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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Everybody! First post! Totally noobie.
I'm using the terminal to read a poorly formatted book.
The text file contains, in the middle of paragraphs, hyphenation to split words that are supposed to be on multiple pages. It looks ve -- ry much like this.
I was hoping to use grep -v " -- "... (5 Replies)
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2. What is on Your Mind?
Hi All,
Could you please suggest books for learning ruby and python language ?
Thanks,
Pravin (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pravin27
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have tried a lot, Need your help guys.
SAS Program:
data one ; /* Data step */
Input name $; /*Dec variables*/
I want to remove the commented part(/* Data step */) alone. I have tried using sed command but it is deleting the entire line itself. i need unix command to separate this and... (6 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all,
i need some help, having never herd of ruby before i joined my workplace im now saddled with alot of scripts written in ruby and i need to find out how to debug certain things (values of array's hashes etc). What i need is how to view each step in this command in a log file:
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Discussion started by: limamichelle
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a requirement where I want to add a comment '#' in my crontab, run a process, than remove the '#' I added.
Example cron
#5,10 * * * * ls -lt /tmp
10,5 * * * * ls -lt /var
I would like to be able use sed or awk to add a '#' at the begining of each
line. After the command... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: BeefStu
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Lately there have been a lot of one-liners posted in "ruby" on the apparent assumption that mainstream unix or Linux come with "ruby. They don't.
What is "ruby"?
What platforms and Operating System versions are supported?
The syntax for "ruby" seems remarkably obscure compared with say "awk"... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: methyl
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
How would I go about writing a 'Mad Libs' type program using Ruby?
Any examples would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: greeky
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Again a comment removal requirement from me, refer my previous problem & solution for removing comment from ruby scripts: https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/118296-best-way-removing-comment-ruby-program.html
This time, it is for stripping of comments from Shell Script. I search for... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: thegeek
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