What I can't figure out(or search out) is what the arguments "5 2 2>&1" are doing??
I thought it was setting 2 '5 byte messages' with a time to live of 2...something.
But I can not find any data to support that or otherwise explain what's going on here.
Check man ping on that system (I'm guessing it is Solaris) to get explanation of 5 2. 2>&1 is a redirection technique, allowing to "merge" standard error messages into standard output stream.
The ping command on AIX uses those two parameters.
From the man page:
Code:
5
PacketSize
Specifies the number of data bytes to be sent. The default is 56, which translates into 64 ICMP data bytes when combined with the 8 bytes of ICMP header data. This parameter is included for compatibility with previous versions of the ping command.
2
Count
Specifies the number of echo requests to be sent (and received). This parameter is included for compatibility with previous versions of the ping command.
Example: ping server 5 2
PING server (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx): 5 data bytes
13 bytes from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64
13 bytes from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64
--- server ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0% packet loss
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Hi friends! I'm learning UNIX and I have a small question. Working with Shell, i put the name of one executable (in c language) + one number and it says this:
$ gcc misterioso_4.c
$ ./misterioso_4 6
got: ,
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((r=$RANDOM%$n+1))
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$ cat main.txt... (4 Replies)
if
then
echo "Syntax: $0 <sid> <COLD/HOT> <DEST>"
exit
fi
if --------------what does this mean???
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can anyone explain .. what # and 1 in if condition
this is the first line of the script... it is not from middle of the script....
if
then
echo "Not enough parameters, need a client name for mksysb"
Usage="Usage: $0 <client name>"
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zsh 4.3.4% cat file
ACFCFACCACARCSHFARCVJVASTVAJFTVAJVGHBAJ
zsh 4.3.4% cat file1
A
C
F
R
zsh 4.3.4% <file1 while read;do printf "%s=%d\n" "$REPLY" "${#$(<file)//}";done
A=9
C=7
F=4
R=2
That was the previous post.
But , can anybody can explain me in detail about this line
zsh... (2 Replies)