1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all, I wrote a script that reads inputs from user and store in array named "input". The number of elements in the array is not fixed - determined only after user exit the while loop that reads the array values : x=1 echo "Enter first value" read input while } != "exit" ] do ... (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i have this basic line of code that doesn't work. i simply want to get the input parameter strings but when the script is run it appears that the first parameter is assigning the value to the second parameter. #!/bin/sh pdir=`pwd` p1=$1 p2=$2 echo "directory: $pdir\n" echo "parameter... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Is there a way to display the default answer when accepting input from the user in the unix script.. e.g. ans="n" read $ans?"Enter y to continue n to exit:" altough ans contains n the message doesn't display the current contents on ans .. you get Enter y to continue n to exit: (8 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Is there a way that I can capture a shell script (both output and input) to a log file where I can analyze it? Thanks (6 Replies)

5. Programming

Hi I want to accept multiple lines input with spaces from User and i have a working code like this. char sRes; char sReq; printf("Please enter request:"); scanf("%",sReq); /* Accept the input from user */ printf("\nPlease enter response:"); scanf("%",sRes); but the... (4 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all. I have the following command that is successfully searching for any one of the strings on all lines of a file and replacing it with the instructed value. cat inputFile | awk '{gsub(/aaa|bbb|ccc|ddd/,"1234")}1' > outputFile This does in fact replace any occurrence of aaa, bbb,... (2 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, For the input file, I am trying to split those records which have multiple values seperated by '|' in the last input field, into multiple records and each record corresponds to the common input fields + one of the value from the last field. I was trying with an example on this forum... (4 Replies)

8. Programming

I have a program that accepts user input. For example I have mdacc that the user sets the value. I then have a class which stores the value set by the user. I use set_param to set the values in the class. I pass through it the list of user defines arguments from argv. What would be the opinion on... (0 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I am pretty confused in returning and capturing multiple values i have defined a function which should return values "total, difference" i have used as #!/usr/bin/ksh calc() { total=$1+$2 echo "$total" diff=$2-$1 echo "$diff" } I have invoked this function as calc 5 8 Now i... (2 Replies)

10. Programming

I would like to make a function or command that checks for keyboard input without interrupting the program and exits the program when a key is pressed (perhaps the 'q' key). The program below monitors and prints/executes commands upon a change in primary (mouse selection) or clipboard buffer. If... (4 Replies)