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All i see - bar one or two- are job ads for mid-senior unix adminstrators. how does someone with no experience in the field gets into it when everyone is looking for guys with 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 years...

Hello all,

Im about to graduate with a degree in computer science. I think i've found my 'niche' in unix and would like to take it up as a career. I hope you dont mind answering a few questions....

thanks man, its strange though why isnt there an option that checks to see if the file is empty instead of having to negate the statement.

^ exactly so wouldnt -z check the file content and then erase the file if its empty? or is it -s?

oh man im lost.

remove the empty file[touch file i created to test the script] is what im trying to do , shouldnt it do just that?

thanks for the prompt reply. so would i run the command man bash? I was reading a book and it said to use the -z option to check wether the string is empty.

#!/bin/bash

for file in $HOME/[ A-Za-z ]*;
do
if [ -z $file ]; then
rm -i $file > /dev/null
echo "$?"
echo "$file has been deleted"
fi
done

Been trying to learn shell scripting for a...

help?? anyone?

thanks for the reply!. My ip address is static.

I installed solaris 10 on my desktop pc, however it does not detect my internet connection. IM also running redhad and that detects it automatically, so i guess i have to go in manually and change...