Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello...

First of all, as a new member, i found this forum very helpful and all the members have great knowledge.

I am trying to learn unix online, as i have to make a script to monitor a solaris machine performance.

I found UNIX not as hard as i thought but making scripts and printing it into reports is something not easy at all.

If Any one could help you will save my job

Thanks for the kind words.

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thx for your info,

I need to know specific step by step how to create a script as several steps are wrong when i tried to use some code from the internet.
I need also to know how to save the script into a file and making a report

do you think this is specific or should i specify more?

First create a directory to hold your scripts:

Code:

mkdir -p $HOME/bin

Add this directory to your PATH variable if it is not already there:

Code:

case :$PATH: in
     *:$HOME/bin:*) ;;
     *) PATH=${PATH%:}:$HOME/bin ;;
esac

Choose a text editor.

Use whichever editor you fell most comfortable with. Any UNIX system will have several to choose from. My preference is emacs, but if you haven't used a text editor before, you might be better off with pico or nano.

Invoke the editor with the name of your script file, e.g.:

Code:

nano $HOME/bin/myscript

Write your script. For example:

Code:

echo "Hello, World!"

Save the file.

Exit the editor.

Give the file execute permissions with:

Code:

chmod +x $HOME/bin/myscript

Execute the script ($ is your cxommand prompt; Hello, World! is the output of the script).:

Code:

$ myscript
Hello, World!

For further information, visit some of the links listed on my web page, Links to other shell resources.

I think we should create a new category in our links directory and transfer those excellent resources there.

thx alot for your useful information
it's useful steps