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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm writing a shell script in AIX and using ksh.
I have a scenario where I have a variable A which stores $B.
so when i echo "$A" it prints $B
But I wish to print value stored in var b ie. \a\dir\res\
I wish to store \a\dir\res\ in a third variable C.
later I want to cd into that path :... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: simpltyansh
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have a very basic script
#!/usr/bin/ksh
while
print ' '
print ' 1. View Command History '
print ' 2. List files in current Directory '
read opt'?Enter Option> ' ;do
if ;then
fc -l
fi
#
if ;then
ls -la
I want to... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Grueben
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/bin/bash
varA="AAA1"
varB="BBB2"
varC="CCC3"
for proccx in $varA $varB $varC
do
echo "the current name is ????? , the value is $proccx"
echo " "
done
#end of script
I want the output to look something like this:
the current name is varA, the value is AAA1
the current name is... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: ajp7701
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I've testing the following code:
echo test.txt | cut -d . -f1and get the output "text"
So why can't i assign the command to a variable?
VAR='"echo test.txt | cut -d . -f1"'
echo $VAR (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: jl487
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
echo command can append to a read-only file too.
If the file is read-only, with w flag removed, then even echo should not be able to append to the file. But it is possible.
Can anybody explain the below behaviour?
/root > echo 'sample text' > file
/root > cat file
sample text
/root >... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: anand_bh
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Sorry about the title, but this should be fairly self-explanatory.
My script seems to work, except that in the output, below, the first three lines are correct, but why does it print the additional lines 4, 5, & 6?
Script:
#!/bin/bash
while read;
do
client="$(grep -m 1 Client | awk... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: MrKen
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I was searching for an option where i can echo some strings together with the contents of a file.
Eg. I was to echo the below string to a file
"alter application PMS_ add variable CurrYear Y2009;" >> ${ESS_MAXL_DIR}/PMS_SUB.txt
The value 2009 is coming from a file called date.txt without the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Celvin VK
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am modifying an existing script and it has the following line:
export SomeEnvVar=`echo ${SomeLocalVar}`
Why wouldn't it just read:
export SomeEnvVar=${SomeLocalVar}
Is there some reason to use echo instead of a direct assignment? :confused: (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shellburger
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi
I have say five variable.
I would ask the user which one they want me to print and then print accordingly.
TEST_1='10.2.3.4'
TEST_2='11.2.3.5'
TEST_3='12.2.3.5'
TEST_4='13.2.3.5'
TEST_5='14.2.3.5'
print_var()
{
echo "Accessing var num $1"
echo TEST$1
#??? But How do... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: sabina
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a variable that is outputting a lot of space.
here has been 45 lines returned ...
how can I remove the spaces between the "been and the 45"
CODE:
fil_len=`wc -l < coshb.txt`
if ; then
cat coshb.txt | more
echo " "
echo "There has been ${fil_len} lines... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jagannatha
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