1. Shell Programming and Scripting

well i have this code here..and it works fine in kornshell.. #!/bin/ksh home=c:/..../ input=$1 sed '1,3d' $input > $1.out line="" cat $1.out | while read a do line="$line $a" done echo $line > $1 rm $1.out however...now i want it just in normal sh mode..how to convert this?... (21 Replies)

2. Solaris

There is a possibility to set a variable, having an another variable in it's name: prompt% setenv PRT one prompt% setenv VAR_${PRT} value prompt% So, this way the VAR_one = "value" and could be viewed: prompt% echo VAR_one value prompt% Q: How to view a variable having another... (0 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a variable named "xyz" Now what will the below snippet mean: if ( ${?xyz} ) then .... endif What does ? signify here. Thanks (12 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I'm having simple question here, and what's the different here? What is the "x" for? Thanks! (5 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

i have this program in bash shell: #!/bin/bash array=(20 20 20 20 20) i=0 j=0 awk '/%/ {print $3}' try.txt| while (read s) arr=$s i=`expr $i + 1` echo "$i" end how can i convert this into c shell? (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Guys, i´ve a question ... but it´s a litte bit tricky: i´ve a 3 php-scripts which run´s via cron at night. These script reads an xml-file a writes it in an MySQL-DB. I named them (for example here ) Script1 - Script3. The XML-Files i named xml1 - xml3. Now, i´ve build a Batch-file,... (10 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am not an expert of shell scripting, but I can do some simple things. Now, I read a script written by others and I need some help from the experts of this forum. Please help me to understand what is going on in this cycle: if ; then ] && \ export... (25 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi friends, I m trying to write a script which compares to dates. for this i am converting dates into no using synatx as below v2=`date | awk '{print $2,$3,$4}'` v3=`date +%s -d "$v2"` this syntax is working in bash shell ,but fails in ksh shell. please suggest on this. (12 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

mydate ="$(date)" what is the use of adding double code and parenthesis in the above code .. can i write the same code as mydate= $date (5 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hello, I have a newbe syntax error but I cant find it syntax error: unexpected end of file #!/bin/csh # pe request #$ -pe mpi_16 32 #### 16 core : 'mpi_16 16' || 24 core : 'mpi_24 24 ' # our Job name #$ -N test2MD #$ -S /bin/sh (1 Reply)