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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Without grep, I'd like to make a test condition so that any a word that does not have the successive letters car in it will be echoed. for example, bluecar will contain "car" so it will show up as a no
var=bluecar
$ echo $var|if ]; then echo "yes";fi
yes
this variable contains "car" so I... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: newbie2010
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2. Homework & Coursework Questions
echo "Enter Number of times u want this to be run"
read RUN
for i in {1..$RUN}
do
echo "i am going to market"
done
now the issue is that when i run this script it ask me "Enter Number of times u want this to be run" and then i put the value ,say i put 10, but when the script runs it gives... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: bharat8007
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have a much larger script that takes an input file of hosts and determines if we support them and checks to ensure the FQDN coincides with our DNS. For instance, the hostname may return a different FQDN when passed to the "host" command, so I keep the value of the output of the "host" command... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: MaindotC
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
How to check weather a string is like test* or test* ot *test* in if condition (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: johnjerome
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
I tried to search for this almost everywhere, but didnt get any proper information on it.
What is the difference between
]
Some of the code works when I have only single condition i.e.
] && $dothis1 || $dothis2
But if i try to include another testcondition to the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: tostay2003
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
what is the better and correct way to perform a comparison:
I have been using the following with no problems:
if ]
then ....
fi
I have seen this also used :
if
then ....
fi
When I try :
if
then ....
fi
I get an error like .... the test condition expects a... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: gio001
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
When I try to do a condition on test:
$ str1=abcd
$ test $str1
$ echo $?
0
Is there anyway to display the answer to be 'TRUE' or 'YES'? rather than 0?
If so, how can I do it without using awk or sed. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: felixwhoals
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I have a doubt on condition test ( ] ). Pls refer blow program.
#!/bin/ksh
TEMP=
if ;then
echo $TEMP
else
print 'invalid option'
fi
Above script's TEMP variable has no value so it gives "invalid option" as output. But I got an error before priting the string .
Result :
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: thambi
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Guys look at this:
i have to write a script that takes a file as an argument. The script should be able to determine what permissions the owner, group and everybody has for the file passed in. The output should be displayed similar to this.
READ WRITE EXECUTE
OWNER LEE.BALLANCORE YES YES NO... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: ciroredz
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm new to scripting and I need help with a bourn shell script. What i'm trying to do is a test condition where "if the time is within 2 hours, it's true" and so on.
The time is in the following format
DATE=`/bin/date +"%Y%m%d%H%S"`
for example, 20060907152000.
So, what the script first... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: pieman8080
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