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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
This situation is extracted from a larger context. My intention for now is to escape the forward slashes in the path of a filename. (Ultimately the LINEs will come from a file.)
while read LINE ; do
sed 's/\//\\\//g' <<< "$LINE" # ok
escaped=`sed 's/\//\\\//g' <<< "$LINE"` #... (12 Replies)
Discussion started by: Ralph
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
1. increase file space
first, double space a file:
awk '1;{print ""}'
I probably can understand it:print a blank line every time.But when I read triple space a file I am confused:
awk '1;{print "\n"}'
doesn't it meaning print a blank line every time too?
2. number each line of file, but... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: hhdzhu
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am using UNIX to create a script on our system. I have setup my commands to append their output to an outage file. However, some of the commands return no output and so I would like something to take their place.
What I need
The following command is placed at the prompt:
TICLI... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jbrass
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am a little bit confusing of using find command.
Actually, I am planning to delete the files whatever the files are existing in the day before yesterday. So, I am writing the command like this.
find . -name "*.txt" -ctime -2 { here I am confusing, if I will use +2 or +1 also I am... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: nagraju.allam
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5. UNIX and Linux Applications
I am looking at installing PiKdev which needs libqt3-mt and kdelibs4-dev. The installed package is qt-r1008952-i486-1 which claims to be a gui toolkit. find / -name "*libqt*" yields nothing with mt just a lot of support, compatible, and access widgets. Normally I would consider this a no go but... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: slak0
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi folks,
Please advise which command/command line shall I run;
1) to display the command and its output on console
2) simultaneous to save the command and its output on a file
I tried tee command as follows;
$ ps aux | grep mysql | tee /path/to/output.txt
It displayed the... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: satimis
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hiii... There...
I am making a Script in which I am taking the value of a variable "var"
through key board.
But I want, if no values are supplied for "var" for more than 5 seconds then script shuld automatically exit.Script is as follow :
#cat abc
#!/bin/bash
echo "Enter Your Choice : "... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: prashantshukla
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Just subscribed to this forum. Not a regular user of Unix.:)
I did the following:
We have a directory structure /a/b/c5/
Where c5 is the only directory inside b.
export ANOOP=/a/b/c*/
echo $ANOOP=/a/b/c5/
I have to create a symbolic link to anoop.txt in the directory... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pankajakshan
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9. Solaris
Hi All,
Very need help about format syntax on solaris 10.
I have done install Solaris 10 OS on sun fire v245 but currently i have a problem to use "format" command to display partition info for my hard drive.
i cannot enter the format menu, below is captured display :
# format
Searching... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: bucci
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