We use a UNIX-based system (Lawson) at work and I was given this command to request a data extract from the db admin. The only thing I really understand is the last line as it appears to be joining the files created from the first three lines into one. Is there anyone who can help me breakdown the... (4 Replies)
# sub: find block (in cols), return line-numbers (begin-end) or 0 if notfound
sub findb{
my ($exp1,$col1,$exp2,$col2)= @_; # $exp = expression to find, $col - column to search in
my $cnt=0;
my ($val1,$val2);
my ($beg,$end);
for($cnt=1;$cnt<=65536;$cnt++){
$val1 =... (3 Replies)
i am analyzing a query written by another developer ,need to understand part of script
am looking at a code ..and it converts comma files to pipe delimited and also takes away quotes from any columns,
source field format: 2510,"Debbie",NewYork
changes to
target: 2510|Debbie|NewYork
... (1 Reply)
Can someone explain what is happening line by line in this script, particularly after the do statement. The script works, it renames all the files in my directory that has a date in the file name. But I would like to know more about it.
#!/bin/bash
newdate=12-10-1995
for file in *--*
do
... (6 Replies)
i am trying to understand this script example. the text does not explain it. can someone tell me briefly what each of the functions do. any help will be appreciated.
#!/bin/bash
killtree() {
local _pid=$1
local _sig=${2-TERM}
for _child in $(ps -o pid --no-headers --ppid... (1 Reply)
Hi Guys,
I am new to scripting , I am trying to rebuild a script based on an old script. Can someone help me figure out what the script is doing? This is only a part of the script.
I am looking to interpret these two points in the scripts:-
1)
test=`echo $?`
while
I do not... (3 Replies)
Hi,
New to this forum, as well as to unix scripting..need help to understand below script ...
sendNotice_sp()
{
ATTACH=${LNXLOG:-}
if ; then
if ; then
mail -s "$ERR_MSG" $ERR_EMAIL_TO < $ATTACH
fi
else
mail -s "$ERR_MSG" $ERR_EMAIL_TO < /dev/null
fi
}
afaik this is sm kind of... (6 Replies)
Below script is called as Reducer, I am not sure how it work, can some expert explain me what this script does as i am a beginner.
inputfile:
hi hi how are are you
code:
#!/bin/bash
lastkey=""; -- what does this mean, because i saw in debug mode it is taking value as hi
count=0;... (13 Replies)
Hello,
How come the following script adds each numeric value to a total sum ?
x=$1
func()
{
for i in $1 $2 $3; do
let x= $x+$i
done }
func "8 8 8" 9 9
echo $x
A.How the program sums the string "8 8 8" if it`s only the first field value ($1)?
B.If we define x to be $1... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: uniran
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echo
echo(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands echo(1B)NAME
echo - echo arguments to standard output
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/echo [-n] [argument]
DESCRIPTION
echo writes its arguments, separated by BLANKs and terminated by a NEWLINE, to the standard output.
echo is useful for producing diagnostics in command files and for sending known data into a pipe, and for displaying the contents of envi-
ronment variables.
For example, you can use echo to determine how many subdirectories below the root directory (/) is your current directory, as follows:
o echo your current-working-directory's full pathname
o pipe the output through tr to translate the path's embedded slash-characters into space-characters
o pipe that output through wc -w for a count of the names in your path.
example% /usr/bin/echo "echo $PWD | tr '/' ' ' | wc -w"
See tr(1) and wc(1) for their functionality.
The shells csh(1), ksh(1), and sh(1), each have an echo built-in command, which, by default, will have precedence, and will be invoked if
the user calls echo without a full pathname. /usr/ucb/echo and csh's echo() have an -n option, but do not understand back-slashed escape
characters. sh's echo(), ksh's echo(), and /usr/bin/echo, on the other hand, understand the black-slashed escape characters, and ksh's
echo() also understands a as the audible bell character; however, these commands do not have an -n option.
OPTIONS -n Do not add the NEWLINE to the output.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), echo(1), ksh(1), sh(1), tr(1), wc(1), attributes(5)NOTES
The -n option is a transition aid for BSD applications, and may not be supported in future releases.
SunOS 5.11 3 Aug 1994 echo(1B)