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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Trying to change the prompt. I have the following code.
export PS1='
<${USER}@`hostname -s`>$ '
The hostname is not displayed
<abc@`hostname -s`>$ uname -a
AIX xyz 1 6 00F736154C00
<adcwl4h@`hostname -s`>$
If I use double quotes, then the hostname is printed properly but... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobbygsk
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, consider a file which has data such as
"random text",912345,"54","finish"
"random text",9991236745,"9954","finish"
I want to replace the numbers that don't have double quotes around them with ones that do; so the output should be
"random text","912345","54","finish"
"random... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Storms
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello. I'm trying to write a bash script that uses GNU screen and have hit a brick wall that has cost me many hours... (I'm sure it has something to do with quoting/globbing, which is why I post it here)
I can make a script that does the following just fine:
test.sh:
#!/bin/bash
# make... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jondecker76
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi I want to replace single quote with two single quotes in a perl string.
If the string is <It's Simpson's book> It should become <It''s Simpson''s book> (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: DushyantG
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Greetings,
I have the following scenario, The contents of main file are like :
Unix|||||forum|||||||||||||||is||||||the||best
so||||||be|||||on||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||it
And i need the output in the following form:
Unix=forum=is=the=best
so=be=on=it
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dipanchandra
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Unix superusers,
I am new to unix but would like to learn more about grep. I am very familiar with regular expressions as i have used them for searching text files in windows based text editors. Since I am not very familiar with Unix, I dont understand when one should use GREP with the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: george_vandelet
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, I have a sed line in double quotes which works fine, but I want it to be in single quotes
here is the sed line
sed "/abc_def/s/\'.*\'/\'\${abc_def}\'/"
can some one give the equivalent to the above script in single quotes
Thanks a ton (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sol_nov
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm not very familiar with the ssh command. When I tried to set a variable and then echo its value on a remote machine via ssh, I found a problem. For example,
$ ITSME=itsme
$ ssh xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx "ITSME=itsyou; echo $ITSME"
itsme
$ ssh xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx 'ITSME=itsyou; echo $ITSME'
itsyou
$... (3 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi i am new on Unix..........
I have to write a ddl and for tables and I am using single quotes in the comment for the table and its column...........but when i see on the unix server the ' dont show .
e.g. DROP TABLE DMR_PURGED;
CREATE TABLE DMR_PURGED
(
HEALTH_SERVICE_ID ... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: agarwalniru
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a file which looks like this, I have stripped most of the columns:
2006,UCA,"02452","NM","1","M","84",123,aa
2006,UCA,"02452","NM","1","L","84",123,bb
2006,UCA,"02452","NM","1","L","84",432,cc
2006,UCA,"02452","NM","1","L","33",213,dd
2006,UCA,"02452","NM","1","L","33",124,ee... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sumeet
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