1. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am a novice at shell scripting. I have managed to cobble together a script that does exactly what I need it to do. However I am gathering information from 700+ devices. This script takes hours to complete the task. Is there a better way of doing it than what I have listed here? This script... (10 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

ls displays files in tabbed output. Say a directory contains 3 files. ls will list all 3 in one line. So, I expect ls | wc -l to give 1, but it counts the nr of files and gives 3. Can someone explain how this works? (3 Replies)

3. Programming

pls explain me how this works.... DECODE (SUBSTR (field, 1, 1),'''', '''''' || field || '''','''' || field || '''') here field is a column in an oracle table.... (7 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

When I try to execute script, I get message: >aa.pl zsh: command not found: aa.pl but >./aa.pl works OK. What to change in environment to force the former way to work? Thank you, Alex Z (4 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am curious about this script , how it is running ..? #!/bin/sh echo "OK, starting now..." ftp remotehost <<EOF When I run , it is asking OK, starting now... Password:Name (remotehost): SHould I enter only password ? and explain me how it works.. thanks in advance.. (3 Replies)

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I have a program............ #include<stdio.h> #include<unistd.h> main() { if(fork == 0) { printf("Hi every body:p!!!!!!!!!!"); } } This program works with out any error. here fork is not a system call. It just act as a variable.But how it works without declaring it? What data type it... (19 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I found this command, sed -e 's/<*>//g', will return the content of a line with pattern something like this, <tag1>content</tag1>.. How does this works? What does sed -e 's/<*>//g' actually do? What if I wanted to get content of a line with pattern something like this, content? thanks.. (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am building a web interface to run a series of shell scripts that reside on the web server. The bash script are written such that they can be used independently for the task they are meant for, or the same scripts can be run from this web UI. The scripts are mostly for doing software... (1 Reply)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I am running SCO 5.0.6 and using sendmail 8.11.0 and having issues with smtp authentication. When trying to send mail the following message will kick back. (reason: 530 5.7.1 Authentication required) 530 5.7.1 Authentication required Not sure what needs to be tweeked in sendmail.cf but I... (1 Reply)

10. Solaris

Hi all, I have read about sendmail running as 2 separate process. 1 as a MSP, and the other as the real daemon or MTA. In my current configuration, the sendmail-client is disabled. Both submit.cf and sendmail.cf are left as default untouch I do not specified any mailhost... (3 Replies)