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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, I'm having trouble with a simple copy command in a script on HPUX.
I am trying to copy a file and append date & time.
The echo command prints out what I am expecting..
echo "Backing up $file to $file.$DATE.$FIXNUM" | tee -a $LOGFILE
+ echo 'Backing up... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Glennyp
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I ran into the following and still do not understand entirely the rationale behind this. If someone could explain why things are as they are I'd be thankful.
The following was tested on AIX 7.1 with ksh88, but i suspect that to be ubiquitous. In an installation routine i had to create a set of... (6 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have prepared a script and trying to execute it but not getting expected output. Could you please help and advise what is going wrong.
"If else" part in below script is not working basically.
I am running it on HP-UX.
for i in slpd puma sfmdb
do
echo "******\t$i\t*******"
echo... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: sv0081493
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi. I am trying to start a script on my router that will execute even if i log off. To execute the script I write:
nohup ./dslconnection > dslstat.out 2>&1 &
It starts the job:
21968 admin 1604 S /bin/ash ./dslconnection
The problem is that when I log back in the job has been... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: sebcou
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am running tcsh/csh shell on my machine. lately i have realized my stderr file redirection is not working.
Please find the terminal logs as below:
>echo b c >>& log
>cat log
b c
>echo $a b c >>& log
a: Undefined variable.
>cat log
b c
I have never faced such issues, hence not sure... (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
for i in `cat /export/home/afahmed/Arrvial_time.txt`
do
echo $i
echo $i | awk '$3 < $D { print $4 }' >> dynamic_DF.txt;
done
When i echo, its echo as
Nov
15
02:24
/export/home/pp_adm/inbound//wwallet_20111115.txt where i expect it to be Nov 15 02:24... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: afahmed
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need to sort through a volume that contains video files by access time and delete files that have not been accessed over x days. I have to use the access time as video files are originals that do not get modified, just read
Testing commands on a local test folder...
$ date
Wed Sep 28... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: canon273
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
total=0
seq 1 5 | while read i ; do
total=$(($total+$i))
echo $total
done
echo $totalThis outputs:
1
3
6
10
15
0whereas I am expecting:
1
3
6
10
15
15My bash version: (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: meharo
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I use the command
ls a\b\c\*.txt
from the command line on HP UNIX and it works fine - It lists all files matching *.txt in the a\b\c directory
When embeded in a ksh script
`ls a\b\c\*.txt`
it does not work - I get *.txt not found (even though there are files)
I tried... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: GNMIKE
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello.
Consider the following magic words:
# ls `which adduser`
ls: /usr/sbin/adduser: No such file or directory
#
Hmmm...
Then:
# ls /usr/sbin/adduser
/usr/sbin/adduser
#
Now what?
Unforunately this little sniippet is used in my debian woody server's mysql pre install script.... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: osee
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