Hi,
I need to convert user-input from '(this)' to '\(this\)' before passing it to egrep. I've tried using TR, SED and NAWK to add the backslash, but the most I ever get is a backslash without a '(' or ')'.
Any ideas?
Thanks! (13 Replies)
Hi,
I have a script which looks through an input file and takes data from the file to use within the script.
Everything works fine until the script reads the item \windows\directory\structure\ from the input file into a variable.
As unix sees the backslash as an escape character, the... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I knw its a silly question, but am a newbie to 'vi' editor. I'm forced to use this, hence kindly help me with this question.
How can i paste a chunk 'copied from' a different editor(gedit) in 'vi editor'?
As i see, p & P options does work only within 'vi'. (10 Replies)
Hi All,
I am running a script , working very fine on cmd prompt. The problem is that when I open do crontab -e even after setting editor to vi by
set EDITOR=vi it does not open a vi editor , rather it do as below.....
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$ set... (6 Replies)
Hello all. I am going to try my hand at compiling tarballs rather than installing packages.
I have a pretty good understanding of the process and have even compiled/installed Top from source.
But that was an easy install, I want to try something more complex using the various configure... (6 Replies)
Hi,
=============
In one of my config files, I have below command
eval echo RECORDDELIMITER '\n'
The above command results in removing backslash and outputs:
RECORDDELIMITER n
=============
Any workaround to retain the backslash after eval.
Appreciated for your... (10 Replies)
If I echo "\\" I get a backslash returned
~$ echo "\\"
\
Why doesn't this work:
string=`echo "\\"`
echo $string
I get the error message:
bash: command substitution: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
bash: command substitution: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end... (2 Replies)
Why does this work when grepping for a backslash?
grep '\\' .bash_history
grep "" .bash_historyWhy does this not work when grepping for a backslash?
grep "\\" .bash_historyI know this works works but just don't understand why I need 4 backslashes when using double quotes.
grep "\\\\"... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
archive
ARCHIVE(8) System Manager's Manual ARCHIVE(8)NAME
archive - Usenet article archiver
SYNOPSIS
archive [ -a archive ] [ -f ] [ -i index ] [ -m ] [ -r ] [ input ]
DESCRIPTION
Archive makes copies of files specified on its standard input. It is normally run either as a channel feed under innd(8), or by a script
before expire(8) is run.
Archive reads the named input file, or standard input if no file is given. The input is taken as a set of lines. Blank lines and lines
starting with a number sign (``#'') are ignored. All other lines should specify the name of a file to archive. If a filename is not an
absolute pathname, it is taken to be relative to /var/spool/news.
Files are copied to a directory within the archive directory, /var/spool/news/news.archive. The default is to create a hierarchy that mim-
ics the input files; intermediate directories will be created as needed. For example, the input file comp/sources/unix/2211 (article 2211
in the newsgroup comp.sources.unix) will be copied to /var/spool/news/news.archive/comp/sources/unix/2211.
OPTIONS -a archive
If the ``-a'' flag is used then its argument specifies the directory to archive in instead of the default.
-f If the ``-f'' flag is used, then all directory names will be flattened out, replacing the slashes with periods. In this case, the
file would be copied to /var/spool/news/news.archive/comp.sources.unix/2211.
-i If the ``-i'' flag is used, then archive will append one line to the specified index file for each article that it copies. This
line will contain the destination name and the Message-ID and Subject headers.
-m Files are copied by making a link. If that fails a new file is created. If the ``-m'' flag is used, then the file will be copied
to the destination, and the input file will be replaced with a symbolic link pointing to the new file.
-r By default, archive sets its standard error to /var/log/news/errlog. To suppress this redirection, use the ``-r'' flag.
EXIT STATUS
If the input is exhausted, archive will exit with a zero status. If an I/O error occures, it will try to spool its input, copying it to a
file. If there was no input filename, the standard input will be copied to /var/spool/news/out.going/archive and the program will exit.
If an input filename was given, a temporary file named input.bch (if input is an absolute pathname) or /var/spool/news/out.going/input.bch
(if the filename does not begin with a slash) is created. Once the input is copied, archive will try to rename this temporary file to be
the name of the input file, and then exit.
EXAMPLES
A typical newsfeeds(5) entry to archive most source newsgroups is as follows:
source-archive
:!*,*sources*,!*wanted*,!*.d
:Tc,Wn
:/usr/lib/news/bin/archive -f -i
/usr/spool/news/news.archive/INDEX
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is revision 1.14, dated 1996/10/29.
SEE ALSO newsfeeds(5).
ARCHIVE(8)