1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, i have another sed question.. I'm trying to do variable substition with sed and i'm running into a problem. my var1 is a string constructed like this: filename1 filerev1 filepath1 my var2 is another string constructed like this: filename2 filerev2 filepath2 when i do... (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I need to execute the following command in a script: /usr/bin/ssh 205.21.1.1 vmware-cmd -v /home/virtual machines//Machine.vmx"createsnapshot Weekly_Backup >/dev/null 2>&1 The problem is that there is a space between virtual and machines and when I run the script I get no such... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I need to write a login script for multiple computers, however, one of the directories in question will have a different name from computer to computer. ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/<unique filename>.default/myfile For the directory named <unique filename>.default , I... (2 Replies)

4. AIX

Hi , I imported find command I have on my hp-ux server to clean up the /tmp of my new IBM AIX servers. Though, the commands always fails in the cron but if I past it at the prompt, it works find. I tried with at jobs and regular 'find' . Could anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Many... (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm trying to write my first shell script and got a bit stuck with this: I've got myscript.sh that executes from /fromhere. If the script is run with the syntax ./myscript.sh tothere: I need to make a variable inside the script containing /fromhere/tothere ...and if the script is run with... (10 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I am using MKS Toolkit c shell. I am trying to set a path variable something like c:/Program Files/blah/blah so set path=(c:/Program Files/blah/blah) this, however, does not work as it splits this thing up into 'c:/Program' and 'Files/blah/blah'. Does anyone have any ideas on... (9 Replies)

7. OS X (Apple)

I seem to have issues compiling software and I think I've narrowed it down to something having to do with having a space in the path name to my Home folder (which contains "Macintosh HD"). The reason I think this is shown here: $ echo $HOME /Volumes/Macintosh HD/Users/Tom $ cd $HOME -sh:... (7 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am working with a sh script on a solaris 9 zone (sol 10 host) that grabs information to build the configuration command line. the variables Build64, SSLopt, CONFIGopt, and CC are populated in the script. the script includes CC=`which gcc` CONFIGopt=' --prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr... (8 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, i had to split one files into 10 equally. For that i have coded below awk. OUTPUT_FILE=/home/sit/path/Files/file_EXPORT.lst DIR_NM=`dirname ${OUTPUT_FILE}` awk -v CURR_DATE="$(date +'%d-%m-%Y-%H-%M')" -v pth=$DIR_NM '{print >> pth/"tgt_file_name"CURR_DATE"_"NR%10 }' ${OUTPUT_FILE} ... (7 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hi All, I did a review of some threads to see if someone had come across this problem. My system is an oracle virtual box solaris 10 installed on a windows 10 system. Right now I am learning scripting and am just playing with the env variables. I am trying to update the PATH to... (9 Replies)