10-30-2002
to be completely honest with you i would learn perl, vi, and 2 of the basic shells (sh & ksh).
sh = is on every style of unix and or linux.
ksh = i like this one over any of the other ones. it doesnt have all the bells and whistles but it does the job everytime i need something done.
perl = consider it an extention to shell scripting in general. sometimes you will want to use sed/awk/grep/ls and so on and other times you will want to use perl to do those things. knowing both gives you the basic artillery you will be able to take anywhere with you.
shell scripting = a basic function i think everyone and there fetus should learn. altho i am not an uber shell scripter like some of the chaps on here, i know the basics adn a little more and it will get you far enuff to be able to bulit off of that.
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey Guys i am new to Unix and i have downlaoded Cygwin for Windows and deleted it.
I was just wondering is there any good shells like that for windows that just as good
thanks for your time
][ce (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: IceCold
1 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Solaris
Newbie here to scripting in UNIX/SOLARIS.
What I am looking to do is, once the script is
executed, switch to /bin/bash shell and continue
to execute the script.
The problem I run into is once the script switches to the Bash
shell, the script stops, and does not execute the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Scoobiez
2 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I understand that in order to run basic unix commands I would normally type at the prompt, I would have to use the following format
system(ls -l);
or
exec(ls -l);
But when I actually try to use the command, the script fails to compile and keeps telling me there is an error with this line. ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: userix
1 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do I know what type of shells are available in my Unix system? Are there a single command or environment variable that can let me find that out?
Best regards,
John Chan (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: shuhang2
7 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi. im new here. im taking a UNIX OS class and im in need of some help
how do i change my shell in UNIX?
for homework i need to edit the tcshrc file (to include aliases) in my home directory but its not there. so i think switching shells will create the file. am i correct?
I'm using PuTTy.... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: alpha_centauri
1 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
i need to ftp a file from windows to a unix machine by executing a sript(perl/shell/php) from that unix machine.i can also use HTML and javascript to build forms. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: raksha.s
3 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello All,
I just purchased a used copy of "UNIX Shells by Example" by Ellie Quigley. The CD is not in the back. I googled the world but the files dont seem to be available for download anywhere. Does anyone out there have them. It would be much appreciated if someone can email them to me.
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: tag0519
1 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
so in unix this command works works and shows me a list of directories
find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u | > list.txt
but when i try running a perl script to run this command
my $query = 'find . -name \*.xls -exec dirname {} \; | sort -u | > list.txt';... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kpddong
2 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I appreciate if someone answer this question for my learning purpose:
Given a filename structure of a COUNTRY CODE, file type, date (YYYYMMDD) and two digit attempt number with an extension of ".dat", write a UNIX shells script to echo out the date value.
Example: ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: shumail
1 Replies
10. Programming
Can someone help by advising hw to built myself strong on logic building in UNIX shell scripting. I find it very difficult
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vijaykannan T
4 Replies
LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
shells
shells(4) File Formats shells(4)
NAME
shells - shell database
SYNOPSIS
/etc/shells
DESCRIPTION
The shells file contains a list of the shells on the system. Applications use this file to determine whether a shell is valid. See getuser-
shell(3C). For each shell a single line should be present, consisting of the shell's path, relative to root.
A hash mark (#) indicates the beginning of a comment; subsequent characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by the routines
which search the file. Blank lines are also ignored.
The following default shells are used by utilities: /bin/bash, /bin/csh, /bin/jsh, /bin/ksh, /bin/ksh93, /bin/pfcsh, /bin/pfksh, /bin/pfsh,
/bin/sh, /bin/tcsh, /bin/zsh, /sbin/jsh, /sbin/sh, /usr/bin/bash, /usr/bin/csh, /usr/bin/jsh, /usr/bin/ksh, /usr/bin/ksh93, /usr/bin/pfcsh,
/usr/bin/pfksh, /usr/bin/pfsh, and /usr/bin/sh, /usr/bin/tcsh, /usr/bin/zsh, and /usr/sfw/bin/zsh. /etc/shells overrides the default list.
Invalid shells in /etc/shells could cause unexpected behavior, such as being unable to log in by way of ftp(1).
FILES
/etc/shells list of shells on system
SEE ALSO
vipw(1B), ftpd(1M), sendmail(1M), getusershell(3C), aliases(4)
SunOS 5.11 20 Nov 2007 shells(4)