10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hey Guys and Gals, Im a complete Noob to Unix. But recently have started working on a unix system for my PET/CT scanner. My scanner comes with a MOD drive for backup. I would like to back up to USB (its alot cheaper). But the only way to do so is by manually enterin the unix commands. Id like to... (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: TorresGXL
13 Replies
2. AIX
Dear all experts,
I have a script written to compress a list of files, during compressing, some of the files are having same name. When the compressing started, the same name file will be prompted with message whether to overwrite the old file. I need to enter "y" to continue.
Is there any way I... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: kwliew999
7 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a ksh script, which pbruns into another account.
I want to pbrun run into that account, and continue running all the engine commands(i.e setroot, setsite xxx, etc) in my script.
But instead, it pbruns into the account, and just gives me a shell prompt.. and stops there.
Only once i... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: alamurus
2 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
reposting
How do I create a shell script called 'custinfo' to prompt a customer to enter and display back the following: name, age, address, phone number, product, price range.
Thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: SQLScript
1 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do I create a shell script called 'custinfo' to prompt a customer to enter and display back the following: name, age, address, phone number, product, price range.
Thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: SQLScript
1 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want to change the shell prompt, using the cd command.
I have a shell prompt like this -
p78-mfx(dgaw1078/9781)$
Now i do this -
p78-mfx(dgaw1078/9781)$ cd log4j
here the shell prompt should change like this -
p78-mfx(dgaw1078/9781)log4j$ (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: arunkumarmc
6 Replies
7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All experts, I was asked some questions of late & i was not aware of these. 1Q. how much we can pipe in shell prompt ?2Q. how many arguments we can pass in shell script & how to print that ? (eg, if i want to know what I passed in 11th Argument) ( for 3rd argument we can do echo $3, but I think... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: adc22
7 Replies
8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
I saw something in weird in Shell prompt.
I did the following steps
1) Typed ls -l and pressed ESC without entering
2) Typed "v" (please notice that I did not type "i" after "v"), which opened vi editor
3) I see the "ls -l" command that I typed in shell prompt
4) Without modifying... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobbygsk
6 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
currently, I set my prompt in my .cshrc file as:
set prompt = "%B%h %m %P %/ \n% "
I have to use certain shells for some specific tasks and would like to set different prompts depending on the type of shell that I am using. Any advice?
Thanks (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dranNfly
3 Replies
10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
When I login to a specific machine (running Solaris 2.8; actually serveral machines behave this way), with a known good account, I don't get any shell prompt, and no screen responses to various commands such as ID and PWD. Any ideas on what is causing this, and how to change this behavior? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Mufasa
2 Replies