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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I Have to check two condition in while loop every 2 minutes. while loop is accompanied with number of times it will check.Please help in putting the two condition in while loop as appropriate.
z= input value,
A=1
while
do
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
how to I do this?
i="4.000"
if ; then
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fi
how do I convert the "4.000" to 4?
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to write a script that raises a integer (m) by a exponent (n) using a while loop
ex. 5 raised to the power of 2 ..
I am a beginner and i dont know what is the opperand or command i have to use to make this happen..this is what i have so far...
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hiii
I actually intent to check the integer or floating point number input by user i.e. 23, 100, 55.25, 12.50 ..etc. However, when someone input strings or alpha character, my program has to show invalid input.!! Is there any Unix shell script syntax can help me to check ?
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello
I want to compare values of two variables as CHECK condition in a while loop.
eg:
var1=0
var2=10
while
do
echo " $var1 "
var1=`expr $var1 + 1`
done
However this is giving error.How to do it in a proper manner?
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Gurus
I have a recquirement where my loop should work if i have more than 4 listed files in a particular directory.
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have search the forum for an easier way to write this code. I have two separate 'if' to do this and it works but am wondering if someone knows a quick way to combine them. I want anything between 1 and 100 but not '01' or '005', '0010', etc.
if ) ]] ||
]; then
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
We are doing a process manually and i am trying to automate it.
This is the process.
We have a set of files in the directory /temp/d1. the number of files are dynamic.
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Please forgive this I think rather basic question.
I have been away from UNIX for a very long time and am in need of some help.
I need to be able to check for the existance of a specific file name say 'file.dat' in a particular location
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
Can anyone please help with the following script I need - .ksh preferably?
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