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Hi,

how do i send an email from a Perl script?

i.e. what is Perl's equivalent to mailx?

i have my script working where it prints out an error to a screen, but instead i'd like it sent to...

Hi,

I'd like to assign the output of the find command to a variable.

What I need is to run the find command, and if it returns zero files, the program exits.

so i'm trying to assign the...

hi,

i'm creating a little menu for some users.

i'm running the command:


du -a /apps | sort -n -r | head -n 10 | nl
i then get the top 10 files by size in the /apps directory

the...

hi,

I need to find files that have been created less than 3 days ago. However, I need to only search specific directories.

I've searched about the net and found some useful commands such as : ...

that did it, thanks very much guys!

this seems to output the compression to screen, and doesn't send it to the file.

thanks

Hi,

I've got to setup a script that will run daily, and find a log file of a certain age, and then compress and transfer this file to a new location.

so far i've been able to specify the file i...

sorry maybe my echo statement was the best example.


if [ -s file_log1 ]
then
mailx -r server@myworld.com -s "Error found $HOSTNAME, \
Engine 1, please investigate" my_email@what.com <...

so if you'd a long line, how would you format it?

i.e.


if [something true etc]
then
echo "blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblahblah blah blah
...

Hi,

just quick question, I currently type up my scripts in Notepad++ and then copy them into my file (in VI).

However, i've noticed that all the lines get messed up and it becomes difficult to...

hi this doesnt seem to work for me. also i cannot use the 'q' in grep.

thanks anyhow

Hi,

I have a log file that i'd like to monitor for a string. Now the log file rolls over everytime the server is restarted, so i'm doing a reverse list and then reading the latest log file.

So...

thanks

hi,

I would like to monitor a log file, which rolls over, everytime a server is restarted.

I would like to grep for a string, and to be more efficient i'd like to grep only newly appended...

that did it for me! thanks very much everyone! :)

no, sorry i left out the names of the servers trying to help.

hostnames_here would be the server names i.e. server1 server2 server3 etc..

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I would like to ssh into serveral servers, print the hostname and do an ls (of files in a certain directory), and add these details to a file.

so i have this:

#!/usr/bin/bash

for host...

hi thanks for your help.

that seemed to do the trick! thanks very much!

excuse my ignorance, i'm a newbie to Unix.

i'm using Solaris

the output of the log files are:

May 19 20:34:33 server_name Process: Error_message_timed_outI can grep out the month and day. ...

Hi,

I have some log files. I've been asked to grep out error messages that have happened ONLY today. (However, the logs keep messages a long time so they have error messages going back weeks)
...

thank worked a treat! thank you very much!!

Hi

I have a query that some of you may be able to help me with if poss? I'd appreciate it very much.

I've got a few log files, that I would like to search for a string. When the string is...

Hi,

I'm looking a bit of advice on a job offer I've been made.

I'm currently a Microsoft Windows Administrator, with good experience in this and also in Novell.

I've just been offered a...