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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
As an exercise, I'm trying to re-write this code without the compound square brackets, using grep and test. Need to know what to do about the "equal-tilde".
#!/bin/bash
# test-integer2: evaluate the value of an integer.
INT=-5
if +$ ]]; then
if ; then
echo "INT is zero."
else
if ; then... (17 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I have 2 different pieces of code, I am confused why the Code1 is giving me the correct result where as the Code2 is not giving me correct result. It gives me always result as "Failure" irrespective of the "ERROR" word exists in logfile or not. may I know the reason why? I am using Bash... (17 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is it possible to test against a varible within a ranges in a if statement.
ex.
if ];then
echo "not in range"
else
echo "number within range"
fi (8 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am trying to build a test statement but I can't make it work
I want to rearrange some fields, so if my "$cfg" variable contains a string ending with .log (*.log) I want to move it in another field.
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thank you
Shell:sh
if
then
log="${cfg}"... (9 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do I test multiple words in a string test like below:
if ]
then
print "You entered $TBS name.\n"
else
print "You entered an incorrect response.\n"
fi
This test does not work. I have tried different syntax versions. How does this work? And is there a better way to do it?
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all,
I'm trying to automate an if statement in my Perl script. The script opens an input file for reading, checks each line in the file for a particular substring, and if it finds the substring, writes it to an output file.
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want to use grep inside a test statement, but I am getting an error message.
Two variables
testvarNum=5
testvarNonNum=x
echo $testvarNum | grep *
The result of this is as follows:
5
However, when I try the following (i.e. to test if the variable is numeric or non-numeric):... (3 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
Please can somebody advise that if I want to search a pattern xyz the grep command should only select xyz and not any other pattern containing xyz (ex abxyzcd)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Can you use an if statement after an else?
example
if
then
echo "word"
else
if
then
echo "word" (1 Reply)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can somebody please guide me towards right syntax:
#!/bin/ksh
if i = $(grep $NAME filename)
echo "Name Found"
else
echo " Name not Found"
fi
I need to grep for $NAME in the file, and if it returns false, execute a series of commands and if true, exit out.
The above is not the right... (3 Replies)
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