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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
I want to xheck if a file exists that uses wildcards as only the partial filename is known using the test Command, and when it exists then output just the number of lines in the file... do not include the filename. Then this output, is it captured by the CommandOutput or the ReturnValue as I want... (2 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all,
working on Solaris 10 in ksh.
Basicly, in my function, i'm trying to test that all my unix cmd's are true (exit status 0) else you flag the rcControlRule to 1 without going into spagetti mode code testing every $? in a if statement.
The mdb is probably a little tricky cause it... (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Team,
-rwxr-xr-x 1 kmani00 system 9 Nov 08 03:29 tempfile.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 kmani00 devgrp 0 Nov 08 03:32 testfile.txt
by exec the following command, i did not get any output.
> test -s tempfile.txt
> a=`test -s tempfile.txt`
> echo $a
>
by exec the... (4 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have a test.dat file in UNIX which has a data.I am informatica developer i get data in those files.I need to add 50 spaces to those data in test.dat file.I am new to unix So can any one help how can i do that.
I have some 2088 rows in that test.dat file.
Can anyone help me please its... (11 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
How to check weather a string is like test* or test* ot *test* in if condition (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
This is the code:
while test 1 -eq 1
do
read a
$a
if test $a = stop
then
break
fi
done
I read a command on every loop an execute it.
I check if the string equals the word stop to end the loop,but it say that I gave too many arguments to test.
For example echo hello.
Now the... (1 Reply)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have a unix script that gives me the sysdate from the database EDNAMID.WORLD.What i want my script to do the following
1) Establish a database connection
2) if database connection is successfull then echo the message "Connected"
3) put the o/p of the Sql query in a spool file
4) then... (3 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello, i have a script which checks if the user entered 8 numeric characters in the form of YYYYMMDD (birth date). If the user entered any non numeric characters, an error will be displayed:
# Check to see if the 8 characters are all numbers
# If not show error essage
# And prompt user... (4 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am searching for a automation testing tool which I can use for most of the UNIX platforms (AIX, Linux, HP UX, Solaris). The installation process of the application in all platforms is almost same. Are you aware of any automation tool (like WinRunner for Windows) to solve my problem? (5 Replies)
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10. News, Links, Events and Announcements
A goofy UNIX test:
http://www.majon.com/cgi-bin/IQ?Q=unix
WARNING: ANSWERS ARE BELOW!!!!
IF YOU WANT TO DO THE TEST BEFORE SEEING THE ANSWERS, DON"T READ FURTHER ;) (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: Neo
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