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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I mean like this: http://shells.red-pill.eu/
Can anyone explain how this works? I hope my post is not spam. I think its related to linux. Thank you (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: postcd
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Lets say my default shell is bash and then i load up csh and then ksh. How would i exit csh without exiting ksh?
so basically i gone from bash > csh > ksh and i wish to close csh (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Bill Thompson
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear Members,
I have a table REQUESTS in Oracle which has an attribute REQUEST_ACTION. The entries in REQUEST_ACTION are like, ME, MD, ND, NE etc.
I would like to create a script which will will call other scripts based on the request action.
Can we directly read from the REQUEST_ACTION... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Yoodit
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have to write a program to compute the checksums of files
./script.sh
I wrote the program using bash and it took me forever since I am a beginner but it works very well.
I'm getting so close to the deadline and I realised today that actually I have to use normal Bourne shell... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pgarg1989
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Can you pls. tell me, why we have different shells in UNIX OS ( Eg. SunOs) and also I would like to know what is the specific difference b/w SVR and BSD ?
Thanks. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shahnazurs
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
New to shell scripting, I would like to know if it is possible to pass commands to a shell, which has been launched by a parent shell.
Example:
#!/bin/ksh
#
# Launch and command shells
#
. mySecondShell.ksh #this launches a sub-shell
#now is something like this possible?... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: MarkZWEERS
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello, I've tried for a while now to run a bash script that continues to the end, while opening new shells as needed.
I've tried
xterm -e "somecommand"; &
xterm -e " somecommand";
I've also tried
screen -S "somecommand"; &
screen -S "somecommand";
All without any luck, they... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Closed_Socket
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Solaris
Newbie here to scripting in UNIX/SOLARIS.
What I am looking to do is, once the script is
executed, switch to /bin/bash shell and continue
to execute the script.
The problem I run into is once the script switches to the Bash
shell, the script stops, and does not execute the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Scoobiez
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have came across the definitions of these shells korn bourne c etc .. but honestly till now i din't get the exact difference between these threes , the advantages ..... can anyone pinpoint me where it actually lies ..... don;t include me answers like aliasing in c is posible and not in bourne ..... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: dino_leix
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Can anyone tell me now to achieve the printf %.*s functionality in shell script, (sh/ksh). I want to append x number of (same)characters at the end of a file without using normal looping.
Cheers.
qanda (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: qanda
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