I want a script which increments the count when the script runs. Basically I want to send an password reset email notification for an application, the password value should be keep on changing whenever the script is executed for example, first time i execute it should be password1, second time execute the same script the value should change as password2, this should keep on incrementing until 9999, could you please help me with the script
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It makes it far easier to read. I have adjusted your submission for you this time.
I prefer to use perl. it works on mostly all platforms.
with the limited information you provided, I was able to generate a program that resets the password for any given user ID.
note!(edit) I forgot to mention that this code will maintain a file called pcount in the local directory.
the purpose of this file is to maintain a count of how many times the password has been set. At the moment the file only maintains
a password for one user. However, it can be easily modified to maintain password for all possible users.
the usage is as follows:
I should note that this program is missing the actual command that would be used to reset the password. Mostly because I did not know if you were reseting the password on a unix, windows, or some specific application.
Such commands should be added the code some where around line 43 below.
the actual code is as follows:
Last edited by busi386; 07-18-2014 at 05:12 PM..
Reason: provided more information.
I was unable to login and so used the "Forgotten Password' process. I was sent a NEWLY-PROVIDED password and a link through which my password could be changed. The NEWLY-PROVIDED password allowed me to login.
Following the provided link I attempted to update my password to one of my own... (1 Reply)
I have to increment time ... by sec but i am getting the output like this.
for m in {2..3}
> do
> for (( i = 1; i <= 13; i++ ))
> do
> echo "$m:$i"
> done
> done
2:1
2:2
2:3
2:4
2:5
2:6
2:7
2:8 (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have a small query with gawk which i'm unsure how to solve. My csv input data is as follows:
1 58352.9 34549 -469.323 LINE_149
2 58352.9 34499 -469.323 LINE_149
3 58352.9 34549 -469.323 LINE_151
4 58352.9 34503.4 -489.841 LINE_151
5 58352.9 34549 -469.323 LINE_152
6 58352.9... (1 Reply)
hi Friends,
Today_Dt=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
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I have a file which has date values as below
2010-04-27
2010-04-02
2010-04-18
2010-04-28
2010-04-29
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I have a variable lets say DATA_DATE.
I have to pass some value to this variable in YYYYMMDD format.
lets say today I have passed this variable as :
DATA_DATE=20100107
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I have a variable n that stores a number.
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I need to print 121 using echo command on n.
Please advice.
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Hello
Does anyone know how to auto-increment the value of a variable, preferably using awk or sed?
I need to read values from a file and auto-increment those values to use them as line numbers
I'd be doing:
while read line do
# auto-increment
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Hi All,
I have created a script...
#!/bin/sh
datafile=ABC2008101601.OUT
indfile=ABCIND20081016.1.OUT
waittime=600
starttime=0
while
do
if
then
echo "Indicator file has arrived."
break
else
sleep 10;
((starttime=$starttime+10))
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hi,
i want to increment a Variable but it doesnt work.
here my codé
COUNT=1
COUNT= 'expr $COUNT + 1'
i've tried it in the prompt but it print me:
expr: syntaxerror
What does I make wrong? (4 Replies)