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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All, I am a newbie to Shell scripting. I have a requirement to Delimit the file fields of a Input file having special characters and spaces with ";".
Input File
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Server Port
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Local ... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Suganbabu
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm not really sure which forum this question should go into, so I'm posting it here.
I work with AIX and RHEL systems using PuTTY (Release 0.60_q1.129) from a Windows 7 workstation.
Some of the files we get from z/OS use "special" characters as delimiters. These characters include Hex 18... (7 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a set of strings in filea.
I want to search string xyz in fileb and replace next line in file b with the content from filea.
#cat filea
abc
def
ghi
#cat fileb
asdkjdslka
sajljskdjoi
xyzjjjjkko
aaaaaaaa
bbbbbbbb
cccccccc
xyzsdsajd
dddddddd
eeeeeeee (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: anilvk
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey Everyone,
I'm quite new to unix (hence the 0 posts!) and im trying to write a simple program that outputs what the user types in to the screen, as long as it is a letter.
This part works fine, however, when a "\" is entered doesnt not display anything and moves to the next line. Is... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: ultiron
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there a way to display the default answer when accepting input from the user in the unix script..
e.g.
ans="n"
read $ans?"Enter y to continue n to exit:"
altough ans contains n the message doesn't display the current contents on ans .. you get
Enter y to continue n to exit: (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: flopster
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Forum.
I've tried to search online for a solution but I cannot seem to find one.
Hopefully, someone here can help me out. I would appreciate it.
Input file abc.txt:
$InputFile_Borrower=CMTSLST\EDW_COMMERCIAL_MTGE_BORROWER_dat.lst... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: pchang
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7. UNIX and Linux Applications
Hi,
Can anyone help me? An input file has three lines. Each line should only be 2098 as number of characters however line 2 of the input file has more than the maximum number of characters, it exceeded up to 4098. What should I do so that could handle maximum number of characters? that it could... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: chrysSty
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey, I've create a custom useradd script, and I don't want the person creating the user to be able to put comma's in any of the input fields, because it could corrupt the /etc/passwd file.
I don't care what other characters they put in there, so is there a way I can just check all the input... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: paqman
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9. Solaris
Hi,
Does anyone know what i need to do to get the 'é' character to display on a Solaris 9 server. When i try to cut and paste it onto some of my machines via telnet it displays an 'i' but other machines with the same OS version are ok. It also doesn't like Japanese Characters.
Any help would be... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: mwfisher
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm a Unix newbie.
In a shell-script, is there any way to accept keyboard input (via STDIN) without having it display on the screen? I know keying in a login password sort of does this by replacing what you key with astericks (*) but I believe that's a "C" routine. I'd like to be able to... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: liteyear18
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