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Good morning all!

Does any know of any good resources to read up on why people would use Unix, what the weaknesses are of the platform and how it is used!

Many thanks:

Note: This is for an...

I strike again, Im sorry pederabo! I should have looked at the previous posts.

Did I ever tell you that YOUR GREAT!

Thanks again every1!

Can anyone tell me why I keep on getting this error message?

../dosRename: syntax error at line 77: `end of file' unexpected

I have treid everything and I just can get it to work!
Here is the...

Thanks again, Ill let you know what happens!

Solved it myself for once, file wasnt in UNIX format but now I get this:

/homedir/ilex-s11/****/bin/dosRename: syntax error at line 77: `end of file' unexpected

Help? Thanks a million!

Final Time now!

Why is this just being echoed to the screen, what have I done now! Please Please Please help beginning to hate shell!

#!/bin/sh

Usage() {
[ $# -ne 0 ] && echo "\n$*\n"...

Perderabo as I said b4 the Don of Unix!

Thanks so much!:D :D :D :D

Perderabo you are the Don of Unix! Thanks so much for everything! I have found the following solution to my problem though and you might be pleased!

#!/bin/sh //I take it this is...

Ok I know that Im beginning to get on peoples nerves and I apologise for that! But can I ask one more question in relation to this script (please dont shout about it being a sh, Im sorry)

Why is...

Sorry about that, it wont happen again. Thanks for the help all!

Can anyone please help me (again) with this statement:

*'**'*)
echo Cannot have more than 1 asterisk
exit
;;

As you can tell its supposed to drop out if there is more than 1 asterisk,...

Thanks for that.

Yeah a bash or ksh would probably be more powerful but Im quite new to all this and only really know how to use sh!

Thanks again to you!

Hi Zazzybob, thanks for the help so far! Ok to elaborate more on what I am trying to do:

Well I'm trying to create a script that looks at parameters followed by a target that that specifies either...

Can anyone please tell me why this wont work! Thanks so much!

#!/bin/sh

for file
do
case $file in
*.*.*)
echo Cannot have more than 1 dot
exit
;;

*'**'*)
echo Cannot have more...