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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
If one:
$ find -name 'some expression' -type f > newfile
and then subsequently wants to create an alias file from each pathname the find command retrieved and the > placed within 'newfile', how would one do this? Ideally, the newly created alias files would all be in one directory.
I am... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Alexander4444
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
What would cause a script to work under one user account and not another? Here's an example of what I'm referring to.
Here's a simple script. Let's put it in a file called “thescript”.
#! /bin/bash
alias a='echo hello world'
a
Here are the results when this script is executed logged in... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sszd
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Could any one tell me how to use aliases in a script i have a large command which launches an application. I want to use alias in the script because i call the application many time in the shell script.
Thanks
Firestar. (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: firestar
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi gurus,
Does anyone have a df script/alias that is sort of "universal"?
Just getting frustrated to use bdf for HP-UX, df -h for Linux and Solaris, df -G/g (???) for AIX ... and to make things even worse, some are NFS mount points or with long logical volume name and it extends over two (2)... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: newbie_01
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I am using the below command to kill the firefox process i have opened in Redhat 5.
ps -ef|grep fire|grep -v grep|awk '{print $2}'|xargs kill -9
If i execute the above command in terminal it works good and kills session.
but when i use alias for that it is not working.
alias... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: nokiak810
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
i have an issue regarding trap command.
i have specified trap function in the beginning of the script to catch some signals but in the later part of the script i want to remove the effect of this.
Can anybody help me out of this.
for e.g. pressing Ctrl+C for the first time should... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: vikas_kesarwani
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
How can I embed alias command inside the unix script?
Script:
echo "...."
...
...
alias aa=/usr/bin/telnet
...
...The above script is not working.
If I type aa hostname in the command prompt 'TELNET' terminal is not opening.
Regards,... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sharif
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8. Solaris
Hi all,
I work in Sun Solaris 9. I am plan to put the following script(remove90dysOldrfiles.sh) in CRONTAB for removing huge huge number of files those are older than 90 days from different directory.
In the Crontab i will set the time for everymidnight it will search 90days older file and... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: thepurple
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have noticed that rm -if will perform completely different to rm -fi. Whats the pattern of how I put my options to the script in relation to how it will act.
i.e
rm -fi treat the remove as interative but
rm -if treats it as forced
Thansk, Chris. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Chiefos
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
as you can guess, I'm a newb here, and to shell scripting. I use Linux(CentOS) at home and want to get into scritping. I was creating some aliases on a Laptop the other day, and thought, god this is tedious, and then I thought, heck, why not use it as a 1st script project. Please see... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: coolboarderguy
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