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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I'm fairly new to programming and was just wondering... Is it possible to modify the cat command (using a linux virtual machine) so that it displays text of a file and highlights a specifically chosen word? I've been looking for how to do it on the internet and can't find any helpful... (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a script which does gunzip, zip and untar.
Input to the script is file name and file directory (where file is located)
I am reading the input parameters as follows:
FILENAME=$1
FILEDIR=$2
I have created 3 functions that are as follows:
1) gunzip file
2) unzip file... (2 Replies)
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3. Homework & Coursework Questions
After some thought.
I am uncomfortable issuing my professors name where, there may be unintended side effects from any negative responses/feedback. Willing to re post if I can omit school / professor publicly, but can message moderator for validation? I am here for knowledge and understanding,... (1 Reply)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Let me start off by saying I am a self taught sometimes scripter so what you will see below won't be pretty.
I have created a script to parse through a file with a large amount of data and simply pull out what I need. In doing this I create several files and then paste them together in order to... (2 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to
1.Open a csv
2.Process the csv i.e. Modify 2 column in the csv.
To modify the column the value needs to be passed to a pl/sql function and the return value should be updated
For eg:
If column 2 E,then E will be passed in database function
which will return Employee.
3. Write a... (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Pleeeeease help..
I'm working in perl
i have a system function to check whether a file is readable for others or not.
i just want to print a text in that command
my command is :
system ("ls -la $filename | awk '\$1~ /^-......r../ {print \$9}'");
i know for displaying text in awk... (6 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I've a logging function in bourne shell, flog() which logs the first argument passed to it. How can I pass arguments to this function from a file, like
cat filename | sed '...filtering...' | flog
or
cat filename | sed '...filtering...' | xargs flog
Which did not work, after which... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Random_Net
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi guys i have written a script which takes the options given to him and execute itself accordingly.
for example
if a script name is doctortux then executing doctortux without option should made doctortux to be executed in automatic mode i.e. doctortux -a
or if a doctortux is needed to run in... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: pinga123
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
So I sorted my file as I was supposed to:
sort -n -r -k 2 -k 1 file1 | uniq > file2
and when I wrote
> cat file2
in the command line, I got what I was expecting, but in the script itself
...
sort -n -r -k 2 -k 1 averages | uniq > temp
cat file2
It wrote a whole... (21 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
Can anybody tell the difference between Difference between cat , cat > , cat >> and touch command in UNIX?
Thanks (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: skyineyes
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