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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello guys,
i am having the below piece of code
error
()
{
echo"Press y /n"
read ans
case $ans in
y) main;;
n) exit
esac
}
In the abve code, read statement is not working i.e not waiting for user to enter input.
,i tested exit status its 1.
could anyone help me to do this
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have created a cron job on IBM AIX but it is not working in desired manner !
Here are the steps which I have followed :-
#!/bin/ksh
#------------------------------------------------------------------
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi .I am trying to check the first arguments =-s and the third =-d,but it doesnt work ,any idea why
It gives me if: Missing file name
Thanks
#case -s and files
if( $1 == "-s" && $3 != "-d" ) then
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi.
With the help of this group I have created a shell script to find the factorial of a number.
OK. Then I got wild.;) I tried to put in a check to make sure the entry is a number.
read num
If )) then
echo "This is not a valid number. Try again."
fi
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
im trying to write an until statement which dont go onto the next stage until the user inputs a certain phrase. It is then stored in an array. Ive come up with this code so far but its not working and i dont know why.
read in1
until
do
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, I am creating a script that gives me system load info when i start a shell or log in via ssh(in the /etc/profile.d/ folder).
I created it successfully for bash and want it to work with c-shell as well.
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
my file had permission
-rw-rw-r--
I did chmod +rwx, expecting everything to now be rwx, but it is
-rwxrwxr-x
why doesn't o have x permission?
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I understand this question probably poses some child like stupidity, but I can't get this if statement to work for love or money.
#!/bin/ksh
echo "Input either 1 or 2"
read Num
if ; then
echo "Message 1"
if ; then
echo "Message 2"
else
echo "false"
fi
$ ksh decisions
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Reborg,
Sorry to bother you. I have tried the code you suggested and it's not creating new files after they satisfy the criteria. If any of the files don't satisfy the criteria it should not create the files at all. Please see my output below. (39 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys:
I am trying to delete multiple files in a folder with different names. Below is the script that I was trying, but it doesn't work
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#!/bin/ksh
DATE=`date '+20%y%m%d'`
DEL_DIR=<dir where files have to be deleted>
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