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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
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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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have written a code to modify a string say,
StringA=abc,def,ghi
I need to change it to something like:
StringB=This means abc='ABC', This mean def='DEF', This means ghi= 'GHI'
StringB=$(echo $StringA | awk -F',' 'BEGIN { OFS="," } { for (i=1; i<=NF;i++) $i="This means... (2 Replies)
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7. 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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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Please help me to echo the following statement using single quotes
Why can't I write 's between single quotes
Thanks in advance,
Chella (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: chella
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all...
This is probably the simplest question but its driving me round the bend :-(
does anyone know how to store a single quote in a variable. Im using cygwin bash
for example
single_qoute = " ' "
echo single_quote
dosnt work :-( it is absolutely baffling me!
The reason why... (4 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I am passing a variable site_name from a shellscript to an SQL script and then I want to spool an sql query on to my Unix box and generate a CSV file.
Everything works fine but I have to give quotes to the variable '&&site_name' in spool statement ..if i remove the quotes it generates an LST... (6 Replies)
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