1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Simple script trying to increment a counter within an echo statement never gets past 1 - PLEASE HELP! Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~ #!/bin/sh stepup() { STEP=`expr $STEP + 1` echo $STEP } # # Initialize variables # STEP=0 echo "Counter Value: `stepup`" echo "Counter Value:... (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I need some help. Shell script counter. i need to add condition to check if counter is more than 10 and longer than 3 hours? it runs every 5 mins. it only check count and send email right now. it runs in cron as below gregcount.ksh gregdb 10 > /tmp/gregcount.out 2> /tmp/gregcount.err ... (1 Reply)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi ! How to increment a varibale in ksh. #!/bin/ksh set -x RELEASE_NUM=5.2.103 VAL=0.0.1 RELEASE_NUM=`echo $RELEASE_NUM + $VAL | bc` echo $RELEASE_NUM The above code is throwing this error. + RELEASE_NUM=5.2.103 (2 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I would like to add a suffix to a file name but maintain the suffix length to 5 digits. For eg, output > 1st_file.00001, 2nd_file.00002...10th_file.00010....100th_file.00100 Can anyone please advise me on how to go about it? Platform: SunOS mps201a 5.9 Generic_118558-39 sun4u... (7 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

if ;then echo "mrnet greater 5000" gzip /var/log/mrnet.log mv /var/log/mrnet.log.gz /var/log/mrnet.log.1.gz if ];then i=1 let i++ mv /var/log/mrnet.log.1.gz /var/log/vieux-logs/mrnet.log.$i.gz else echo "theres no... (1 Reply)

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I have this file 1801,A1,2012-12-16 15:59:59.995,id2_3,ab,phoneC2-00,VOE,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1802,A1,2012-12-16 15:59:59.995,id2_3,ab=,phoneX1-01,BL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1803,A1,2012-12-16 15:59:59.995,id2_3,ab,phone300,BL,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1804,A1,2012-12-16... (4 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi Experts, I am in need for some help. My competence level on unix is not at all helping me to resolve this. Please help. My Input for a system command is as under: Counters are getting pegged each hour. I need to have a difference printed rather than pegged counter values. Counter... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, i have a scenario were i should compare a few fields from each line then increment a variable based on that. Example file 989878|8999|Y|0|Y|N|V 989878|8999|Y|0|N|N|V 989878|8999|Y|2344|Y|N|V i have 3 conditions to check and increment a variable on every line condition 1 if ( $3... (4 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

hello this script should show all users and space they used without problem : ls /home >> /root/users.txt cat /root/users.txt | while read line; do space=`du -s /home/$line` echo "$line space is $space" shift done but when i remove pipe ,script run without any output: ls /home... (4 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I'm using Bash 4.3.8 on an Ubuntu system, and no matter what I try, incrementing a counter won't work. The simplest example would be something like this: #!/bin/bash myVar=0 myVar=$((myVar++)) echo myVar The variable should be 1, but it's always 0. I've tried every increment... (6 Replies)