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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have an existing script that is used to send an e-mail containing the alrams that appear on the server.
But i need to create a daily log file containing all the alarms that was send that day.
i tired to add at the and of the script a command, echo command but for some reason the file was... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ashraf_victory
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I am new to Unix. I've started with a book "Unix for Dummies".
Please help, any websites with extensive amount of practice exercises are needed. I need to practice! Also I would appreciate any books that are good for beginners. Thanks to all! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: zamcruiser
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm very new with Unix and and am needing assistance in writing a Unix script that will uncompress a dated file then rename it. The script will also need to remove several old files that have a similar naming. The directory that the files reside in is call achdirdep the file that I need uncompress... (1 Reply)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
This may be answered elsewhere but I wasn't entirely sure of the wording I should use to search so here we go with an attempt:
I wish to make a script that will allow commands to be passed to it such as:
<command> -oOPTIONS -aANOTHER -pRINT
etc
However I don't really know the... (3 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I would like to find whether a file exists in the UNIX machine. That i can check using
if ;then
echo "exists"
echo " `cat $file` "
else
echo "invalid file"
fi.
and i can find out using :
find / -name "filename" . But it i have wanted to search in all directories. How to get... (3 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Create an executable script file called "newname" that will perform the followings:
1. Rename a file upon the user's request. If the file exists, prompt the user for confirmation before renaming the file. The screen should prompt the user for
a. "Name of file you want to rename." Use the "\c"... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: wiggles
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am working on writing scripts. Here is a script I need help with. I have also wrote what I think it is. I would really appreciate any help that I can get.
Create an executable script file called "newname" that will perform the followings:
1. Rename a file upon the user's request. If the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: wiggles
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Folks,
I posted a few days ago, thanks for the responses. My original question was for renaming files of sort 3p2325294.dgn in a directory containing multiple files. I need to drop the first 2 characters and the last in a unix script using Perl. How does it differ from using the Unix... (1 Reply)
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9. Programming
Hi all:
We're porting lot of C code from Windows to Unix.
In Windows we're using relative pointers (with the _based keyword) to
access some structures placed on shared memory. We would need
something like the Microsoft's _based keyword for unix.
Does something similar exist in Unix? If not, is... (3 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
OS: Solaris
Shell : KSH
Please help me in writing a script that captures a error message from a log file ( which updates continiously ) and send an email alert as soon as the systems throws a error message into that log.
i.e With out monitoring the log
Thanks in advance.. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pray44u
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