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thanks for reply itkamaraj

so far i have tried this, but i dont think it is right!!


#!/usr/bin/perl

REVERSE_LIST = reverse (@ARGV);

print "command line argument in reverse:...

i am a beginner, i want to make a program that takes any command line arguments... and print it out in reverse.

ie. if the command line argument is "thanks for helping me"

i want it to output...

how do you call a perl script from a shell script?

#shell script

#!/bin/sh
echo "Enter command"
read input

if [ "$input" == "perl" ]
then
#run perl script
else
echo "command not...

thanks itkamaraj for the reply,

but it doesn't list anything, even thought it exists,, like *.txt (i am a beginner :D)

i have got heaps of files (.pdf, .txt and .doc) files in one folder, i am making a program in PERL that helps me find the files i want easier using shell wildcard,

something like this!!

print...

thanks birei,

instead of starting a new thread, do u happen to know, how to list files in a specific shell wildcard, so for example,

print "Enter a pattern (The pattern has to be in [])";...

how would you exit out of a programm correctly, without having for the program to crash?

for example

print "Enter quit";
$input = <STDIN>;

if ($input eq "quit")
{
{QUIT THE PROGRAM}
}...

how do i check if a command line argument is -g?

for example,

if command line argument equals "-g"
{
print "Goodbye \n";
}
else
{
print "Welcome to the program! \n";
}

hartz, thanks so much!!

thanks for the reply... i am new to shell scripting, can you please explain wwhat you did?

thanks

i am making this program that lists files in the current directory, it asks the user to input the file they want to list, eg "list " then they have to input the name of the file they want to list...

thanks for replying, but i dont quite understand what you did!! i tried running it too and it doesnt work!!
plzzz help!!


thanks

thanks for replaying doctorfoo1, but i want the user to enter the name! we dont know what the name is going to be, and they are meant to enter hello (name) or question (name) and the outputs are...

i am new to shell scripting!! i am making this program in bourne shell, that asks the user to input "Hello (their name)" or "question (their name)", any other input, "ERROR" will be outputted.
if...

i was just wondering how would you check , beside the lock method, if an instance of another code is already running and if it is then output a message to the user saying the program is already...

i am new to bourne shell, and i am making this program that checks if any .bmp files exist in the current directory, then if it does, it displays the image...

please help!!

thanks in...

thanks, but is it bourne shell? i am only new to shell scripting!!! please explain!!

thanks

i writing a program that checks if any .txt files exist in the current directory if it does, then it lists the files...

i have got everything right, except the validation part doesnt work!

.......

i am trying to write a program, that will list .txt files and .png files.
it will ask the user what type of files do they want to list! so if the user inputs txt files.. how would you list all the...