UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi to all,

This is Srinivas new to this forum. Actually I am working as Hyperion consultant. I am new to UNIX. But Unix tasks where assigned to me. So some what struggling with these scripts. I hope you all will assist me. I will take care of MAXL scripts. Just need assistance with UNIX scripts. For granting filters we use GRANT command in MAXL scripts so don't stress on this.

Unix Scripts and Text Files for the Web Menus

To accomplish the above process, we will need a few Unix scripts and a couple text files

Text Files
1. A list of plant groups
2. A list of divisions

Unix Scripts
1. A script that takes 2 parameters: the group name, and the filter end ( _w or _r ) and runs a MAXL script to change the group's access to the appropriate filter
2. A script for opening all write access which will read both text files and call script 1 with _w option
3. A script for closing all plants but keeping divisions open which will call script one for each plant in text file 1 and send the _r option. It will also read text file 2 and call script 1 for each division with the _w option.
4. A script for close all plants and divisions (_r for all entries in both text files)
5. A script for closing the forecast completely ( same as script 4, except will also change the allmfg group to _r

I am glad we don't have to care about the MAXL scripts and you take a bit chunk of work for us, thank you, honestly.

I suggest, you get one of that 1001 good books about shell scripting, as this question, or may I say job or order is a bit much.
A little hint: You can put these very easy commands and parameter parsing all in one script.

For generating textfiles, use any editor you like. Or write it down with a pencil, scan it, and have the OCR software do the rest!
Might make not much sense if some stranger creates some fantasy lists with plant groups and units?! It is not really that hard, come on.

Good luck on your future projects.
Couldn't resist.

Recognizing that sometimes data is confidential, it can be changed, but the general rules should still apply to the samples. Many on this Board can make data and commands do most anything. However, I am stumped by the text of your request. I just do not understand what you mean by closing plants and forecasts - are you talking about closing a file?

Suggestion: break this into smaller sections, and provide data that is known (input), rules and desired data output. You have two text files that contain info, but no rules that those files must follow. Such as - are plants and divisions number or text codes, etc...

1) Just I need Unix script on how to read the data from a text file and passing them as parameters in the same script.
2) How to call a new script from the current script.

However, I am using the script below which will read the file and use the file contents as parameters to two variables.
#########Script to read the plant groups####
#!/bin/ksh
export PASSLIST="plant_group.txt"
while read GROUP FILTER
do
echo "GROUP=$GROUP"
echo " FILTER=$GROUP"

done < $PASSLIST
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