I have created a small FAQ for the "Unix for Dummies" forum.
Hopefully this will be useful, as there are questions which are asked (and answered) repeatedly.
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í have no idea how to write a script. can someone help? how would i write a script that will do the following commands
mkdir temp
cp * temp
cd temp
ls
i want to be able to do a set of commands by typing in only one command. i´m a windows user that is trying to learn unix, finally :P so... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I just started studying AI at the university of amsterdam and I heard there is some basic UNIX test which is available online. Well, if any of you knows a link to that test I would truely appreciate it.
Thanks a lot,
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Is there one command that will display all system information on a Solaris host running Solaris 8? System information such as model, memory, CPU, disk space etc. etc. (2 Replies)
This is the code:
while test 1 -eq 1
do
read a
$a
if test $a = stop
then
break
fi
done
I read a command on every loop an execute it.
I check if the string equals the word stop to end the loop,but it say that I gave too many arguments to test.
For example echo hello.
Now the... (1 Reply)
Please help to answer some highlighted question below.
1. How to create more than 1 partition in a single hard disk?
2. How to format the created partition to be viewable like in windows C: or D: ?
3. How to use pen drive in unix environment?
4. How to find a file starting with... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: jimmyysk
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
devnm
devnm(1M) System Administration Commands devnm(1M)NAME
devnm - device name
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/devnm name [name...]
DESCRIPTION
The devnm command identifies the special file associated with the mounted file system where the argument name resides. One or more name can
be specified.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the devnm Command
Assuming that /usr is mounted on /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s6, the following command :
/usr/sbin/devnm /usr
produces:
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0s6 /usr
FILES
/dev/dsk/*
/etc/mnttab
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO mnttab(4), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 devnm(1M)