Shell Programming and Scripting

i would LOVE to copy and paste everything but the set-up of computers means that only this one has the internet, whilst the one with unix doesn't!!! But I assure you I check everything 3 times now after missing teh !#/bin/bash thing! and its all there! and the error messages are pretty much as I type, nothing more, nothing less..

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On a slightly different note, how would I get the unix OS on my laptop at home without having to install it? like with the virtual box thing? Do you guys reccomend anything?

ok so when i do the ps command, i get:

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  PID TTY         TIME CMD
 14876 pts/63       0:03 tcsh
 14864 pts/63       0:03 tcsh

Yep it would really help to know your environment and the vintage of your Solaris:

What is the output from the following enquiry commands.

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echo $SHELL

which sh
which ksh
which bash

uname -a

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Just seen your last post.

Very surprised to see "tcsh". That is just about the least useable Shell there is.
Any way you can get your Systems Administrator to make a Posix shell available to your account?

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On the other subject, please start a new thread making it absolutely clear what make model and specification of laptop you have, any existing Operating Systems and how much free disc space you have.

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On the other subject, please start a new thread making it absolutely clear what make model and specification of laptop you have, any existing Operating Systems and how much free disc space you have.[/QUOTE]


Sure, i'll do it when i get home!