No it has to do with the pipe "|" symbols in the strings.
It is confusing the test. I don't know a way around it though. I've tried it myself with double quotes and single quotes around the strings but it still fails.
Perhaps perl is capable or there is a test in ksh I am just not aware of.
Sorry, but I have to disagree entirely. Here is proof at the ksh prompt...
Ih all,
i have multiples ksh scripts for crontab's unix jobs
they all have same variables declarations and some similar functions
i would have a only single script file to declare my variables, like:
var1= "aaa"
var2= "bbb"
var3= "ccc"
...
function ab { ...}
function bc { ... }... (2 Replies)
Hi all, I'm just getting back in to C programming after some time and I thought I would start off with a simple XOR encryption program. However I'm having trouble getting it to work. The code in prompt() function works great when it is just placed in side of main() however I want to be able to... (5 Replies)
Hi
I am new to this Scripting process and would like to know How can i write a ksh script that will call other ksh scripts and write the output to a file and/or email.
For example
-------
Script ABC
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a.ksh
b.ksh
c.ksh
I need to call all three scripts execute them and... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
What is the diffence between executing the script like
./myscript.ksh
. ./myscript.ksh
I have found 2 difference but could not find the reason
1. If i export a variable in myscript.ksh and execute it like . ./myscript.ksh the i can access the other scripts that are present in... (5 Replies)
I am working on a simple login ID check shell script that should prompt for a user ID then check to see if this user is logged on. Trying to get the hang of this stuff so I am thinking of my own little projects.
#! /bin/sh
echo "please enter a user name"
read user
if user=$user
then... (3 Replies)
The syntax of 'if' conditionals in bash and ksh seems different. I am trying to check for a particular version using 'if' in ksh. This very simple syntax gives syntax error. I have tried many variants, but no go. Please correct the syntax. Later I will expand it to 'if' and 'else'.
#!/bin/ksh... (8 Replies)
Hi!
(I guess this could of gone into the scripting forum, but Unix for Dummies seemed more appropriate. Please note that I am not in school, so Homework doesn't seem appropriate either. You guys can let me know if you think otherwise.)
I am following an exercise in a book on ksh scripting which... (2 Replies)
Hi ! all I am just trying to check range in my datafile
pls tell me why its resulting wrong
admin@IEEE:~/Desktop$ cat test.txt
0 28.4
5 28.4
10 28.4
15 28.5
20 28.5
25 28.6
30 28.6
35 28.7
40 28.7
45 28.7
50 28.8
55 28.8
60 28.8
65 28.1... (2 Replies)
Here is my code....
just want to compare column 1 and 2 of file 2 with file 1 as standard file and print file 2 all contents with matched index value stored in $8 of file 1
awk 'NR==FNR{
A=$0;B++;next}
{print A?$0 FS B: $0 FS "Not-Found" }' FS="\t" file1 file2 here B is not printing if... (19 Replies)
I am trying to run following script in ksh on darwin 11.4.2:
freeSpace=2469606195
spaceNeeded=200
] && echo "no space" || echo "space available"
] && echo "no space" || echo "space available"
"-lt" is giving wrong answer as "no space" Whereas '<' works fine. When I change the freespace... (4 Replies)