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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
i am passing input parameter 'one_two' to the script , the script output should display the result as below
one_1two
one_2two
one_3two
if
then
echo " Usage : <$0> <DATABASE> "
exit 0
else
for DB in 1 2 3
do
DBname=`$DATABASE | awk -F "_" '{print $1_${DB}_$2}`
done
fi (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: only4satish
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am looking for a unix command or a small shell script which can takes one parameter and then searches for the passed in the parameter in any or all files under say /home/dev/
Can anyone please help me on this? (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pankaj80
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a variable that contains the number of a positional parameter. There is no way of knowing what number this may be, although it is guaranteed to correspond with a valid parameter.
In BASH I could just use ${@} to extract that argument. But in a Bourne shell the best I can come up with is... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mij
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I am trying to clean up a poorly looking awk command. I am searching for a way to define a range of positional parameters. I may not be searching for the correct syntax.
Example:
awk ' /14:3*/ {print $2,$3,$4,$5,$6,$7,$8,$9,$10,$11,$12,$13}' app.log
Is it possible to shorten... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jaysunn
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
When passing parameters to a sheel script, the parameters are referenced by their positions such as $1 for first parameter, $2 for second parameter. these positional values can only have values ranging from $0-$9 (0,1,2,3...9).
I have a shell script meant to accept 20 parameters. for... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ogologoma
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can someone tell me in more layman's terms what positional parameters are and give a good example? My book again is confusing me. :confused: (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Straitsfan
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7. AIX
Hi .
I am new to Unix. So i have a tough time.
we are using Korn Shell. I have a scenario where i have three files namely
xxx01,xxx02,xxx03. Now when i write ls xxx*|wc -l output is 3. But then i write `ls $1|wc -l` and pass xxx* as positional parameter (sh yyy.sh xxx*)
output is xxx01. other... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vasuarjula
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Say I write something like the following:
var1=1
var2=2
for int in 1 2
do
echo "\$var$int"
done
I want the output to be:
1
2
Instead I get something like:
$var1
$var2 (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Awanka
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am using positional grep. when i am passing pattern as parameter it is not working where as for hardcoded value it is working. Does any body has any idea ?
e.g.
export Name=1234
grep -e '^.\{15\}$Name' FileName
{result no record found}
grep -e '^.\{15\}1234' FileName
correct... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Manish Jha
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I am using the Bourne shell.
I am trying to understand the concept of positional parameters.
I do understand that positional parameters:
1. Are initialized by shell
2. Have a max of 9 parameters ($1 to $9)
3. Have no limit on the number of arguments
4. Can be rearranged... (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: ericelysia
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