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Thank u very much!!! I am still getting the whole record though. Is there a way to pull just the first name and output that only? My columns are separated by : I tried $ awk -F: 'length ($1) == 4'...

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I am trying to sort thru a database and print all the customers whose first names are only four characters. I just want to pull the first name only from the database.

the database...

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I am trying to append a file called datebook.txt. I want to append the end of each line containing the name Fred with three ***. I believe I need to make the * loose its meta character...

I mean background jobs started by my session. I thought I would need to include processes with that also. I am using putty to access our server.

ok I know that I can display all running processes with ps -ux. I can display only the processes that I am running by ps -U citizencro. I can kill what process I want with with kill -9 %pid and it...

I have written the code to create a file named backup which can append the date and time with the following code;

FILE="backup_$(date +%b)_$(date +%d)_$(date +%Y)"
echo $FILE

I can't figure...

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I need to create a shell script that appends a filename to create a name with the date and time appended that is guaranteed to not exist. That is, the script insures you will not overwrite...

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I need to write a shell script that does the following; Allows you to kill a job,(1) listing only the jobs you own, (2) asks for which job to kill, (3) kills the job and (4) confirms...

This worked and was very helpful and appreciated... Thanks, citizencro

on login, in the message of the day..... Although the question was not specific, just asked for a shell script displaying the above.

I need it to say "today is friday, tgif" on friday, then on sat, sun, mon etc, I need it to display sat - 6 days left, sun 5 days left, mon 4 days left, etc...... Thanks for the response...

Hey - I need to write a shell script that gives a message on Fridays and a countdown on other business days. ("Today is Thursday, one day to go to Friday") I don't know if I should be scheduling a...

The instructions asked for this; Write each of the following shellscripts. Be sure to include the shbang line and comments.

Name the file deadusers – shows dead accounts (false shell) and includes...

I am trying to show the number of dead accts or false shells running and include a count at the end. Does anyone know how to go about this? Thanks - citizencro

I am looking to do something where if I created a file named backup,or whatever it would print a name like “backup_Apr_11_2011”. Thanks citizencro

it's asking me to use a different command or "better" command than date???

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by creating a shell...

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I am trying to show today's date and time in a better format than ‘date' (Using positional parameters). I found a command mktime and am wondering if this is the best command to use or will...

Now how do I get it to do the reverse, showing all files with full info and no directories? Thanks for responding, citizencro

Hello all, i'm stumped.... I need to list all directories with all there info and exclude the files, then vice versa. I am not sure if I need to string several ls commands together or how to even do...