1. AIX

We run an RS/6000 SP Frame. One of the nodes running (AIX 5), in the frame, seems to run fine for a few weeks and then will no longer communicate with the outside world. I can not telnet to the server or ping the server. This is true for both the ethernet and serial connection. I believe what... (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi I try to copy part of text from one file to another file. My problem is the text in the new file loses all the format. My code is: #!/bin/sh while red line do if then echo "$line" >> ./new_file else break fi done < "./old_file" Is there a way to modify... (3 Replies)

3. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers

I am searching for a string in a file and then redirecting the contents in another file... however the formatting is not preserved.. Can you please help me on this ... (5 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Guys, i have learned today that when you ftp a file with full write permissions (777) to another destination it loses the w options. so a file that was once -rwxrwxrwx(before FTP) is now -rw-r--r-- (after FTP). why does this happen? and is it configurable? Regards, (8 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Simple enough problem I think, I just can't seem to get it right. The below doesn't work as intended, it's just a function defined in a much larger script: CheckValues() { for field in \ Group_ID \ Group_Title \ Rule_ID \ Rule_Severity \ ... (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a group of variables myLINEcnt1 - myLINEcnt10. I'm trying to printout the values using a for loop. I am at the head banging stage since i'm sure it has to be a basic syntax issue that i can't figure out. For myIPgrp in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10; do here i want to output the value of... (4 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello guys, This truly is a newbie question. I'm trying to make a loop to execute simultaneous commands indefinitely while using variable. Here is how my mess looks like (this is just an example): #!/bin/bash IP=`shuf -n 1 IP.txt` # I figured this would be easier to select random lines... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello All, Maybe I'm Missing something here but I have NOOO idea what the heck is going on with this....? I have a Variable that contains a PATTERN of what I'm considering "Illegal Characters". So what I'm doing is looping through a string containing some of these "Illegal Characters". Now... (5 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I have a file which has hundred of records with fixed number of fields. In each record there is set of 8 characters which represent the duration of that activity. I want to sum up the duration present in all the records for a report. The problem is the duration changes per record so I... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a simple script to log network connectivity to a set of systems. However, as expected the date appended to the log never changes because the new variable is lost when the loop starts again. Can someone clue me in on how to get around this issue? #!/bin/bash LOG=/tmp/netlog... (3 Replies)