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Ouch :-) Allthough the first expression ist true, both the "then" and the "else" part of the sequence is executed, because the "then" part evaluates to false.
Absolutely. This might circumvent the trap (not sure if it opens others):
@ sea: || ! false will never be executed.
Ok heres the situation,
We use Solaris 8 at work with Sybase for the db. I need to be able to easily create visual diagrams of some of our more complex systems. I've been using Visio which is such a manual process and takes a while.
I was thinking maybe using Visio somehow in conjunction... (0 Replies)
We have a unix file that contains special characters (ie. Ñ, °, É, ¿ , £ , ø ). When I try to read this file I get a codepage error and the characters are replaced by the # symbol. How do I keep the special characters from being read?
Thanks.
Ryan (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am writing a Perl script that reads in many lines, if a line meets the criteria I want to edit, it. For example, the script will return the following example line... test=abc123
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All I'm trying to split a string at the $ into arrays
@data:=<dataFile>
a $3.33
b $4.44
dfg $0.56
The split command I have been playing with is:
split(/\$/, @data)
which results with
a .33 b .44 dfg .56
any help with this is appreciated
/r
Rick (9 Replies)
Hi,
I have field in a file which would come with any special character, how do i check that field?
Eg: @123TYtaasa>>>/ 131dfetr_~2
In the above example, how do I add pattern for any special character on the keyboard.
Thanks (3 Replies)
Hi all
i have been trying to do a small 'question and answer' script using if-else statement and a combination of pipe. I have succeeded in allowing the user to login with user name and password stored in a sequence username/password in a file named "pass" like this:
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Hi, I'm looking for information about UNIX Special Files. I must write an essay connected with this topic, and I hope you'll tell me where can I found trusty information about it, because Google doesn't really help me. I'll be grateful for answer. (3 Replies)
I have a file that has the name in one of the lines as MARíA MENDOZA in Windows. When this gets FTPed over to UNIX it appears as MAR�A MENDOZA. Is there anyway to overcome this? Its causing a issue because the file is Postional and fields are getting pushed by 2 digits..
Any help would be... (4 Replies)
Any time I do :
ls *.txt > mytext.txt
I get something like this in the output file:
^
Tue Jan 22 16:19:19 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
t1Fam_BrOv :~>alias | grep ls
alias l.='ls -d .* --color=tty'
alias lR='ls -R'
alias la='ls -Al'
alias lc='ls -ltcr'
alias ldd='ls -ltr |... (5 Replies)