1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, How will you refer one variable's value using another in unix? For e.g Take the case System1_ip=172.120.20.54 And in latter part of the program while I'm using the values in a for loop I use i=System1 j=${i}_ip k=$j But K's value at the end of the run is System1_ip I want... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I want to see a command that I typed a few days back. It looks like I can access only the latest 1000 commands through the history command. Is there a way I can access it or has it been deleted? (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I need to refer a remote(present on another unix server) directory from my unix machine as a local file. e.g. I have one directory D1 on 10.10.10.10 and i need to access files in this directory just like they are present on my unix machine 20.20.20.20. Is there any way out... i read a bit... (1 Reply)

4. Programming

Hi I have the following block of code in korn shell and don't now how to refer to variable `print variable1.$dvd` ? --- integer dvd=4 integer number=0 while (( dvd!=0 )) do print "Iteracja numer : $dvd" print "$_" #it refers to $dvd var but want to refer... (3 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

When we write a Unix command for example like this: curl -0 ........ What is meant by "-0"? Thanks. (7 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I want to save a bunch of files to a folder in my current directory. Ho do i refer to my current directory without writing all the path? (2 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

This may be a dumb question, but googling is not giving me an answer. I'm trying to figure out how to refer to an input file in my code. Lets say i run a script in bash: "sh shellscript.sh inputfile" (Inputfile will be variable...whatever file i run the script on) I wanted to make... (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I have a script which should take more than 9 command line inputs while running. Likescript.sh a s d f g h j j k l o p i u y t r e w Now in the script if I have to access one of the input which is at position after 9, in this case say 'p' then how can I do that? echo $12 will not work... (15 Replies)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

What does this do: f{ local logfile=$1 ] && logfile=$AMS_LOGFILE echo -e "--" } Can someone please guide me what does a) local variable do b) -z option stands for what? c) what other options are there (like -n, or -e, .., which man page do i refer to go through these... (6 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I'm having a python script: test.py in /path/to/script/test.py I'm using a properties file: test_properties.py (it is having values as dictionary{}) which is in same DIR as the script. Sample Properties file: params = { 'target_db' : 'a1_db' 'src_db' : ... (15 Replies)