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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Script variable help, Varying number of arguments to excute script Post 302815903 by Don Cragun on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 03:49:34 PM
Old 06-02-2013
I generally use ksh, but I can work with bash. Would using ksh instead of bash be OK? (For most shell code, they are identical. But validating phone numbers would be easier for me if I can use some ksh extensions.)

If I understand the UK phone numbering plan, all valid mobile phone and pager numbers in the UK would be in the form +44 7xxx xxxxxx when dialed from the US. Does this agree with what you are expecting?

How do you expect users to enter these numbers:
  1. Is the leading + required (i.e., +44 7xxx xxxxxx or 44 7xxx xxxxxx)?
  2. Are spaces allowed? (If so, are spaces required?) (+447xxxxxxxxx)
  3. If spaces are allowed or required, can the spaces be replaced by minus signs? (+44-7xxx-xxxxxx)
If multiple formats are allowed, what form does singlemsisdn want? Can singlemsisdn take an arbitrary number of operands? Will it only work if given seven operands? Will it only work if given one to seven operands?

How should users indicate that they are done:
  1. Use ctl-D?
  2. Enter q or quit?
  3. Enter an empty line?
  4. Enter 0?
I'm going to be unavailable for most of the afternoon, but if you can answer these questions, I'll take a look at it tonight.

---------- Post updated at 12:49 ---------- Previous update was at 12:40 ----------

Sorry for double posting. I just looked at your previous messages again. Looking for twelve digit numbers starting with 447 will be easy with either bash or ksh. So, ignore the questions about the format of the input, but I still need answers about how to terminate input and how to group entered data when invoking singlemsisdn.

Sorry,
Don
 

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kpasswd(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        kpasswd(1)

NAME
kpasswd - change a user's Kerberos password SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/kpasswd [principal] DESCRIPTION
The kpasswd command is used to change a Kerberos principal's password. kpasswd prompts for the current Kerberos password, which is used to obtain a changepw ticket from the KDC for the user's Kerberos realm. If kpasswd successfully obtains the changepw ticket, the user is prompted twice for the new password, and the password is changed. If the principal is governed by a policy that specifies the length and/or number of character classes required in the new password, the new password must conform to the policy. (The five character classes are lower case, upper case, numbers, punctuation, and all other charac- ters.) OPERANDS
The following operand is supported: principal Change the password for the Kerberos principal principal. Otherwise, the principal is derived from the identity of the user invoking the kpasswd command. FILES
/tmp/ovsec_adm.xxxxxx Temporary credentials cache for the lifetime of the password changing operation. (xxxxxx is a random string.) ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWkrbu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |CSI |Enabled | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
SEAM(5) BUGS
If kpasswd is suspended, the changepw tickets may not be destroyed. SunOS 5.10 30 Jul 2001 kpasswd(1)
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