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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a shell script which has this while loop line
"while read tblName xx; do..."
I understand how while loop works but don't know what does this xx stands for? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: later_troy
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am using simple for loop, but getting syntax error when I run the code
code
#!/bin/ksh
pls enter number
read n
for(i=1; i<=n; i++)
do
echo $i
done
syntax error
+ pls enter number
+ read n (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: stew
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to run a menu option though IF loops. I keep getting errors not allowed the menu to be processed correctly. Currently it will accept the first 2 statements but then crash on the 3rd. The 2nd and 3rd have the same syntax, so I do not understand why it breaks.
#!/bin/bash
while... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ironguru
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm getting an error while running this script. Need help.
set -x verbose #echo on
clear #clear the screen
USERNAME="bbb"
PASSWORD="password"
SERVER="192.168.1.100"
WAIT_TIME=300
FILE_PATH="/home/users/xxx/MMM" # local directory to pickup *.dat file
REMOTE_PATH="/Drop_off/xxx/yyy" #... (17 Replies)
Discussion started by: clgz2002
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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Discussion started by: lucasvs
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
Can any one help, I'm trying to run a script that beeps out the ip address from the PC internal speaker with the following script. It keeps throwing the error "Syntax error: Bad for loop variable" on line 16. I know its picking up the IP ADDRESS correctly. Any ideas on whats wrong. I'm... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dman
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi everyone,
Can ny1 help me out regarding while loop arguments
i.e. what does
-gt
-ge
-lt
-le
means?
actually i am new to while loops (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jojo123
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
I'm trying to loop through a number of files that is set by whatever is in a field.
eg.
The idea is to split FILELIST down into fields, it could contain 1 - 999 fields and it's bar delimited.
I thought simple, count the number of fields in the field and then loop... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Peejay
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have the following script (compile_mercury) and I get this error: I have no idea why...and I have written this script completely in linux (bash) and not in windows.
****************
./compile_mercury: line 136: syntax error near unexpected token `done'
./compile_mercury: line 136:... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: habzone2007
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
i don't get what's wrong here. i'm writing a shell script that takes 1 argument (a number) from the command-line, but it's throwing an error:
Syntax error: Bad for loop variable
doesn't make much sense
for (( i = 1; i = ${1}; i++ )) # error points to this line everytime
do
echo... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: visitorQ
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