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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a script as below.
bash-3.00$ cat test.sh
#!/usr/bin/ksh
path=`pwd`
echo $path
var=$path/temp11
echo $var
If run it is giving output
bash-3.00$ ksh test.sh
//var/tmp/SB2/miscellaneous
//var/tmp/SB2/miscellaneous/temp11 (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: millan
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I came across this line in a shell script that I was looking at yesterday. Couldn't get a clue of what it does. :confused:
....
....
blah blah
....
.....
exec >&- 2>&-
......
blah blah
.....
Can someone explain me this??
Usually I have seen exec commands used to... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: PikK45
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I'm trying to understand why the find command below is not listing a directory which was modified long back from the number of days specified in the mtime part. :confused:
user-aster :/mydir
$ ls -ld 1607570a-4fed44bb-4988
drwxr-xr-x 3 xyz abc 4096 Jun 29 01:02 1607570a-4fed44bb-4988... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: aster007
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4. Programming
fg = foreground bg = background
I have a cobol program that I start with a very simple script.
The script is not at fault as it has not changed and the program worked in fg and bg before.
I have altered the logging in the program and moved my cursor declare to working storage.
The program runs... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Bruble
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Suppose if I have a file having data like this:
$ cat file.txt
A
B C
D
And, if I do a cut operation like this:
$ cut -d" " -f2 file.txt
The output is
A
C
D
This is the same for even if we try to get the field 3 with -f3 (assume line 2 has 3 fields : C E F).
The above... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: royalibrahim
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am using "trap" command in my script to prevent the user from running Ctrl-C during the its execution. My script creates number of children processes which in turn create some children processes as well during the execution.
When user / tester tries to run Ctrl-C, the parent process is... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
i 've noticed the following difference between freebsd cp and gnu cp
from the freebsd cp man page:
-R ... If the source_file ends in a /, the contents of the directory are copied rather than
the directory itself. ...
on gnu cp from the man pagewhile on gnu cp manpage:
‘-r'... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: aegis
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a variable, defndata, which is a number (fetched from a file using awk).
I want that if defndata is not initialized (that is its not found in the file using awk), then to execute a block of statements, otherwise execute another block.
if
then
....
else
...
fi
Now this... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: indianjassi
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi guys,
I have the following example data:
A;00:00:19
B;00:01:02
C;00:00:13
D;00:00:16
E;00:02:27
F;00:00:12
G;00:00:21
H;00:00:19
I;00:00:13
J;00:13:22
I run the following sort against it, yet the output is as follows:
sort -t";" +1 -nr example_data.dat
A;00:00:19 (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: miwinter
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have got a file BeforeSort.txt having 40 fields seperated by "|"
First field= RecordType (Value will be P or FP)
Second field= CamCode
Third field = UpdatingDate
Fourth field = ProductType
Fifth field = ActionCode (Value may be 01, 02 or 03)
Sixth field = ProductCode
and so on
My... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pankajrai
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