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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I was trying to get 1st Sunday in a month. I tried using cal followed by awk NF=1 apparently it would give entire 1st field in that month.
Any suggestions (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: penqueen
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2. Homework & Coursework Questions
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Write a shell script that will:
"Display" the number of days in the current month. For example: September... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: eaafuddy
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
There's a third-party application's command that shows the application's status like "tail -f verybusy.log". When use the command, the output comes every 1-sec. but when it goes in a script below the output comes every 8-sec...What is the problem and how can I fix it?
open(CMD,... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am using SunOS
I want to serch my previous command
from unix prompt
(like on AIX we can search by ESC -k)
how to get in SunOs
urgent help require. (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: RahulJoshi
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I wanted to display calender for the previou, current and next month in a single command...
I used the command cal -3 for this. But its throwing me a Bad Argument error.
I am using HP UX to execute this command. Is this a syntax error, or let me know if there any other ways to... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: atlantis
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Jim , Anyone
I do not have GNU date
Besides I am particularly interested in how one can parse the return from the cal command. Say do - cal 11 2008 - and parse out a given date, say the 8th and return that the 8th was Saturday. ( diffrentiating between S for Saturday and Sunday , also in the case... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dragrid
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
This probably would be a cake walk for you, but i am having trouble with this.
I am trying to print every tuesday of the month from cal, and the FS default is space. There is one row that has few spaces at the beginning and so when i print $3, those spaces get ingnored and a different day gets... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Vin
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I've noticed most of my postings here are because of syntax errors.
So I want to begin compiling a large txt file that contains all the "man <cmd>" of the commands I most have problems with. I ran a "man nawk >> nawk.txt" but it included a header/footer on each "page". Anyone know how I'd be... (6 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hey everyone. I'm new to UNIX, and I'm having trouble with the cal command. I know that you can display a calendar if you just type in 'cal 3 2005' for example. But how would you do it if you just wanted the calendars displayed to be from March 2005 to June 2005?
Thanks (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: pythonman
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am trying to configure the cal command to recognize the month names.
When you type: cal - you get the calander for the current month of the current year.
Is there a way of making the system recognize March, and Mar. So I could type:
cal March or cal mar and get the same response as cal.... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Astudent
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