Solaris

There are simpler ways:

Code:

ls tpa* >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "No jobs available which starts with tpa*"

or

Code:

if [ ! -e tpa* ] ; then echo "No jobs available which starts with tpa*" ; fi

hi Jlliagre, the for loop is giving good results for the files in above format, but for the files like below:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvdw svemietl 4771 Mar 9 2009 vrc002093j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvdw svemietl 4773 Mar 9 2009 vrc002092j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvrc controlm 5428 Apr 3 2009 vrc045016j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvrc controlm 5354 Apr 3 2009 vrc055141j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 svemietl controlm 2745 Feb 16 02:20 bdw0231185.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 svemietl controlm 2672 Feb 16 02:20 bdw0231145.sh

it displaying o/p as
oprvdw :
vrc002093j.ksh
vrc002092j.ksh
oprvrc :
vrc045016j.ksh
vrc055141j.ksh
svemietl :
vrc002093j.ksh
vrc002092j.ksh
bdw0231185.sh
bdw0231145.sh

So plz suggest me how to change this for loop to print as below:
oprvdw :
vrc002093j.ksh
vrc002092j.ksh
oprvrc :
vrc045016j.ksh
vrc055141j.ksh
svemietl :
bdw0231185.sh
bdw0231145.sh

Maybe adjusting this line:

Code:

  grep " $i " file | awk '{print $9}'

to

Code:

  grep "1 $i " file | awk '{print $9}'

will work.

Hi, i tried by putting 1 in front of $1 but its not working ,

It should go in front of $i !

Code:

for i in $(awk '{print $3}' file | uniq)
do
  echo $i:
  grep "1 $i " file | awk '{print $9}'
done

If it doesn't work, you'll have to wait for jlliagre

sorry, its working fine, thanku.
can u plz explain what will happen if we put 1 infront of $i?

Sure. Until now, the for loop searched for username everywhere in the file, including the group column.
But after your latest modification, it will only search for username in the username column (column next to the column with the ones).

-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvdw svemietl 4771 Mar 9 2009 vrc002093j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvdw svemietl 4773 Mar 9 2009 vrc002092j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvrc controlm 5428 Apr 3 2009 vrc045016j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 oprvrc controlm 5354 Apr 3 2009 vrc055141j.ksh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 svemietl controlm 2745 Feb 16 02:20 bdw0231185.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 svemietl controlm 2672 Feb 16 02:20 bdw0231145.sh

Hope I was comprehensible.