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Look man, to be honest, you are better off learning the operating system. Once you do that, if you want to have aliases to move to the /usr/bin/ directory, then fine. Until then, you are better off...

Perform a move of the files, rename them prefixing them with a "." (period). Files prefixed with a "." are hidden.

Welcome. Please see the FAQ (https://www.unix.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24) section. This section has plenty of technical and non-technical information to get you started.

You can take this a step further by using a check sum. Say you have 5 or 10 required flags, you could accomplish this by keeping track of those arguments you have already processed by using a...

Boot the machine into DOS mode, do not go into DOS from Windows. (I know you cant get into Windows but just thought I would reiterate this for those who stumble onto this in the future).

Anyway,...

Yikes! - Not sure that I would stray too far off the path given the family history...

[Cant help but ask --> Is the story true? and what happened to your parents? Jail?] Wow.

Try Suse Linux. Its similar and easy to use.

You have come to the right place. Search the forums for FTP. The problem you posted is a very common set of tasks. More than likely you will find most of the code to do all of that in these forums. ...

See this thread (https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=19607&highlight=pingnodes)

As you might have guessed, the answer to this question depends on what you need accomplished.

Perl is ubiquitous these days - plus it runs on a variety of platforms
Korn Shell is powerful
Python...

Use a HERE document. Search the forum for Oracle or HERE document to find several other examples.


$ORACLE_HOME/bin/sqlplus -s <<SQLPLUS > oracle.log
$DB_id/$DB_pswd@$DB_server
select...

$? holds the exit status of the last command executed. Return will exit a function with a status of x (assuming you exit the function using return x). If x is not supplied, return will return the...

Try a tool like partition magic instead of waiting for Windows to prompt you. The Windows format utility (in my experience) is not that great.

Please post the OS you are using. Also, please post the grep statement that you are attempting to run. Finally, define "a lot of output". What exactly are you trying to do?

there is a command called reset that will fix this. Works on most terminals. Also, here is a thread (https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=13767&highlight=reset+terminal) that discusses this topic.

Can multiple files be loaded at a single time? That is, can a user kick off 1 process, and at the same time, another user kick off a different process?

Add a different file extension (.loaded or...

the command that you gave chmod 777 * will set the permissions to all files and directories that reside in the path in which you execute the command, to read, write, execute for the owner, the owners...

first thing to do is find out what core dumped. Was it telnet or something else? Your troubleshooting starts there. If you have the core file, and you are skilled in debugging/viewing core files (or...

Not commercial but free. You can do some handy debugging by using set command in your script with a flag or two. See man set.


set -n Read commands and check them for syntax errors, but do not...

Try the Hummingbird Support Site (http://www.hummingbird.com/support/). Its free and has many Exceed help documents.

Use a HERE document. Here is a link (https://www.unix.com/showthread.php?t=10895&highlight=document+sql) that will show you how.

It sounds as though you (or someone else) updated your PATH. Have a look in your home directory at your .profile (assuming you are using Korn shell). Check to see that your PATH includes your home...

try

stty -echo #turns echo off
<add code here that you do not want to see echo'd output >
stty echo #turns echo on

use find. Please see the FAQ section for a tutorial on its usage

Yah, begin reading the FAQ (https://www.unix.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24) section. There are many technical papers on how things work in the UNIX environment there (how to's) and other general...