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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
a problem with a loop. Imagine it starts with
var1="$(cat txtif.out )"while
do
echo file1
echo file2
echo y > txtif.out
if
then
break
fi
done
exit 0
the problem is that if the file is changing during the loop seems to continue as it reads "x" state,... (5 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to do a while do loop that asks for a password and returns if the password entered is incorrect. I have that part working however i want to modify it so that if a similar word is entered it will read "that is close but incorrect" and i cannot seem to get it working, being new in the... (6 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I work on Ab-initio ETL tool which is based on Unix. I made a small script which has two loop's one with in another. All the functionality is working for the first line of outer loop but when it comes to other lines of outer loop it is throwing error as command not found. Below is the... (4 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Script Gurus,
I am facing issue with while loop in bash. The while loop is running as end less loop even after given criteria does not meet.
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a while loop with -f and -o option.Can any one please tell me what that stands for?The Sample code is as follows:-
while
do
## some processing
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi
I had created a while loop in a script file called whiletest.sh as follows
as follows:
count=0
max=10
while
do
echo $count
echo count=$(count+1)" "
done
echo "value of count:$count"
then i run the script with the command
sh whilestest.sh
but its giving me an error... (5 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Guys,
This is my code.. I am getting an error in the inside while statement when comparing.. I am not able to figure it out.. Pls help me...
while read value fatherid son_id top_id r_type
do
inside_value=1;
echo $inside_value;
echo $r_type;
while
do
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi guys my while do loop is not working properly;
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In an oracle table I have
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a directory called logs in which i have the log files.
i have to touch the file before deleting it.
i am doing like this
filestodelete="*.log* *log*"
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do
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10. Programming
hi all,
i have written the following code:
while(proceed !='Y' && proceed!='N' && proceed!='y' && proceed!='n')
{
printf("\nPress \n\t 'Y' or 'y' to continue \n\t 'N' or 'n' to cancel:");
scanf("%c",&proceed);
}
the output i am gettin is:
Press
'Y' to continue
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