With the if statement:
if
How can I make it so it accepts a wildcard after the ${CURR_DAY_MONTH} variable?
Putting
a -f /webtrends/SUN/mrw2/access.${CURR_DAY_DAY}${CURR_DAY_MONTH}*
won't work, right? I think I need some kind of special character so it knows the wildcard is... (3 Replies)
Dear all,
i dont know how to split one variable value in 2 variable. please send me any example.
variable1= "abcde developer"
now i want to seperate the values and seperator is space. (6 Replies)
I am new to unix and would appreciate if someone could help.
I have an environment variable SourceFilePath=/db1/Src/test set on the unix server.
I want to expand this SHELL variable in a file using any command sed, awk etc
File contents is as follows:
var=$SourceFilePath/file.txt
... (2 Replies)
Probably a stupid question... how do I use a wildcard in a variable in zsh? If I do:
var=*
echo $var
in bash, it will print all files/directories in the current directory. If I do it in zsh, it will only output an asterisk without the wildcard functionality. Thanks in advance! (1 Reply)
Hi,
I'm using a for loop reading from an input file that contains files, whose path includes a variable name.
But the for loop doesn't expand the variable and therefore can't find the file.
Here's an example:
File BACKUPFILES
/home/John/alpha
/home/Sue/beta... (8 Replies)
I'm trying to make a sed substitution where the substitution pattern is an environment variable to be expanded, but the variable contains a "slash".
sed -e 's/<HOME_DIRECTORY>/'$HOME'/'This gives me the following error:
sed: -e expression #1, char 21: unknown option to `s'Obviously this is... (2 Replies)
Hello,
so i'm making a script, using dynamic variables and trying to expand them. So far it hasn't worked out too well so it seems that I need some help from you, the elite.
Example:
#!/bin/sh
counter=0
until (($counter>5))
counter2=1
until (($counter2>6)); do
if ;... (5 Replies)
Experts,
I want to set value of variables like this in bash shell:
i=5 ; L=100
I want variable d5 (that is d(i) ) to be assign the value of $L ,
d$i=$L ; echo $d5
Not working
Thanks., (3 Replies)
Hello,
Can you please help here?
DAY=$1
MONTH_MONDAY_YEAR = 1 2 3 4
for i in ${MONTH_${DAY}_YEAR}
do
echo ${i}
done
./test.sh MONDAY
./test.sh: line 3: MONTH_MONDAY_YEAR: command not found
./test.sh: line 10: ${MONTH_${DAY}_YEAR}: bad substitution (6 Replies)
I have a lot of files with keywords and unique names. I'm using a shell script to refer to a simple pattern file with comma separated values in order to match on certain keywords. The problem is that I don't understand how to handle the wildcard values when I want to skip over the unique names.
... (5 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT HPUX
pwd
pwd(1) General Commands Manual pwd(1)NAME
pwd - working directory name
SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION
prints the path name of the working (current) directory.
Options
recognizes the following options:
Display the directory with the name of the symbolic link if any.
If the environment variable contains an absolute path name of the current directory that does not contain the file names
(dot) or (dot-dot), writes this path name to standard output. Otherwise, the option behaves like the option.
Display the actual physical directory path.
Directories of symbolic link types are not displayed.
If both and are specified, the last one applies. If neither nor is specified, the default option is:
from UNIX 2003 environment onwards; see standards(5).
otherwise.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
For information about the UNIX Standard environment, see standards(5).
Environment Variables
determines the language in which messages are displayed.
If is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default for each unspecified or empty vari-
able. If is not specified or is set to the empty string, a default of "C" (see lang(5)) is used instead of
If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting, behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to "C". See
environ(5).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multibyte character code sets are supported.
DIAGNOSTICS
Possible file system trouble; contact system administrator.
Current directory has been removed (usually by a different process).
Use command to move to a valid directory (see cd(1)).
EXAMPLES
If your home directory is and the command is executed from the home directory, typing produces the following display:
In the following example, a symbolic link, points to the directory. Then the command displays the actual directory:
The command displays the directory with the symbolic link:
In the following example, there is no symbolic link. The displayed directory is the same for both the and options.
AUTHOR
was developed by AT&T and HP.
SEE ALSO cd(1), csh(1), sh(1), sh-posix(1), standards(5).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE pwd(1)