06-10-2015
Thanks to all of you for getting me straight on cut and showing me what I was doing wrong.
I have been wanting to learn awk. If you know if a good tutorial please shoot me a link.
I'll avoid the smiley use for spaces in the future. I like the way you did it so I will use that form if needed next time.
Randal
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set_link
set link(1m) set link(1m)
NAME
set link - Changes the value of a modifiable, single-valued attribute of a soft link
SYNOPSIS
cdscp set link link-name attribute-name = attribute-value
ARGUMENTS
The full name of the soft link. The name of the attribute to be modified. Specify only one attribute at a time. See Description for
valid attribute names. The value of a particular attribute.
DESCRIPTION
The set link command changes the value of a modifiable, single-valued attribute of a soft link. The following are valid attributes: Speci-
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Privilege Required
You must have write permission to the soft link.
NOTE
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.
EXAMPLE
The following command redirects a soft link named /.:/admin/work_disk from its current destination name, /.:/admin/work_disk01, to a new
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Commands: create link(1m), delete link(1m), list link(1m), show link(1m)
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