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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
basically i'm tired of hitting the left arrow a few dozen times when correcting a mistake or modifying a history command
i'd like to use vim style key shortcuts while on the command line so that a 55 moves the cursor 55 places to the left...
and i want all the other vi goodies, search of... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: marqul
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am relatively new to shell scripting. I have a script I wrote that works fine in korn shell.
I need to make it work in bash on a different server.
There are a couple valid korn shell commands I am having difficulty finding the bash equivalents for.
At one point the scripts prompts the... (5 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Could some one tell me the difference btw Bourne shell and the Kshell? Which is more flexible and reliable in terms of portability and efficiency. When i type the following command ..
$ echo $SHELL
yields me
/bin/sh
Does this tells me that I am in Bourne shell. If yes, how can i get... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobby1015
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All
I have writing a Korn Shell script to execute it on many of our servers. But some servers don't have Korn Shell installed, they use Borne Shell.
Some operations like calculation don't work :
cat ${file1} | tail -$((${num1}-${num2})) > ${file2}
Is it possible to activate Korn Shell... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: madmat
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys, please help me
I have a ksh script (second picture down), in that script I define the function DATECALC.
Now I want to use this function KSH in a program shell.
How can I call this ksh from my shell program?
My shell program is... in the first two lines I tried to call... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: acevallo
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6. AIX
i got stuck in IBM AIX unix and i was googling for the answer. but i didn't find one. can anyone tell me how to get back from tsh# shell to korn shell
my system is showing tsh shell in the terminal but i am unable to get back to korn shell.
i tried chsh, shell, su, logout, exit commands but not 1... (7 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have a script that uses "nohup" command to execute a korn shell script. Which one is the correct shell to use bourne shell or korn shell to execute a korn shell? and why?
Thanks in advanced. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: XZOR
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I am having one situation in which I need to run some simple unix commands after doing "chroot" command in a shell script. Which in turn creates a new shell.
So scenario is that
- I need to have one shell script which is ran as a part of crontab
- in this shell script I need to do a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: hkapil
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
well i have this code here..and it works fine in kornshell..
#!/bin/ksh
home=c:/..../
input=$1
sed '1,3d' $input > $1.out
line=""
cat $1.out | while read a
do
line="$line $a"
done
echo $line > $1
rm $1.out
however...now i want it just in normal sh mode..how to convert this?... (21 Replies)
Discussion started by: forevercalz
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to be able to run a script on one server, that will spawn another shell which runs some commands on another server..
I have seen some code that may help - but I cant get it working as below:
spawn /usr/bin/ksh
send "telnet x <port_no>\r"
expect "Enter command: "
send "LOGIN:x:x;... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: frustrated1
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