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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
So, the beginning of my script will cat & grep a file with the output directed to a new file. The data I have in this file needs to be parsed, read and evaluated.
Basically, I need to identify the latest date/time stamp and then calculate whether or not it is within 15 minutes of the current... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: hynesward
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there, i think im getting myself a little confused and need some help :wall:
I am reading in a bunch of variables to my script from an external file and need to validate that a value has been set for each
so if you can imagine, the user is required to pass in 4 values... (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have the following in my makefile:
RESULT=`../${TOOLS_ROOT_PATH}/ext_tools.sh 11`; \
set $$RESULT > tMp; \
rm tMp; \
if ; then \
echo copying external-local tool: $< \($$*\); \
mkdir -p ${EXTERNAL_LOCAL_BIN_DIR}/$<; \
cp -f... (4 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have the following requirement.
V="First"
R="V"
echo $$R
The output should be First. How do i achieve this.
how do we evaluate the $R and evaluate it to $V as $R contains V
and $V is First.
Thanks
Vijay (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: vijaykrc
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, i'm unable to write a correct if... statement to evaluate the $? variable.
Could anybody send to me an example? for example, this lines of code didn't work...
if ; then
etc etc
if ; then
etc etc
Thank you in advanced. (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: aristegui
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
how do i evaluate the value of date
if ( $(date +%m) > 8 ) then
FY_STAMP=FY$(echo $(($(date +%Y) + 1)) | cut -c3-4)
else
FY_STAMP=FY$(date +%y)
fi
i want this to make the FY_STAMP increment by 1 if the month is september and up. but cant seem to make it work (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: rsf01
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a user defined configuration file, which could contain the following type of entries:
directory_001=/a/directory/structure
pattern_001=fred*
pattern_002=*
I have a script which reads the file generically which will loop round
loop 1
genvar=”directory”
iteration=”001”
... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: Bab00shka
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I ve a script like....
TBL=employee
sql=`cat abhi.sql` \\ abhi.sql contains ------- select a from $TBL
echo $TBL
echo $sql
SQL=`echo $sql`
echo $SQL
now i want SQL as select a from employee
and as select a from $TBL
How can I achieve this?
Help appriciated (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: abzi
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
I have a script in which I have several variables
var1
var2
var3
var4
etc......
and
field1
field2
field3
field4
etc.......
The script similar to this: (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Bab00shka
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I apologize for the simple question but can someone please help me with how to evaluate a number?
I will be reading in a file and if a number is >= 100000000, I will do something, if not, I will exit the if statement.
Thanks in advance (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: hedrict
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