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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers [Solved] Finger command Post 302888864 by Don Cragun on Monday 17th of February 2014 10:50:54 PM
Old 02-17-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by stew
I have written

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
cmy=$(date +'%m%Y')
cm=${cmy%????}
cy=${cmy#??}
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk  -v cm="${cm# }" -v cy="${cy}" 'BEGIN{ ML = "JanFebMarAprMayJu
nJulAugSepOctNovDec"}'
function setyear(M, TorY) {
        if(index(TorY, ":") == 0) return(TorY)  # We have a year; not a time.
        m = (index(ML, M) + 2) / 3              # Convert month name to number
        if(m > cm)      return(cy - 1 " " TorY) # return last year + time
        else            return(cy " " TorY)     # return this eyar + time
}
/^On since/ {
        $5 = setyear($3, $5)
}
/^Last login/ {
        $6 = setyear($4, $6)
}
{       print
}' report.txt


but I am getting below error

Code:
report.ksh[8]: syntax error at line 8 : `(' unexpected

Adding an unmatched single quote in the middle of an awk script can cause lots of syntax problems (such as the error you are getting here).

Spliting the string containing the abbreviated month names onto multiple lines will cause other problems depending on the current month and the months of the dates found in the data you're processing.

Try replacing the lines in the code you have written:
Code:
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk  -v cm="${cm# }" -v cy="${cy}" 'BEGIN{ ML = "JanFebMarAprMayJu
nJulAugSepOctNovDec"}'

with something closer to the code I suggested:
Code:
/usr/xpg4/bin/awk  -v cm="${cm# }" -v cy="${cy}" '
BEGIN{  ML = "JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec"
}

This User Gave Thanks to Don Cragun For This Post:
stew
 

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LEARN ABOUT HPUX

fingerd

fingerd(1M)															       fingerd(1M)

NAME

       fingerd - remote user information server

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       is  the	server	for  the  RFC 742 Name/Finger protocol.  It provides a network interface to which gives a status report of users currently
       logged in on the system or a detailed report about a specific user (see finger(1)).  The Internet daemon executes when it receives  a  ser-
       vice request at the port listed in the services data base for ``finger'' using ``tcp'' protocol; see inetd(1M) and services(4).

       To start from the configuration file must contain an entry as follows:

       Once  a remote host is connected, reads a single ``command line'' terminated by a carriage-return and line-feed.  It uses this command line
       as the arguments to an invocation of sends the output of to the remote host and closes the connection.

       If the command line is null (contains only a carriage-return and line-feed pair), returns a report that lists all users logged  in  on  the
       system at that moment.

       If  a  user  name  is specified on the command line (for example, user<CR><LF>), the response lists more extended information for only that
       particular user, whether logged in or not.  See finger(1) for the details of this extended information.

       If is run with the option, it allows remote user names on the command line (for example, user@host<CR><LF>).   Otherwise,  if  the  command
       line contains a remote user name, prints the error message and closes the connection.

AUTHOR

       was developed by the University of California, Berkeley and HP.

SEE ALSO

       finger(1), inetd(1M), services(4),
       RFC 742 for the Name/Finger protocol.

																       fingerd(1M)
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