fulfill the following requirement:
1. Handle pages which can have javascripts
2. Can use pre-recorded user inputs (maybe stored in some input files) for automated navigation/task.
I had seen such an... (2 Replies)
Hi to all.
I'm trying to sort this with the Unix command sort.
user1:12345678:3.5:2.5:8:1:2:3
user2:12345679:4.5:3.5:8:1:3:2
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2
user4:12345670:5.5:2.5:5:3:2:1
user5:12345671:2.5:5.5:7:2:3:1
I need to get this:
user3:12345687:5.5:2.5:6:1:3:2... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I need your guys help again. I run a script which check for some process status in a loop. when i check the process some of the process could throw an error, how can i check that inside my script.
Thanks,
RR (3 Replies)
Below code works for different databases i.e. MYSQL and ORACLE
The problem is for MYSQL in Block: if ; $? taking value accordingly but in case of ORACLE $? is always taking this value as zero (0).
That is the reason in Oracle it always going in else Block in any case.. :(
and in case of ... (4 Replies)
Hello fellow UNIX gurus :)
I have a problem regarding the script below:
# Variables used in this shell.
power=0 # Stores squared integer
total=0 # Sum of all squared integers
num=0 # Stores command line arguements
# Provides error handling if command line... (5 Replies)
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system
SYSTEM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual SYSTEM(3)NAME
system - execute a shell command
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
int system(const char *command);
DESCRIPTION
system() executes a command specified in command by calling /bin/sh -c command, and returns after the command has been completed. During
execution of the command, SIGCHLD will be blocked, and SIGINT and SIGQUIT will be ignored.
RETURN VALUE
The value returned is -1 on error (e.g., fork(2) failed), and the return status of the command otherwise. This latter return status is in
the format specified in wait(2). Thus, the exit code of the command will be WEXITSTATUS(status). In case /bin/sh could not be executed,
the exit status will be that of a command that does exit(127).
If the value of command is NULL, system() returns nonzero if the shell is available, and zero if not.
system() does not affect the wait status of any other children.
CONFORMING TO
C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
If the _XOPEN_SOURCE feature test macro is defined (before including any header files), then the macros described in wait(2) (WEXITSTA-
TUS(), etc.) are made available when including <stdlib.h>.
As mentioned, system() ignores SIGINT and SIGQUIT. This may make programs that call it from a loop uninterruptible, unless they take care
themselves to check the exit status of the child. E.g.
while (something) {
int ret = system("foo");
if (WIFSIGNALED(ret) &&
(WTERMSIG(ret) == SIGINT || WTERMSIG(ret) == SIGQUIT))
break;
}
Do not use system() from a program with set-user-ID or set-group-ID privileges, because strange values for some environment variables might
be used to subvert system integrity. Use the exec(3) family of functions instead, but not execlp(3) or execvp(3). system() will not, in
fact, work properly from programs with set-user-ID or set-group-ID privileges on systems on which /bin/sh is bash version 2, since bash 2
drops privileges on startup. (Debian uses a modified bash which does not do this when invoked as sh.)
In versions of glibc before 2.1.3, the check for the availability of /bin/sh was not actually performed if command was NULL; instead it was
always assumed to be available, and system() always returned 1 in this case. Since glibc 2.1.3, this check is performed because, even
though POSIX.1-2001 requires a conforming implementation to provide a shell, that shell may not be available or executable if the calling
program has previously called chroot(2) (which is not specified by POSIX.1-2001).
It is possible for the shell command to return 127, so that code is not a sure indication that the execve(2) call failed.
SEE ALSO sh(1), signal(2), wait(2), exec(3)COLOPHON
This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
2010-09-10 SYSTEM(3)