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great way of solving the issue without a subshell.

i need to restrict other users from opening the file.

How to restrict modification of a file while it is already in use by another user?

If a file is in use by one user account, how to restrict it so that no one else can change it until its closed by...

Yep Pludi. Will check the mirror and mail to you shortly.had to discontinue the conversation as it was late night and went to sleep.

i cant paste what i have in my VMware output.. thats my only problem.. any particular string that u want me to check in the output of the command for?

if ksh was a part of my repositories then why would it give the error as "couldnt find the package"

Hey buddy!
I tried searching in Ubuntu forums site and found a solution to the problem. the link is
Ubuntu Desktop Computing Made Easy Karmic Koala 9.10 - Ubuntu Forums...

i tried the command
sudo apt-get install ksh
i received the error:

Where can i find the default Su password in Ubuntu?

hi all!
I have tried the command that you replied, but for that its asking for the SU password which is not set as i am the superuser and didnot set the Su password. Could you help me out.

I am using Ubuntu Karmic Koala Version 9.10 installed in a VMWARE on my Windows Lappie. My issue is that i am not able to spawn a korn shell with the ksh command that we generally use. Could someone...

hi Folks!
What is expect programming in Unix?:confused:

hi Folks!!
Just got a question in mind....
Is it possible for us to read the c code of the commands in the bin directory? I work on a LINUX server and i only see executables in the bin directory...

I think this may create an error if the same filename exists in two different folders and is used for two different purposes.Be cautious.

hi.. I am sorry for confusing you on this.Trust me, i am just a beginner in shell scripting. I was merely trying to create a file containing all the commands and the outputs that the user tries on...

hi folks!!
I was stuck with a little problem where i needed to communcate between two processes, i.e., send a command to the parent process from the child process as soon as the child process...

Thanks for correcting me on that Bro.
Another representation of your code that works is
sed -e :a -e N -e 's/\n/#/' -e ta original_file_name >new_filename
Please correct if i am wrong.

no problem....

Thinking on similar lines... i think the following code works:

open(SRC,"file location");
@sample = (23,32,45,54,56,65);

while(<SRC>){
chomp(@_);

@new = split(/\s+/);

$count = 0;$y=0;...

i suggest you post this at PerlMonks.

i couldnt understand why you used '0' in the code in '-xz0f'. I think it would work even if u dont use it in the first place. Try that out.

i think the following serves the purpose:
sed 's/\n/#/g' source_file_name >destn_file_name .
Please correct me if i am wrong.