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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting awk to use variable instead of stdin or file Post 302971968 by jlliagre on Wednesday 27th of April 2016 03:20:05 PM
Old 04-27-2016
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Originally Posted by SkySmart
on linux systems, i can do something like this:
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however, on older systems or other unix systems that dont have the fancy stuff this does not work.
This is not related to the fact you are running on Linux or Unix. The point here is the shell you run. If you run dash on Linux, this command will fail and if you run ksh93 on Unix, it will work as you expect.
 

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uucpsetup(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      uucpsetup(8)

NAME
uucpsetup - The uucp setup program SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/uucpsetup [-moiap] OPTIONS
Adds modems, configuring the dialers for uucp. Adds incoming systems; that is, systems that are allowed to call your local system. Adds outgoing systems; that is, systems that your local system is allowed to call. Adds the modems and incoming and outgoing systems to uucp. The -a option implies the -m, -i, and -o options. Adds the system name to /usr/lib/uucp/Poll file. DESCRIPTION
The uucpsetup command provides an interactive facility for setting up and updating the uucp files necessary to configure your system for uucp connections. To set up uucp initially, run the uucpsetup command with the -a option and answer the questions. To update the uucp files and directories, run uucpsetup with the -m, -o, or -i options, as appropriate. If no options are specified, the -m, -o, and -i options are the default. You must be superuser to run uucpsetup. FILES
Contains information about available devices. Contains access permission codes for remote systems. Lists accessible remote systems. Con- tains the polling option for each remote system. SEE ALSO
Devices(4), Permissions(4), Poll(4), Systems(4), uucp(1), uucp_intro(7) Network Administration uucpsetup(8)
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