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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi guys,
I need a help with a query. Basically i want to know the difference between (0+01)* and ((0+01)*)* . It seems whatever string can be generated by the first RE can also be generated by second and they should essentially be same. Am i missing something? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: srkmish
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Agian
Sorry for all these questions...:
Last one for a whie, I promise
This is an example of a menu script I am using. It works OK...when I get to the 2nd menu level, if the command is issued or canceled, I would like to go back to the first menu (# MAIN SECTION)
This is NOT the... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: olearydc
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How is the level of access on a particular folder determined? I have heard (its just hearsay so am not particularly sure of it) that the access a particular user/group has to a low level directory is also affected by the level of access granted to the user/group on its parent directories. e.g.
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: jawsnnn
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I'm trying to rename a bunch of files that were named incorrectly. I know a little about regular expressions but I'm not very good at them.
Here is the image of the file names:
http://i47.tinypic.com/np2gxi.jpg
I'm trying to change the 20111116 at the beginning to 20101116 for all... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: nastyn8
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi!
I wanted to use a while loop, like the one below, for checking words extracted by awk to terminate when a specific word appears. Unfortunately whenever I put my code inside the loop I get an error "Expression recursion level exceeded". What does it mean? What recursion? I don't have any... (4 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Folks;
I have 3 questions & any help with them would be really appreciated:
If i have a list of directories, for example:
/fs/pas/2007/4/6/2634210/admdat/examin
/fs/pas/2007/4/6/2634210/admdat2/stat
/fs/pas/2007/4/6/2634210/admdat3/data
/fs/pas/2007/4/6/2634210/im_2/0b.dcm
Now; my... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Katkota
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Folks,
I would just like to know how recursion works in ksh or inside a shell in general. I created the following script, but it works(runs recursively) only for 64 times:
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#! /usr/bin/ksh
displaymessage()
{
echo "displaying count: $cnt "
echo "wait for 1 second..."... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: marlonus999
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi - I am trying to ignore the following items from a list.
lp0
lp11
lp12
lp14
The following code works fine, but I was wondering if there was a tidier way to write the lp regular expression?
egrep -v "lp"
Thanks in advance. (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Krispy
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
why does * highlight everything in it... shouldn't it only highlight capital letters? (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: brentdeback
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can someone give me an example of Enterprise level permissions? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: wmosley2
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