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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I am trying to create a zip file with all the txt files(these are in large number) in the current directory. I am able to do this operation sucessfully.
After this i want to get the status of the tar command executed and do accordingly. When i am trying with the below code, the status... (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a shell script (#!/bin/sh) that interacts with Appworx and Banner Admin. In my script I want to check the exit status of awrun before continuing. awrun can run for 10 seconds or it can run for over a minute. So my question is, will it go through my if statement before awrun may even be... (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to get the exit status of grep and test a condition with it, But it does not seem to be working as expected since i am doing something wrong apparently
as per grep help
Exit status is 0 if match, 1 if no match,
and 2 if trouble.
My problem is something like this
templine - a... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: prasbala
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi,
exit status variable $?, returns some digits.
0 ---> succes.
1..126
Failure (the program itself will decide what the numbers mean)
127
Command not found
128..254
The program did not exit normally. (E.g., it crashed, or received a signal)
255
Invalid exit code
well, if $?... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: dummydba
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm preparing for exam and one of exams is to write own test command...
I wonder if in unix is a command which just returns exit code you specify..
I know I can easily write a function like this:
exStatus() {
return $1
}
-> my question is rather theoretical
thank you! (9 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I'm running a program which return 1 upon success.
But when encounters problem shell return 's '1' .
How to differentiate between them the shell return value and script return value.
Ex. function fn return '1' if executed successfully and '0' if failed. But when if shell encounters... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: yhacks
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm trying to write a script that will update a table in sysbase.
If it's failed then I want to rerun it one more time before exiting the script (fail due to bad value such as trying to put a string into datetime field or bad connection to the database)
Well my code below will always return... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sirrtuan
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I hope one of you smart people out there can help me with what seems like a real simple questing but I can't quite figure out.
In a script I am doing a cmp on two files. I am trying to check the exit status with an if statement but can't seem to figure out the syntax. If the exit status is 1 I... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: PrimeRibAndADew
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Consider the output of the following commands:
case1)
-------
# ifconfig -a | grep "UP" | grep uplink0:1
# echo $?
Output is: 0
case2
------
# ifconfig -a | grep "UP" | grep uplink0:1; echo $?
Output is: 1
In case2 we got the exit code as 1, which is the actual exit code.... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: diganta
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
i downloaded a text file from metalab.unc.edu called sh.txt and in this reference manual it refers to shell scripting exit status .. at the end of one of the examples that author gave an exit status of 127..
to what does a 127 exit status refer too and what is its purpose in the code.
moxxx68 (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: moxxx68
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