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I am writing a small script which allows users to grep multiple log files across multiple directories, and often the output produced by the grep statements is quite lengthy. It would be nice if the...

What I would ideally like to do is perform a grep on all of the files, and if any of the search parameters are found, output both the filename and the line containing the parameter found. This is...

What would be the easiest way to grep all files within a particular directory that match a partial filename? For example, searching all files that begin with "filename.txt" and are appended with the...

The script I am writing must be able to run several commands (tar, gzip etc) on filenames that are supplied by variables. I am unsure as to what syntax is required/ideal when referencing variables...

I need an if statement that recognizes whether files fitting a certain pattern exist in the current directory. Is this syntax valid:

if [ -f "filename.ext.${zero}${star}" ]; then
...
fi
...

Ok, thanks to all of your help, I have solved many of the problems I was having. I have encountered a new problem, however, that needs dealing with. Is it possible to verify the existance of files...

I am fairly new to Unix (Sun OS) scripting with Ksh, and I could use a little help troubleshooting my script. When I run it, I get the error "if unexpected" on the function setYear. If I comment...

When I take out those spaces, the error I get is "[0: not found". And then it still proceeds to echo "0".

I've actually tried that, with no success. The error I get is "dateMonth: not found". It then proceeds to echo "0".

I know that this is a ridiculously simple statement, but I am getting an error when I execute it, and I can't figure out what it is. Can anyone point me in the right direction?


#!/bin/ksh...

Ya, I noticed that just after I posted the question. Sorry, my bad. :confused:

I need to figure out the numeric representation of the previous month (in an automated monthly-running script) so that I may append it to a filename. I have tried statements such as variable=`date...

This is the script that I have written so far. It does not include any code for writing the messages to the temp file, or any code for sending the email.


#!/bin/ksh

DATEmonth='date +%m'...

I am relatively new to both KSH and Unix scripting, and I would like some help getting my script up and running. I would like to have the script attempt various commands (tar, copy, gzip etc) and...