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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
echo "Enter file name of input file list along with absolute path : "
read inputFileList
if
then
for string in `cat inputFileList`
do
echo $string
done
else
echo " file does not exist"
fi
From the above code, if the user enters a invalid file... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: i.srini89
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need to copy files from a source directory to a destination directory in unix.
I'm using the file::copy for the actual copy.
The problem is that the source and dest directories are supplied by different users, who might type the name of the directories in various combinations of lower... (6 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to set up a script that takes user input and validates that the user input was entered correctly.
So far I have this:
while :
do
echo "Please enter your name."
read NAME
if
then
echo "You have not entered a name."
echo... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: fufaso
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need the date validation. I searched in the google but i didn't find my requirements.
requirements:
1) user has to enter the date in YYYY/MM/DD format
2) MM validations
3) DD validations.
and if the month is april it should allow 30 days only and for May month it should allow 31 days like... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: KiranKumarKarre
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have tried to use ckdate (sun) command in script. It checks the input parameter which should be in 'YYYYMMDD format.
date=$( echo $1 | ckdate -f "%Y%m%d") | true
if ]
then
print " success"
else
print "no success"
fi
But in whatever format i pass the parameter,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Amit.Sagpariya
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Yes, i did... let me state my problem in more detail
Inputs:
I have one input CSV file
And, i have stored no. of comma each line should in a variable.
e.g.
$ cat cmt.csv
this, is a ,comma ,count test1
,,this, is a ,comma ,count test2
this, is a ,comma ,count test3... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Dipali
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have a input file like this
001|rahim|bajaj|20090102
while reading the file i need to check whether the first column is a number
second column is a name
is there any methodology to check for the same
thanks in advance (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: trichyselva
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have one script.for that the inputs are fromdate(dd/mon/yyyy) and todate(dd/mon/yyyy).
How i can validate the input format?for eg.27/08/2008 is not valid.27/aug/2008 or 27/Aug/2008 are valid.
and the todate is optional.so if the todate is not present in the input then i need to assign the... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sharmila_P
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to validate input from the user in a script. I thought is was easy to do using regular expressions but I can't figure out how to use REs in a conditional. I have tried using grep from a temp file, sed from a temp file, sed from command line, comparison in an if condition and I cannot... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nrodolfich
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10. Programming
how do i validate y script so that it only accepts values between 1 and 3 and against any character input, cause at the moment i can only validate against numbers outside 1 and 3 but not characters
cheers (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ruffenator
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