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the error i am getting is :
"./testing:read: missing arguments"

thanks anbu...it is working fine.

Thanks. The solution works fine, but again eval is giving problem in solaris. Can u pls tell the way out ?

This solution works, but what I exactly require is to iterate the list and get the variable having that value.

two problems,
1> I am using solaris, so it is giving error, maybe the eval command.

2> In the for loop instead of “\$ss1 \$ss5 \$ss6 \$ss8” is it possible to use any variable like list_of_var=...

ok...sorry

I have a list of variables: ss1, ss5, ss6, ss8, st2 etc. (these values are not fixed, configurable). Now, I have assigned ss5=”test”. And I want to search in the list for the string “test” to know...

can u pls tell m what is the alternative command of shlock in solaris ?

i am using shlock command to lock files in linux.
i need to do the same implementation in solaris.
but shlock doesnt work in solaris.
can u pls tell me what is the alternative command to be used...

yes, from the config file i ll get a comma separated list of directory names. We need to start with the first one in the list and go on...

Oops !!! A small mistake on my side :-( ...all these dir names are configurable...instead of a1...a5, they can be anything, (say abc,mnp,xyz) ...so the logic doesn't work...any alternative ?

I have a list of directories. (say a1,a2,a3,a4,a5)
I need to get the directory last modified and access the next one to put some files over there (say if a3 is the latest dir modified ie, last time...

Thanks matrixmadhan...it works fine now !!!

i need to use variable for the filename(uuu.1.2.090909.gz.111) and for the 4the token also (050505).it works with the actual values but when i replace with variables it doesnt.can u pls help ???

Thanks so much. It works fine :)
One more thing, I have a file like “uuu.1.2.090909.gz.111”.
I just want to change the 4th token, like “uuu.1.2.050505.gz.111”. How can I do in minimum steps?

i am new to shell scripting. i want to keep on increamenting a 6 digit number. For eg. 000000 + 1 = 000001 But instead of 000001 i get only 1. How do i do this ? Pls help.