1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am new to this unix thing. I have a macintosh with os X and want to learn how to use the unix terminal. What do I need to get started? Does anyone know some good command lines to get started with? Can I use the terminal to check email and get on the internet etc.....?:( (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm having trouble with the following commands i. count the number of lines which end in a 4 letter word grep '{4\}$' bfile <<seems to print out everything abc abc abcd joe joe john bob bill gregory greg greg gregory the grep command prints out the lines with 4 letter words and the... (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I need to write a small script to search in some specific directories to check if any file is present with a unix command name... Means if the directory contains any files like cat, vi, grep, find etc i need to list those files into a file. Please help Thanks, D (6 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I m using the below command for finding a particular file using grep and then copy it. But the the below command esp the cp is not working find . -name "CurrentCollector*" -exec grep -l '300173680000D1A8' {} \; | xargs cp {} /ednpdtu7/u01/pipe/current_reprocess - It's giving the particular... (5 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am checking that a file is older than a reference file that I build with a touch command before processing it. If it is not old enough, I want to sleep for an hour and check again. My problem is if it is old enough to process, I want to exit when I am done, but I cannot find a way to exit... (2 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi to everybody!! I have a (simple) question but i am newbie with unix and so i need a little help...I am writing a bash script file and i want to put inside this: i have this command " find /usr/bin -name bzip2 -print " that i want to put it in a "if" statement and when it returns true the... (6 Replies)

8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hey everyone, I need some help for some unix commands. - List all processes in the file "ProcessUser.txt" sorted by the users and in the file "ProcessName.txt" sorted by the name of the process. - How much time does the command "ls -alR /" need and compared to that, how much time is... (2 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am writing a tcsh script that will open an already-running processs on a system, and give it a command. I want to have something similar to this: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/kill-process-in-linux-or-terminate-a-process-in-unix-or-linux-systems/ But I need to be able to find the process and... (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi gurus, I need a example. I am looking for a source code. where I got the keyword "altria_fetch" and also the keyword is present in the file ".pc" files. and it is present in the directory /fast folder. Inside fast there are lot of sub directories present on it. I am not sure how to reach... (8 Replies)