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Old 02-15-2019
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Hi,
on ksh
What does the following do?
Code:
grep -v "toolbox" $home_oracle/.profile >$home_oracle/.profile.$$

Thanks.


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Old 02-15-2019
Hello big123456,

Quote:
$$ is the process ID (PID) of the script itself.
$BASHPID is the process ID of the current instance of Bash. This is not the same as the $$ variable, but it often gives the same result
Reference URL is Internal Variables

Thanks,
R. Singh
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Old 02-15-2019
Thanks.
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Old 02-15-2019
Quote:
Originally Posted by big123456
Thanks.
I am surprised that after 293 posts in this forums you are NOT aware of THANKS system here. We thank here to all helpful posts by hitting THANKS button on left of each post, cheers and happy learning.

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R. Singh
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