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Thanks Felipe, the match function looks good.

If possible I would use perl for this, it is perfect for this task.
Search the cpan pages for DBI and DBD::mysql, there are plenty of examples there.

I am trying to break a string into separate fields and print the field that matches a pattern. I am using awk at the moment and have gotten this far:

awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;++i)print "\t" $i}'...

Hi,

I am running a bash shell script for some simple web server CGI, the script runs as expected from the browser except the following:

curl --silent --max-time 10 --output /dev/null...

Comparing the string counts before and after is perfect, thanks a lot EAGL€.

Hi Frans, how would you use the -s argument in this case?

This problem seems to be due to the way tail -f works, it writes the last ten lines of the log file to the tmp.file even if there isn't any movement in the log file. I wonder is it possible to turn...

I have a script which tails a log file and if it finds certain strings in the data tailed it sends an email, basically like this:

tail -f logfile > tmp.file &
sleep 10
kill $!
STRING=$(grep -c...

Thanks otheus.. thats a much nicer way of doing it. Btw I meant to type bash not ash, I have never used the ash shell.. Think i might try it out now just for fun.

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I am trying to write a function that needs to be able to assign the last run shell command to a variable. The actual command string itself not the exit code of the command.

I am using the...

Interesting nslookup might just do the trick, I'll give it a try.
Thanks for the suggestion.

I have a forloop which checks a log for a set of 6 static IP addresses and each IP found is logged to a file which is then mailed to me.

After the forloop I always have a text file that may...

Writing all the patterns to a file is a great tip.
Thanks sudhamacs it works perfectly.

I have a script which searches a huge log file for the existence of a specified string and if the string is not present i receive an alert mail.
Here's an extract:

STRING=$(grep 'warning' logfile...

Hi,

I have a simple windows batch file which connects to a UNIX server and runs a shell script in my home directory on the server.
It works perfectly, using plink + ssh keys in the background.
...

Great idea, thanks Jim

I agree with Yogesh Sawant, ssh is perfect for this.

Hi,

I am writing a shell script that checks catalina logs on a production system and mails me if it detects errors.
It greps the logs for known errors which i have defined as variables.
The...

Thanks for your input Ikon, you've given me some useful feedback, appreciate it.

I have written some scripts that do a few admin tasks on 23 servers I manage.
Usually I execute these scripts from one server by running ssh commands remotley, i.e.
ssh root@server2 shellscript,...

Good idea I'm going to try this out.
Thanks era

Hi,

I am looking to create a Shell script that will edit a text file then restart Apache & finally restore the text file to its original state.
Something along the lines of this:

1. sed...