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1. AIX
if I want to create a bundle of user ids on some aix servers, if there is a way not need to do "passwd username" one by one user to set the password?
Thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rainbow_bean
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
$Input_filename=$ARGV;
if (!-d $Input_filename && ! -e $Input_filename)
{
print "USAGE: Please enter '$ABCD/def/dsed.txt' as an arguement \n";
exit;
}
1. Input Is suppose to be something like "$ABCD/def/dsed.txt".
if the input is wrong the script should throw an ERROR message.... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Rashid Khan
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm trying to only read price (FLOAT (i.e 1.10, 3.14, etc etc))
If the input is just an integer, I will add a .00 behind. (i.e 3 becomes 3.00 , 20 becomes 20.00)
If the input is without 2 decimal places, I'll add a 0. (i.e 3.1 becomes 3.10)
I tried using the below code, it works but I don't... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: andylbh
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all:
Working on a job I was asked get a simple script to perform the following task and would like to ask for some help. I'm looking forward to learning more and diving deeper into the World of Open Source servers.
I need a script for a Unix server, using as few lines as possible, that... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: moahten
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey, im trying to validate a user input and need some help. The input needs to be just a single letter. Im using a case to so this eg:
read answer
case $answer in
*) echo "OK"
;;
*) echo "This is a number"
read answer
;;
*) echo... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: 602chrislys
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
Can you help me validate 2 variables?The first is an input date from the user and should be like this (yyyy-mm-dd). The second variable is an input time from the user and should be like this(hh:mm).When the input is wrong i want to give the chance to the user to insert again the date or time... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: DDoS
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I'm kinda new to unix programming so bear with me...
I'm running a script prompting a user for an existing user and group and want to be able to validate if they valid.
Is there any code available?
Any help or push in the right direction would help.
Thank you, (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: thedon
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
This may have been addressed already somewhere, however I am looking for the easiest/shortest way to validate a response from a user for a file name.
The file name should not have any of the following characters
~`!@#$%^&*()_-+={|\:;"'<,>.?/
Further the response should not have any... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jerardfjay
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am trying to think of a way to create user ids on multiple Linux systems in one fell swoop without logging onto each system indivually. Is there a way to do this with ssh commands? I don't want to use NIS/LDAP solution just a simple shell script utilitarian methodoloy would suffice. Also, I am... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: darthur
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