The output of this echo shows the 3 names in a single line which is perfectly fine.
But my doubt is with the below:
The output of this shows the 3 names in 3 lines.
Please see, now also I expected the same output because the variable a is already defined. When above I defined the variable "a", the command cat emp.lst was not quoted and hence variable "a" should not have accepted a newline character.
But this output says that the var. "a" has accepted the newline character.
How come this happen?
I'm having some peculiar performance issues with my Gigabit Lan.
I have some 100Mb devices so I can't do the necessary "jumbo Frame" tweaks for absolute optimum performance as I'd prevent them access.
I'm getting appauling transfer rates sending files to the linux machine, around 10 Mbps 3%... (0 Replies)
Whenever I sftped a particular gzipped file to a particular directory and then try to unzip it, I get Permission Denied error.
With this file even I cannot do chmod. though the file permissions are -rw-r--r--
When same file I sftp to a different location I am able to gunzip it.
Directory... (0 Replies)
Hi all,
Ok os heres my situation. I have created a database style program that stores a persons info (name,address,phone number etc.) in a file ("database"). after i read in all the values above, i assign them to a line variable:
line="$name^$address^$phonenum" >> phonebuk
as you can see... (1 Reply)
Hi!
I am working in korn shell. I want to reset the dimiliter for the set command to "|" but instead of a command prompt return I am getting something as below
After issuing the command I am getting this....as if the shell is expecting something else. Can anybody suggest what's the problem.
... (2 Replies)
Scenario:
Step 1. I'm logging into AIX server using user id called user1
Step 2. I'm traversing to home directory of user2
Note: This user2's home directory has the permissions drwxr-s---
Step 3. I'm issuing command pwd there. I'm getting the expected output.
Step 4. I'm issuing the... (3 Replies)
hi I keep getting an error with this nested if statement and am getting the error unexpected end of file, can anyone help me as to why this wont execute?
#!/bin/bash
#script to check wether the -i -v statements run correctly
removeFile ()
{
mv $1 $HOME/deleted
}... (3 Replies)
I am using bash and resetting IFS as below when reading the command line arguments. I do this so I can call my script as in Ex1.
Ex1: ./synt2d-ray3dmod.bash --xsrc=12/20/30
This allows me to split both sides so that when I do "shift"
I can get 12/20/30
What I do not understand is... (21 Replies)
Hi ,
i am in my initial learning phase of unix. i was going thru the function part.
below is the example which was there but i am not able to understand logic and the use of IFS(internal field separator)
lspath() {
OLDIFS="$IFS"
IFS=:
for DIR in $PATH ; do echo $DIR ; done
IFS="$OLDIFS"... (8 Replies)