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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm working on Aix 6.1 and using ksh shell.
The below works fine on Linux bash or ksh shell .
while IFS= read -r dirpath ; do
echo "Hi"
done <<<"$var"
However, any such while loop that reads the input from file or variable using <<< fails on Aix system with the below error:
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Discussion started by: mohtashims
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
This query is a part of a much more lengthy script.
I wish to look for all the files in a folder named "data" which in this case has two files i.e. plan.war and agent.properties. For all the files found under data I wish to ask the user as to where they wish copy the files to.
Below,... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I'm looking to write a simple ksh loop reading user input (and write it to a file) until the user enters QUIT at which point I want it to continue.
Does anyone have an example of this type of loop?
Any help much appreciated
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Discussion started by: Grueben
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am creating a bash that uses perl . The below code closes before the input is entered. If I run the perl as a .pl it is fine. What am I doing wrong? Thank you :).
#!/bin/bash
cd 'C:\Users\cmccabe\Desktop\wget'
wget -O getCSV.txt http://xxx.xx.xxx.xxx/data/getCSV.csv
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Discussion started by: cmccabe
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am new to writing script and want to use a Bash Piped while-read and read from user input.
if something happens on server.log then do while loop or if something happend on user input then do while loop.
Pseudocode something like:
tail -n 3 -f server.log | while read serverline || read... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: MyMorris
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm new to BASH and i'm trying to create a script which is simply put a large find and replace file. This is what I have so far
N=0
while read LINE ; do
N=$((N+1))
sed 's/'$2'/'$3'/g' $LINE > .temp
echo "Changes to file $N = $LINE"
echo 'The following changes... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Azumandious
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
The gcc compiler has warned about using gets(), so I've been trying my hand at getline.
Problem is that I've been able to read from a file, but what I really need is to read from a user's input.
I want to use getline like a scanf() command, but I can't figure what to substitute for the fp... (6 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
'read' command is not working inside the while loop, How can I solve this?
Rgds,
Sharif. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sharif
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, i know how to retrieve a user input (read), and how to manage the different options (case statement).
But... could anybody show me a script that, if the user option is incorrect, don't allow to continue the excution, i.e., if the value entered is not 1 or 2, the script shows a question.
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Discussion started by: aristegui
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all
Does anyone have a script that will allow me to stop inside a while read loop.
I want to pause the loop until a enter is pressed.
e.g.
While read line
do
echo something
if LINECOUNT > 40
then
read ENTER?"PRESS ENTER TO CONT..."
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Discussion started by: jhansrod
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