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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear Guru's
I'm using Putty and want to edit a file. I know we generally use vi editor to do it. As I'm not good in using vi editor, I want to convert the vi into something like text pad. Is there any option in Putty to do the same ? Thanks for your response.
Srini (6 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Friends,
we have 300+ AIX servers and wants to update /etc/secutiry/user config file to add more parameters for a user. Could you please provide shell script or command?
Existing data:
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ramesh:
admin = false
minlen = 4
TO be updated:
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Discussion started by: suresh3566
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have data in 3 columns in the format below
2011-11-01-0936,2115,978
2011-11-01-0937,2242,1046
2011-11-01-0938,2538,1186
2011-11-01-0939,2295,1074
2011-11-01-0940,2454,1142
2011-11-01-0941,2545,1184
2011-11-01-0942,2491,1153
I however want to either remove the date on the timestamp and... (2 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
While editing a small text file with cat command i pressed ctrl-d to send eof, instead of coming out of cat command it echoed ^D to the screen. Same thing is happening to ctrl-c. After googling i found this is because of trap.
The problem is i m stuck in editing mode and cannot get the... (3 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have a conf file, i want to update some entries in that conf file. Below is the code for that using a temporary file.
sed '/workgroup=/ c\workgroup=Workgroup' /usr/local/netx.conf > /usr/local/netx.conf.tmp
mv -f /usr/local/netx.conf.tmp /usr/local/netx.conf
Sample contents of... (9 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi. i'm using ksh with set -o vi. if i am far down in a directory and try to edit the command line (esc-k to retrieve previous command) the cursor is being positioned over to the left on top of the directory text making the text very difficult to read or work with. seems to be problem with long... (2 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
i have a file name as file1 which has Following content:
ROLLOVER_INTERVAL=0
OUTPUT_DIR_COUNT=MULTIPLE
FILETYPE=XmlExporter
i want to change the FILETYPE=recordexport
can any one pls help me on this
2nd query:
i want to change OUTPUT_DIR_COUNT=MULTIPLE as
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Discussion started by: Aditya.Gurgaon
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi experts,
please help me in writting the script..
i have two files file1 and file 2
i have to write a script which will take input parameters as file1 and file2
file1:
......
1
2
3
4
file2:
.....
1
2
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello everyone. I have been reading a lot about the various different text editors at my disposal through Unix, but I just can't seem to close the deal for what I am trying to do. Is there a way to issue a single line command to edit a file where pattern=x, and do it non-destructively AND in-place?... (1 Reply)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is there a way using bash that I can edit a command line using vi.
I.e. if I have a long command line and I want to edit it.....by typing vi and then having the command open in an editing window....
I beleive this can be done in k shell by pressing v....however can find out how this can be... (3 Replies)
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