UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, i'm new to unix and for a school project i need to copy some information out of a server tath uses unix and paste them in exel the way I want to. At the end this need to go automaticaly every day. my question is, how can i do this and are there other programs exept exel that I can use?

thx,

Dennis

>tath uses unix and paste them in exel the way I want to
??? (man?? )
>At the end this need to go automaticaly every day
Write a script you execute using cron (man cron)
>how can i do this ?
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The simplest way is to gather the inforamtion you want in a data file you have generated using to separate fields a comma
give it a .csv extension dont forget ux2dos...
now it can be imported in excel...
or in any other spreadsheet

Good luck