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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am writing a code like this in KSH .
#!/bin/ksh
echo is this SQL query ? yes or no
read answer
case $answer in
yes|Yes|y)
echo got a positive answer
;;
no|n)
echo got a 'no'
;;
esac
Here after ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: talashil
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have the need to check content of very many files for a block of text.
I know the data should match for instance/as an example the following
The list of characters
bugs bunny
tom and jerry
Mighty mouse
Felix the cat
/
In the first step, I isolated the interesting data by... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: popeye
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
The below command tries to copy ".tgz" instead of "hello_test.tgz" -- It seems as if the underscore gets in the way. I tried with different ways of using quotes, with no luck, unfortunately...it's probably very simple, but may I ask how this would be done:
How would the below be... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: chatguy
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have came across the following line in a script and was not able to interpret the meaning despite searching in the web for answer, my guess is that it seems like a comment to me stating if 0 then return else exit
============================
: 0 - 999
....
........ (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dwgi32
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can I know if my system has ksh feature?
#!/usr/bin/ksh
Which command we allow me to see? Please advise! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: bobo
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
New to ksh and had a few questions to see if this is doable in ksh or if I am going to have to call out to a tcl procedure. I have an Ascii file I want to convert to hex then search and remove all hex chars '0A' and then convert back to Ascii. Here is an example of an Ascii file I am... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hgjdv
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Folks,
I would just like to know how recursion works in ksh or inside a shell in general. I created the following script, but it works(runs recursively) only for 64 times:
----------------
#! /usr/bin/ksh
displaymessage()
{
echo "displaying count: $cnt "
echo "wait for 1 second..."... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: marlonus999
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
i want to add about 60 printers using a ksh script.
i am having trouble though, i am reading the input from the hosts file and using the lpadmin command to add like so:
lpadmin -p -v /dev/null -m netstandard -o dest=
i want printername and ipaddy to come from the hosts file, i am having... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: BG_JrAdmin
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Wondering what this line meant, especially the 2>&1 and ${RUN_DIR} parts:
${RUN_DIR}/<filename> 2>&1
Where <filename> is the location and name of a file. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: CapsuleCorpJX
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Simple question I am sure...
I need to put yesterdays date in the name of a filename, ie assign yesterdays date to a variable and then I can use it where I want.. using the format yyyymmdd
Any suggestions? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: frustrated1
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