how do I write a script to checkout a file in cvs and cat the file into a file in my home directory
Commands are
cd /home/smr/sandbox
cvsroot
choose option 1
cvs co filename
cat filename > /home/smr/newfilename
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Is there a way a script can run an SQL statement and dump the results into a variable which can then be used later in the script?
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I am executing a stored proc and sending the results in a log file. I then want to grab one result from the output parameters (bolded below, 2) so that I can store it in a variable which will then be called in another script. There are more details that get printed in the beginning of the log file,... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I have this problem where sometimes my files would go missing when I schedule my crontab to run the SCP command to get file from the SFTP server.
My crontab will run the scripts at an interval of 3 minutes (between the two scripts) The following is the setting in my crontab.
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Hi all,
Very new to shell scripting so appreciate some help!
There is a process count that I need to monitor, I have the AIX command that gives this value and I've cleaned it up with grep/awk so it only spits out the value I'm interested in:
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I have a script right now that I run a command which outputs just one word to a file. Well I need to grab that value and use it in another line of code so...
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echo $ORACLE_SID > oraclesid.txt
#grab that value
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Here is another script I am trying to customize currently,
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Hi,
I have a Report.txt file. Say the contents of this file are :
1 2 3 4 5 7 df v g gf
e r dfkf lsdk dslsdklsdk
Report Start: xxxxxxdad
asdffsdfsdfsdfasfasdffasdf
sadfasdfsadffsfsdf Report End.
sdfasdfasdf
sdfasfdasdfasdfasdfasdf
sadfasdfsdf
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( sleep 3
echo ${LOGIN}
sleep 2
echo ${PSWD}
sleep 2
while read line
do
echo "$line"
PID=$?
sleep 2
kill -9 $PID
done < temp
sleep 5
echo "exit" ) | telnet ${HOST}
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
unbuffer
UNBUFFER(1) General Commands Manual UNBUFFER(1)NAME
unbuffer - unbuffer output
SYNOPSIS
unbuffer program [ args ]
INTRODUCTION
unbuffer disables the output buffering that occurs when program output is redirected from non-interactive programs. For example, suppose
you are watching the output from a fifo by running it through od and then more.
od -c /tmp/fifo | more
You will not see anything until a full page of output has been produced.
You can disable this automatic buffering as follows:
unbuffer od -c /tmp/fifo | more
Normally, unbuffer does not read from stdin. This simplifies use of unbuffer in some situations. To use unbuffer in a pipeline, use the
-p flag. Example:
process1 | unbuffer -p process2 | process3
CAVEATS
unbuffer -p may appear to work incorrectly if a process feeding input to unbuffer exits. Consider:
process1 | unbuffer -p process2 | process3
If process1 exits, process2 may not yet have finished. It is impossible for unbuffer to know long to wait for process2 and process2 may
not ever finish, for example, if it is a filter. For expediency, unbuffer simply exits when it encounters an EOF from either its input or
process2.
In order to have a version of unbuffer that worked in all situations, an oracle would be necessary. If you want an application-specific
solution, workarounds or hand-coded Expect may be more suitable. For example, the following example shows how to allow grep to finish pro-
cessing when the cat before it finishes first. Using cat to feed grep would never require unbuffer in real life. It is merely a place-
holder for some imaginary process that may or may not finish. Similarly, the final cat at the end of the pipeline is also a placeholder
for another process.
$ cat /tmp/abcdef.log | grep abc | cat
abcdef
xxxabc defxxx
$ cat /tmp/abcdef.log | unbuffer grep abc | cat
$ (cat /tmp/abcdef.log ; sleep 1) | unbuffer grep abc | cat
abcdef
xxxabc defxxx
$
BUGS
The man page is longer than the program.
SEE ALSO
"Exploring Expect: A Tcl-Based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs" by Don Libes, O'Reilly and Associates, January 1995.
AUTHOR
Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology
1 June 1994 UNBUFFER(1)