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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have this script which is very easy:
file=`echo 01114`
echo $file
01114
then I ran this
if ; then echo "yes";fi
it returned yes even though there are only 5 digits there
So then I tried
file=`echo abcd`
echo $file
abcd
if ]; then echo "yes";fi
if ]; then echo "yes";fi
It... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie2010
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I was hoping someone could suggest an alternative to code I currently have as mine takes up far too much processor time and it to slow.
The situation:
I have a programme that runs on some files just before they are zipped up and archived, the program appends a one line summary of the... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: RECrerar
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello Everyone,
I am stuck with one issue while working on abstract flat file which i have to use as input and load data to table.
Input Data-
------ ------------------------ ---- -----------------
WFI001 Xxxxxx Control Work Item A Number of Records
------ ------------------------... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sonali.s.more
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I have a flat file with a list of files with the path to the file and I am attempting to calculate the filesize for each one; however xargs isn't playing nicely and I am sure there is probably a better way of doing this.
What I envisioned is this:
cat filename|xargs -i ls -l {} |awk... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: joe8mofo
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5. Programming
Stupid question, but is there an ANSI C stdlib function that will do this for me? I want to pass the function a path and determine if the current process can read/write/execute on the path. I suppose I can whip something up using fstat and then determining the current process's user/group IDs and... (6 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi, I want to determine the position of specific values over a cutoff.
So I have a string of values that are mainly negative in number and I want to print the rare few that are positive. Specifically I want to know the position of the value along the string. The position is based from right to... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: phil_heath
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, all.
I need to convert a file tab delimited/variable length file in AIX to a fixed lenght file delimited by spaces. This is the input file:
10200002<tab>US$ COM<tab>16/12/2008<tab>2,3775<tab>2,3783
19300978<tab>EURO<tab>16/12/2008<tab>3,28523<tab>3,28657
And this is the expected... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Everton_Silveir
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I want to find out the record length of a fixed length file? I forgot the command. Any body know? (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: tranq01
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I got the following code, it partially works. Can someone tell me why it partially doenst work?
#!/bin/sh
file=$1
if
then
echo "File is a directory"
else
echo "File is not a directory!"
fi
heres the output:
philip@philip-laptop:~/Desktop$ sh exFive.sh test.java
File is... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: philmetz
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I'm attempting to modify a script so it can be executed via a batch scheduler. Part of the script calls a program called direct (which I believe may have something to do with Connect Direct). I have tried cat and vi on the file; cat returns absolute gibberish, vi states the file is... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: JWilliams
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