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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all ,
i just tried to take the status of previous command inside the script using
echo $?. It throws me a variable syntax error , but when i use echo $? as an individual command it works perfectly .
can anyone Please tell me why am getting a variable syntax error when i use echo $?... (7 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I nedd help on the below highlited one.
can any one explain on this,How its work in shell scripting.. then that will be very great full...
L_ABCD=${L_DBG:=N}
Thanks
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am working within a while loop and i am trying to set a variable that will read out each count of the files. the problem is the count variable i have set up gives me a total and not the individual count of each file. in the data area there is 4 abc.dat and 1 def.dat.
how can i do this???
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
In my script, I have the following command....
du -sk `ls -ltd sales12|awk '{print $11}'`|awk '{print $1}'
it returns the value
383283
I want to modify my script to capture that value into a variable. So, I try doing the following...
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do you set a varible with information that contains a string and also another variable? For example:
subject="Attention: $name / This $type needs your attention"
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
L=0
cat test.sh | while read line
do
L='expr $1 + 1'
echo $L
done
echo $l
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
How to export variables on a UNIX prompt. Please provide me syntax.
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I want to set a variable to be any number of dashes. Rather than doing the following:
MYVAR="------------------"
I'd like to be able to set the variable to, say, 80 dashes but don't want to have to count 80 dashes. Is there a way to do this? (2 Replies)
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9. Programming
I am trying to install GCC-3.1.1 on an SGI Indigo2. I already have MIPSpro 7.2.1 installed. However, when I try to configure GCC-3.1.1, I get the message "cc ERROR: cc -o conftest -g failed, You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler."
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I am trying to install GCC-3.1.1 on an SGI Indigo2. I already have MIPSpro 7.2.1 installed. However, when I try to configure GCC-3.1.1, I get the message "cc ERROR: cc -o conftest -g failed, You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler."
What is the name of the MIPSpro c++... (1 Reply)
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