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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I still cannot figure out how to get this read command to work. I want the script to ask questions when prompted, and the user to enter a response. Based on response it will continue or exit. I have not worked with this type of script before so I am almost clueless on what to do, and so far google... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: bigbenn
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
i want to get input and depending on it create new commands for input to expect.
But problem is that after giving date or month as 01-09 it is interpretation as 1-9
echo -n "ENTER DATE "
read d1
echo -n "ENTER MONTH "
read m1
echo -n "ENTER YEAR"
read y1
o=1
i=1
d2=`expr $d1... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sagar_1986
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I'm trying to create files in ccm thru a shell as the number of files that i need to create is in hundreds
The problem here is the command prompts for the file type to be entered by the user. I need all the files to be created with "ascii" as file type. So how can i input a... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dvah
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4. Homework & Coursework Questions
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
I'm fairly confident I can brute force this assignment, but let's not do that ;-).
Basically I'm required to support input such as ps aux | grep blah >> blah.txt& echo 'slslslsl'
My question is what is the best way to parse that... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: someoney3000
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all
i have the command called printer which needs a usernmae for example i would run the commnad
printer <username>
how can i write i quick script in perl that if the username is ab then write "denined" and if it is anything else it will work
thanks
Adam (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ab52
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello!
Need help with the following:
#!/bin/bash
streamripper http://mp3-live.swr.de/swr2_m.m3u -D ~/RadioMitschnitt -l 200 > /dev/null 2>&1
I want to change the script so that it asks for an input for "-l 200" (means length 200sec) and starts then with the new value for "-l".
Can I do this... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: urug3170
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
how can we give input to parent shell?
i mean shell that is creating a child and our c prograame will run on that child..and then it return to parent shell..
what i want to do i want execute a c programe that will give command as input to parent shell & get output from parent shell and... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: gajju
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello,
I am making a script to copy files interactively from one directory to another using the "i" option because I dont want to overwrite the files.
cp -i *.html ./../otherdir/
cp: do you want to overwrite (y/n) ?
I used
cp -i *.html ./../otherdir/
ans='n'
read $ans
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: telecomics
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Here is my shell script
#!/bin/sh
echo "What is your name"
read name
echo "What is your surname"
read surname
echo "Your name is:${name} and your surname is:${surname}"
How can I modify this script so that I input those two variables from console?Lets say my name is "first"... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: c0mrade
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have 10 database instances runnning in one unix box. To connect to each database..i have to set the environment. I am trying to write a shell script to set my environment for database by just tying the oracle instance name
After logging into the unix machine... i want to type the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: castlerock
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09-03-2008
