I am trying to cat a file and then grep that file for a number. I can do it fine on other files but this particular file will not do anything. I tried running it on an older file from the same device but it is just not working. The file is nothing more than a flat file on a unix box. Here is just a... (3 Replies)
Hello,
So I sorted my file as I was supposed to:
sort -n -r -k 2 -k 1 file1 | uniq > file2
and when I wrote
> cat file2
in the command line, I got what I was expecting, but in the script itself
...
sort -n -r -k 2 -k 1 averages | uniq > temp
cat file2
It wrote a whole... (21 Replies)
I've been trying to figure this out since last night, and I'm just stumped. The last time I did any shell scripting was 8 years ago on a Unix box, and it was never my strong suit. I'm on a Mac running Leopard now. Here's my dilemma - hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.
I'm... (10 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to bcp in data file into database. now there is bcp command available in unix and another perl module Sybase::BCP is also available.
Can anyone please let me know if there is any limitations of bcp command in unix. whichever is good to use? (1 Reply)
I am trying to bcp in using sybase::bcp perl module. I can find we can give user, pwd and server name in the parameters.
How can I give database and table name? (1 Reply)
Hi,
When i execute a script in unix, the result i got is ::
./purgeErrors.ksh: bcp: not found
What is the meaning of that output ?
--- Aditya (9 Replies)
hi all,
Getting error while working on sybase::bcp as below,
DB-Library error:
Attempt to convert data stopped by syntax error in source field.
Code is like,
my $bcp_files = new Sybase::BCP $usr, $pass, $server;
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Hi,
Recently I got a .txt file from Mac user. when I try to open it in my Ubuntu machine using cat command it is not displaying any content of file however I can see the content using vi.
Anyone know How to see its content using cat as I have to process it in my shell script.
Thanks in... (4 Replies)
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cat
CAT(1) FSF CAT(1)NAME
cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
SYNOPSIS
cat [OPTION] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
-A, --show-all
equivalent to -vET
-b, --number-nonblank
number nonblank output lines
-e equivalent to -vE
-E, --show-ends
display $ at end of each line
-n, --number
number all output lines
-s, --squeeze-blank
never more than one single blank line
-t equivalent to -vT
-T, --show-tabs
display TAB characters as ^I
-u (ignored)
-v, --show-nonprinting
use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
AUTHOR
Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for cat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and cat programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info cat
should give you access to the complete manual.
cat (coreutils) 4.5.3 February 2003 CAT(1)