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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am new to Linux and studying to become a Unix System Admin. I am taking a course in which I was practicing creating a bash script to ping a particular IP address. The script can be found below:
#/bin/bash
echo "Enter the IP address"
read ip
if
then
ping -c 1 $ip
if ;... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: shah9250
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
can someone explain how this aliases work:
alias m 'if ( \!:$ =~ *gz) set status = 1 && most \!:$ || gzcat \!:1 | most '
I mean, I know what it does, but I don't know how
- what is \!:$ and \!:1
- how do it used the && and ||
- what it does with status variable?
thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: tzvikao
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
My professor has given me a couple of functions that I am to use to accomplish the task of replacing spaces in file and/or directory names with hyphens.
(i.e. A B/C D/E F and you want to rename that to A B/C D/E-F would be an example of changing the file and leaving the directories)
These are... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Skittlybop
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
1. Create a directory script (project_dir.sh)
· Write a script in your home directory to create a subdirectory called “PROJECT<99>” within your home directory on the Ubantu/Linux server. <99> is your project number (e.g. 01,02,03, ... 15).
· The script must test whether... (1 Reply)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am new to shell scripting. I have a question I would greatly appreciate any suggestions on. I am writing a ksh script that will launch bin files. The files are owned root and the application runs under root. The application administrators do not get root access. The script is intended... (1 Reply)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am processing data. In the first column there is the date ("2011 02 03 12 45") separated by space and follow I have the measurements.I have several days in one file. What I would like to do is:
to read the data line by line and write the data of "today" in a new file and "yesterday" as... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: jurgen
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi and sorry for crossposting...
I have data, the first column is the date ("2011 02 03 12 45") and follow I have the measurements . What I would like to do is:
to read the data line by line and write the data of "today" in a new file and "yesterday" as well in another file, separated by... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jurgen
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all,
I am currently try to learn the linux operating system as well as some bash programming. I have come across some online course work which has been very helpful, I have been working through some assignments and since I have no teacher to ask I have come to you experts.
So the... (6 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can I redirect all stdout and stderr messages from a command to /dev/null (or to a file if need be) except messages that start with the word 'foo'? Messages that start with 'foo' need to be displayed in real time (i.e., when they are sent to stdout/stderr by the command). Thanks. (5 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
the current pwd is:
c:\cygwin\home\hui
which command can go to
c:\documents and setting\hui\my documents\hui\reply.txt (1 Reply)
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