10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
I am trying to echo a variable exactly to a script-
echo "${var1} ${var2} >> output.output
Gives me a blank file.
I would like output.output to basically say:
${var1} ${var2}
I think I need to use a special escape character for variables. Am I right in assuming that, and is it the... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: jeffs42885
8 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
First post for Newbie as I am stumped. I need to get certain elements for a specific PID from the ps command. I am attempting to pass the value for the PID I want to retrieve the information for as a variable. When the following is run without using a variable, setting a specific PID,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Coyote270WSM
3 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a variable BIT1 which holds some value. Is there a way to retrieve the value of this variable indirectly via another variable, lets say SUBSET_BIT_NUM=1, so the call will look something like this:
sundev1 $ echo ${BIT${SUBSET_BIT_NUM}}
ksh: ${BIT${SUBSET_BIT_NUM}}: bad substitution
... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
3 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
i have a shell (ksh) script where i am reading line by line from a grep command and i wanted to check if the grep command actually returned something or was null. i can do this by using -z :
if ; then .....
but this forces me to do something when $myVariable is null when i... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cesarNZ
3 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can I know if my system has ksh feature?
#!/usr/bin/ksh
Which command we allow me to see? Please advise! (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: bobo
1 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi folks
Please let me know if anyone knows how to handle this.
My KSH script -> testscript.ksh
cmd=$1
ENV="devl"
echo $cmd
This is how I call the script
./testscript.ksh 'ps -ef | grep br$ENV'
How do I get this to print the below text i.e $ENV should be substituted with the value... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: tipsy
5 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Writing a ksh script. If someone starts a process with:
test.ksh > date.log
How can I grab 'date.log' name as a variable in test.ksh?
I need to get the 'date.log' name (not the contents) as a variable...without entering something like 'test.ksh date.log > date.log' (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mhcueball2
4 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
This is what I tried:
vara=${varb}_count
(( vara += 1 ))
Thanks for help (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: pa3be
4 Replies
9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
We have a script that runs in ksh on HP-UX 11.11. It takes three arguments. The last argument can be a filename or wildcard character. For example:
script -s hello -t goodbye '*.d*'
In a case such as this, I would wrap single quotes around the final argument because I dont want the shell to... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: dangral
4 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey all, been so long since I've done any KSH scriptting, I've forgotten exact sytax. 2 things,
1) I need to dot in an environment file that is a list of server names
2) I need to loop through though server names in a while loop, or until loop.
Here's roughly what I have and trying to hammer out... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jpeery
2 Replies