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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
For some reason read -e isn't working in my script. I need a directory as input from a user and I'd like for them to be able to use tab complete which is why I'm using -e. When the script is run, I get:
read: line 6: illegal option -e
In order to just figure out what is going on with the -e... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: orangeSunshine
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm trying to get the size of each file, but when I try to use
stat -c %s <file>
I get the message
stat: illegal option -- c
Also, the man page for stat shows readlink,stat. It doesn't seem to match the man pages I've seen online.
what is going on here? (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: nextyoyoma
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I am trying to execute the following command in a sun solaris machine and getting the error as below.
bash-2.03$ date -d "1 day ago" +%Y%m%d
date: illegal option -- d
bash-2.03$ uname -a
SunOS gtrd02 5.8 Generic_117350-55 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V440
Can anybody help me to... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Tuxidow
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello. i have a script, but in solaris i get this message sed: illegal option -- i
whats wrong? With Ubuntu there is no problem. Thanks for help.
#!/bin/bash
for file in $(find /directory..../Test/*.txt -type f)
do
head -n 1 $file | egrep '^#!'
if
then
sed -i '2i\Headertext'... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: fertchen
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5. Solaris
Hi All,
Is it possible to run date -d option in Solaris?
Do we have a work around so that -d option will be recognized
by solaris as it is recognized by linux.
I need this since i am using this in scripting and it works in Linux box. my problem is
it doesn't work in solaris box.
... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: linuxgeek
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I just implemented PAM on my Solris 8/9 boxes and one of the entries I have got in the /etc/pam.conf is as followed,
other password required pam_unix.so nullok remember=7 md5 shadow use_authtok
However, once I set this and the following meesages appears in /var/adm/messages... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: stancwong
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