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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I tried to look up the issue i'm experiencing, but i'm confused what's wrong with my script.
After executing the script I'm getting the following error
expr: non-numeric argument
syntax error on line 1, teletype
After some research, it seems that the problem relates to bc.
I have... (1 Reply)
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi All,
I am running the script
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if
then
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
How to return the string "y" to the calling function.
Getting the below error when function returns the value.
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
i am facing the error "expr: non-numeric argument" when i use the expr command.
Following is the expression which i want to execute
HR=$(echo `date +%H`)
MIN=$(echo `date +%M`)
TOT_MIN=`expr "$HR" \* 60+$MIN` | bc
echo $TOT_MIN
Here I am being reported with the error expr:... (6 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all
I have data like below where the column with values (PRI, SEC ) is the char field and the rest are Numeric Fields.
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi everyone, I want my script to check if the first argument has only numbers or not. Im not sure what im doing wrong.
This is how it looks like:
if *") ]
then
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exit 1
else
exit 0
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
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Is there any code in Perl which can differentiate between numeric and non-numeric input? (11 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
quick question, I am trying to run this simple equation
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10. Solaris
I want to figure out what is the reason of error message I have in Solaris 10. Why Solaris 10 dosn't recognize 65535?
ps: 65535 is an invalid non-numeric argument for -p option
usage: ps
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