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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to write a shell script which takes an input file as an arguement in the terminal e.g. bash shellscriptname.sh input.txt. I would like for the file to be read line by line each time checking if the .txt file contains certain words or letters(validating the syntax). If the line being... (1 Reply)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm not sure why but my script quits automatically at the point where unix2dos / dos2unix command is used. :confused::confused::confused:
How do a fix it?
LOG_FILE=MADDY.txt
unix2dos ${LOG_FILE}
exec 2> $LOG_FILE 1>&2
echo ${LOG_FILE}
The script exists after the below... (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have one script in my cronjob, which is fetching file from a ftp site and making a copy with today's date and time. This is a new setup. There was a instance when test_bill.txt was not present on ftp.xxxx_xxxx.com and when this job ran and did not fetched file, still it send mail of... (5 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have pearl script which will check and convert the file:
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if ( $#{$dos2unix_cmds} == 0 ) {
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--conversion going here
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Gurus,
I need to write a shell script that will calculate hash value of a file, opens the file in an application for example vi editor. The application can read or modify the contents of the file. When application exists second part of my script will kick in and recalculate the hash value. File... (1 Reply)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all. I am trying to make a script to edit any file by replacing a string with a string. The script should be able to be applied to any given file. for instance it should be able to replace "foo" with "bar" in the file myFile.txt. I know i need to make a back up file for this to work. I just... (2 Replies)
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I'm a newbie, but I understand that there's some space difference between unix and the pc, which is why I can't write shell script on my pc but I can view it using notepad, wordpad, etc.
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8. Solaris
hi guys,
We have to implement new local (/etc/default/login) USER security policy on almost 50 stations.
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
need some urgent inputs.....
I have a folder, which has both files and directories as its contents.
I want to convert all the files (Excluding the directories) from dos to unix mode using the command 'dos2unix'.....
please can any one help me in providing the command to convert... (3 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a build script. It was created on Linux. For some reason, I got it to windows and modified it. And brought it back again to Linux.
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