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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am running plsql using printf on a shell, but i am getting some strange error, can someone point what exactly am i missing,
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
$ printf "
> SET serveroutput ON trimspool on feed off echo off
> declare
> p_val number;
> d_val varchar2(10);
> begin
> SELECT... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kamauv234
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to run a shell script on unix machine from windows 7.
I used the "RSH" command in win XP successfully for this, But on win 7 it is not working.
Can any body tell me how to run RSH on win 7 or any other command for similar use.
I use the command as below
rsh <unix m/c> -l <username>... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: arup1980
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3. Ubuntu
I wrote two shell scripts in UNIX that renames the same file and scheduled them at the same time.
The following are the steps that I followed:-
1. I wrote 2 scripts named s1.sh and s2.sh, both trying to add “exec_” prefix to the name of the files present in a folder i which already don't start... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: piuli
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am attempting to create a fixed length tilde delimited file using printf.
The variables are initialized to fixed length blank spaces
a=' '
b=' '
c=' '
d=' '
Sometimes the variable might contain values and sometimes they are... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: angie1234
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/usr/bin/ksh
var1="Hi World"
var2="Morning"
var3=$(echo "$var1" \n "$var2")
echo $var3
var3=$(printf "$var1 \n $var2")
echo $var3
Output
Any way to get
in my $var3 ? (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: dahlia84
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have written small script as follows:
name="hi hello"
printf "%-20s" $name
This gives me strange output. -20s format is applied on both word of string. i.e it displays both word hi and hello in space of 20 length.
I want to display entire string "hi hello" in length of 20 space.
plz... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: admc123
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
my default profile is using ksh, I tried to write a simple scripts and I had issues, below is my scripts:
$ more if_num.ksh
USAGE="usage: if_num.ksh"
print -n "Enter two numbers: "
read x y
if ((x=y))
then
print "You entered the same number twice."
when I tried to executed the... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: matthew00
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ih all,
I need to make a ksh script with colors, it is possible with printf to combine column and colors ? i seem not working, I think i dont doing the good thing:
printf -n "%-15s %-20s %-20s\n" "\033
the position is ok
Name______Age________Site
----________---_________----
Bob... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: wolfhurt
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi experts,
I have a simple shell script as follows.
#!/bin/ksh
FIND_STRING="\( -name 'testfile*.Z' -o -name 'DUMMY_*' \) "
find /tmp -type f $FIND_STRING -print
When I run this with ksh -x testscript, I get the following output.
+ FIND_STRING=\( -name 'testfile*.Z' -o -name... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: kodermanna
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am very confused with my printf command.
Somehow one variable can't line up with others...
newstart2 ="Mon Nov 11 01 00:00:00 2002"
printf "%-20s" $newstart2
Here is the output:
Mon Nov 11
01 00:00:00 2002
It spread out to two lines..
Why? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: cin2000
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