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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
My question is basically as the title says. How can I check a user inputted string is only certain characters long (for example, 3 characters long) and how do I check a user inputted string only contains certain characters (for example, it should only contain the characters 'u', 'a', 'g', and 'c')... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Eric1
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Any good way to check if code has the required output
# /sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
/sbin/sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts | grep "= 1"
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1
What I can think of is above, and it... (16 Replies)
Discussion started by: alvinoo
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a requirement of taking time as input variable outside the script.depending on the time it will check the file output .like
./script.sh <30 min>
so script.sh should run every 5 minutes ie.6 times to check the output file.Can any one please help here. (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: netdbaind
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
This was taken down recently because it appeared to be homework, but it isn't. It's for a script I am working on at work. Thanks for the help.
How do you check that user inputs (arguments 1 and 2) are both numbers and are at least 5 digits in length? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: thibodc
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
how would i go about comparing a users input to a file which is in another directory? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: gangsta
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I had written a shell script that accepts input file as cmd line argument and process this file.
if ; then
if ; then
. $1
LOGFILE="$LOG_FILE/MIG_BIOS.log";
get_input_file
else
ERROR_CODE=MSCRM0005_003
error "$ERROR_CODE : Input file $1 is not available";
exit... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Poonamol
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey guys, i was looking for some examples of how can i check if the use input is just using numerical. i came across an example using tr :
echo "read this"
read this
if ]`" ] ;
then
echo "True - only alpha and numeric"
else
echo "False - there are NON alpha and numeric stuff here!"
fi... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: gregarion
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I'm trying to check to see that the arguments given to my script are both numeric and positive integers. I'm using tcsh. I figured out the positive part, but I am having trouble with the arguments being numeric and integers
I have no idea where to get started with the checking them actually... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mistykz
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
afternoon forums.
I need to get a way of testing as to wether an inputed character is part of the english alphabet.
i have come up with the following code but its not working at all.
until ']
do
echo This is not a Letter
done
any help would be beneficial to me. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: strasner
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I'm working on a number of AIX pSeries servers which are using LDAP to manage the accounts. I'm trying to find out if there is a command which will tell me the last logon time of a user on a particular server or if they've never logged on to that server.
does anyone know if this can be... (1 Reply)
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