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Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 02-22-2008

#!/bin/sh script fails at StringA | tr "[x]" "[y]"

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does that just echo, or does it update $StringA?

I'm interested in modifying the parameter's value. Does that change the string or just show the output?

Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 02-22-2008

#!/bin/sh script fails at StringA | tr "[x]" "[y]"

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#!/bin/sh script fails at StringA | tr "[x]" "[y]"

I need to take a string (stringA) check it for spaces and replace any spaces found with an equal (=) sign.

This is not working. There are spaces between each component:
$StringA | tr "[ ]" "[=]"...

Forum: Shell Programming and Scripting 02-15-2008

Getting is not an identifier error

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#!/bin/sh error: (variable content) This is not an identifier.

relevant code:
#!/bin/sh

... NOTE: I am accepting parameters passed from Oracle Apps:
relevant code:
var1=$1
var2=$2
var3=$3
ReqID=$4

... NOTE: Displayed parameters are correct when...

Forum: UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers 01-30-2008

Trouble with UNIX tr (translate) function

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Trouble with UNIX tr (translate) function

UNIX script - problem.

I want the spaces in my Item variable to be replaced with a question mark. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? This is the whole code line.

Item | tr -s " " "?"
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