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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I have a text file containing output from a command that contains lots of escape/control characters that when viewed using vi or view, looks like jibberish. But when viewed using the cat command the output is formatted properly.
Is there any way to take the output from the cat... (7 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there, I am really new to unix (about 3 days using it). In my assignment spec i have been told to modify my .profile file and create an environmental file.
Until now all tasks have been file manipulation, etc learn how to use chmod or grep etc.
I literally can't find this .profile file, I... (1 Reply)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I just have a small question. I was wondering what would happen if there was no .profile file. I understand that the aliases and my path related commands wouldnt work, however i wanted to know if i would still be able to use the ls,cp,mv.... commands without a .profile file. If... (3 Replies)
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4. Infrastructure Monitoring
Hello
I really wonder what's trap in etc/profile and in each user .profile.
I try to google for it but I think I have no luck. Mostly hit is SNMP traps which I think it is not the same thing.
I want to know ...
1. What's a "trap 2 3" means and are there any other value I can set... (4 Replies)
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5. AIX
It's been a long time since I've done this and I can't remember which file is needed to edit. I would like to change the prompt for a user on my AIX 5.3 box, but I don't see a .profile file or a rc.ksh file to edit. Which file do I need to edit to get this? (1 Reply)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have to run a sqr program.
In the profile file everything is set.
e.g
APPLID=personel
APPPATH=/${ENVIRONMENT}/${APPPATH}
and so on..
SQRDIR=/opt/sqr/bin/syb
Still when I'm running this script,its giving error APPLID not set and SQRDIR not set.
Any idea,why?
TIA (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: autosys_nm
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I got this question which tells me to customize my login script. Some people in the forums suggested to modify the .profile file in my home directory. I did so, but none of my customizations show up when I open the terminal after.
So, I tried to modify other files in my home directory,... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Hyunkel
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all
I want to customize my terminal or xterminal profile for background color font color and font face etc. As far as I know for login .profile must be placed on top your home directory and I did it and worked.
But I am not sure for terminal; what is the name of profile that I've to... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: xramm
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey,
I need to open a terminal via a shell script, but i need it to not read any of the start up files. So far I was thinking something along the lines of this but it was unsuccessfull
!#bin/sh
/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal --noprofile
any ideas on how to... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: meskue
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi , i added ls -F to .profile. and i need to do ./.profile for the effect to take effect BUT i didnt and YET the next day when i came to work and log in, the changes took effect. i am on aix.
please explain..
thanks (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: yls177
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