1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

PLEASE EXPLANIN ME... sed 's~\(.*\)\(<name>\)\(.*\)\(</name>\)\(.*\)~\2\3\4~' this is the format <start><name>123<\name><addr>BAC<\addr><loc>sfo<\loc></start> (1 Reply)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am trying to understand a script and found a line as follows: tr '\211\233\240' '\040' < $IN_FILE | tr -cd '\11\12\15\40-\176' > $TEMP_FILE Can any one explain the above line .. What are they trying to translate using the tr command.. I have not used tr command.. so feeling little bit... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

hello, I am using banner command in my shell.I used :- The problem is that the output is printed in 3 separate lines.I want to display it in a single line.If the size is not enough then at least 2 words should come in the same line. Can you tell me what is the option in banner that would help... (4 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I want to search for a file/directory named "abc" which is located anywhere in the given unix system. I am using the command :- But the problem is that this is giving me all combinations of files with have 'abc' in their name. But can I know the option to be used to get the location... (5 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello sir, We can archive a file by :tar -cvf a.tar a.txt AND We can get it back by : tar -xvf a.tar I want to save the file extracted from a.tar into a specific location.How can I give the destination path in the above command ??? (2 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

i have input files like this SFE_DOC_DATE (SFE_DOC_DATE:UniChar.:): "04/18/20" SFE_PSTNG_DATE (SFE_PSTNG_DATE:UniChar.:): "04/18/20" SFE_CREATEDON (SFE_CREATEDON:UniChar.:): "05/31/20" SFE_CLEAR_DATE (SFE_CLEAR_DATE:UniChar.:): "(NULL)" SFE_CLR_DOC_NO... (3 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

which one is correct chmod 777 file.txt or chmod 777 / file.txt what is difference in these two commands? thanx in advance (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, What is the difference in capitalizing the option 'i' of xargs command, (i.e) xargs -i and xargs -I? Also, what is the difference between the below 2 commands? output_from_cmd | xargs -I {} grep '{}' file output_from_cmd | xargs -I grep '{}' file Any efficiency or performance... (4 Replies)

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

dear users and experts, i am stuck withis command and i am unable to understand what is it doing?? ls -d * (7 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi all, I would need to add the description in the below syntax. let me know the below syntaxt how it can be changed to add the description in the below. ps -ef | grep "server" | mailx -s "servers currently which are running" operational@acel.com Server 62 -> Used for User acessing.... (14 Replies)