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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey all,
I'm very new to shell scripting and would love some help. I have been messing around with KSH at my job, and have been tasked with generating an XML file from multiple CSV files. However, I barely even understand the syntax for for loops! Output should be something along the lines of
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi experts
cp bin root src /mnt
but not copy bin/bigfile
any help?
( I post this thread in the "redhat" forum wrongly, I don't know how to withdraw that question in that wrong forum)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Noob question!
I know almost nothing so far, and I'm trying to teach myself from books, on a typical command line without using scripts how would I append output from a sort to a file in a completely different directory?
example:
If I'm sorting a file in my documents directory but I... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have one file "file.a.b.c-d.r" that I would like to use to spawn 4 other files:
"file.a.b.1-A.r"
"file.a.b.1-B.r"
"file.a.b.1-C.r"
"file.a.b.1-D.r"
where the field "c-d" changes into my 1 and A-D.
I was doing this manually at the prompt with
> cp "file.a.b.c-d.r" "file.a.b.1-A.r"
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
So... I'm using lynx on a Mac... I didn't know that the whole dang thing is in Terminal? I rarely use terminal. I can't even figure out how to start the thing up. I type in lynx into it and press enter... And the cursor just goes down. Nothing happens like the FAQ websites describe. I feel so... (6 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
This may seem really easy to alot of you but i am a real noob on unix.
I have been set the task to make a script which will answer a query.
Basically I will have made files for people and i want to be able to search for a persons file and then select certain variables from the files. e.g... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobtheb
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7. Linux
i'm having trouble putting together a program :( any help would be much appreciated!
Write a Shell Program to automate the process of collecting assignments from the directories of students of any specified class.
The person running the program should be able to pass a parameter to the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ace_face
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all, This is my first post.
I am a complete noobie to the UNIX OS, I have an iMac G5 with the unix shell built in and am interested in learning how to use it to do things useful with it, but have no idea where to start. I have read over the basic commands but they haven't helped me much yet.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: avdrummerboy
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello i am new to this forum. I signed up here really to ask one question. I recentaly got a old unix server from my work and i never really understood what unix is or what is does. Dont get me wrong i and very smart with computers as long as its windows, mac, or linux i can use them all but i... (4 Replies)
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