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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, coding a simple program to compare an entered number to a randomly generated one. The number of digits are restricted so I'm just trying to figure out how to refer to the index value in a string and then compare it to the variable I want. I don't know if bash automatically indexes strings, so... (7 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can some one please help me with the syntax in shell script for the below :
if $var1 exists in ('val1','val2','val3')
I want to execute a set of commands if the value of var1 variable matches any one of the given string values. Please let me know if there are any other option to go by.
... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pandee
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need a shell script, which would search the result values from another files.
1)execute " select column1 from table_name" query on the table.
2)Based on the result, need to be grep from .wft files.
could please explain about this.Below is the way i am using.
#!/bin/sh... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Rami Reddy
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I am trying to to compare a string variable with a string literal inside a loop but keep getting the
./testifstructure.sh: line 6:
#!/bin/sh
BOOK_LIST="BOOK1 BOOK2"
for BOOK in ${BOOK_LIST}
do
if
then echo '1'
else
echo '2'
fi
done
Please use next... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: daveu7
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I would like to compare 2 files, and have a return code write to a file.
regardless of the files contents are the same the code should be writing to a file (if both files contents are same then return code 0).
A simple example will be great :)
Thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: khchong
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am trying to write a script to show the status of a Network card.
Variables:
chosennic is a read variable
statuss=`/sbin/ifconfig $chosennic | grep MTU | awk '{print $1}'`
ipadd=`/sbin/ifconfig $chosennic | grep Bcast | awk '{print $2}' | awk -F : '{print $2}'`... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mikejreading
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
All I want to do is find out if the string 'NO' is in a file by checking for a return code of 0 if there is a match. The grep works fine on the command line directly naming the file but I am obviously not using the correct syntax within the shell script as I consistently get the error message
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Discussion started by: SusanDAC
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do I evaluate the result of a command assigned to a variable??
Example:
var1=`cmd`
rc=$?
rc will be the result of the assignment rather than cmd since it executes after. How do I evaluate the result of the command itself?
Cheers..:confused: (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: browndr
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
Can anyone please let me know the syntax / how to pick up the Return Code ( RC) from the mailx command and return it to SAS uisng 'system()' function and '${?}'.
I am in a process to send the mail automatically with an attachment to bulk users. I have used 'Mailx' and 'Unencode'... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: manas6
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all
while writing a small script , i got stuck with this simple thing.Hope you guyz can help.
Iam trying to read password
echo"enter password"
read $pwd
now i have to check this
echo"enter password to proceed"
read $pwd
now i have to check both the values of the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: coolkid
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