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Hi, I am trying to use mysql select query in a shell script but i need to know how to store a particular value from the output of the query in a script variable. my script file is given below. I need to store the value under field CheckSum in …

Hi, I've never used bash before, but am creating a file. Here's the skelton: while read line; do if [ -e "$line" ] then else cat > $name << EOF EOF cat > rails << EOF EOF fi command $name & done < projects.txt The error is: "line 55: syntax …

Hello, I need to seperate multiple domains by having and not having A records. I have created a shell script like below, but it is not working, as the $? is same (0) for both the dig commands that have and not have A records. ************************* #!/bin/bash for dom in …

I am trying to run chekstyle on all of my files within a project. So I have model, view, and controller folders all with their subfolders of .h and .cpp files. Is there any way to grab all the files that end in .h or .cpp without having to individually …

Hey guys, I recently had an assignment to write a sort algorithm we have not yet gone over in class. I had no problem getting my code written and to compile, but now that it compiles I keep getting an error that says "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: main" I …

I'm doing a program where I need user to enter the name of a text file. I want him to be able to see the path if he enters pwd. Right now this is very OS related and only works on Mac OS(I guess). So I have done string real; …

Hi Friends, I need to some help in connecting to webserver using c shell or tcl scripting in linux ie in my office in linux system we have some intranet which is run by tomcat server so i need to connect to that server and read some data existing in …

I was dragging and dropping flv files onto this bat file so I could watch in fullscreen on my second monitor:[CODE]set vlcPath="C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" %vlcPath% %1 --video-x=1366 --video-y=768 --width=300 --height=300 --fullscreen --no-video-title-show --no-embedded-video --no-qt-fs-controller[/CODE] but would rather write a batch file with a menu so I could simply select the video …

Hi Everyone, I have written a C Shell wrapper script for "cat" command in the linux such that whenever any uses the "cat" command and it logs to some file, so the script is as #!/bin/tcsh -f set command = /etc/temp/cat set logfile = /etc/cat_command.log echo "$LOGNAME + $command $argv …

I am trying to plot a graph using expect in my script and want to change the range of x and y axis. my script processes all the commands but when it comes to axis([1 5 1 10], 'normal']) command it give out the error following error : [CODE]octave:1> x …

I need help please.write a shell script that will take the information from two files and combine into another file I created both files in vi. file1 David 734.854.5643 Roberto 313.432.4532 Sally 267.423.5412 Mary 435.432.7654 Ted 324.642.6743 Alice 234.576.3245 Frank 342.465.6754 second file file2 Roberto Tuesday 2 Sally Monday 8 …

Hello everyone. I am to program a simple shell in C for my project. So far my shell can execute simple commands and now I want to implement enviroment variables. I looked up on how to use the getenv, setenv, putenv. So far so good i've tried to use the …

Write a shell script that will accept any number of command line interger parameters a d do the following....I have to use a if statment for the lowest and highest values??? Determind the lowest and highest values? Determind the sum of all parameters entered?

write a Unix shellscripthat will take the information from two files and combine into another file I created both files in vi and they are file1 David 734.854.5643 Roberto 313.432.4532 Sally 267.423.5412 Mary 435.432.7654 Ted 324.642.6743 Alice 234.576.3245 Frank 342.465.6754 and the second file is file2 Roberto Tuesday 2 Sally …

what is the use of [code]unix-stream("path/to/file");[/code] I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Hi , I want to run a shell script which is present in another user's id after switching it to that user in the same script. but it is not taking it. I m using the su command for that. [code] su - user1 -c "./${HOME}/script1.sh" [/code] it just says …

Hi I have written the below code for ftp transfer. can u please help me how to trap whether it is successful or not. [code]ftp -n `awk '$1 ~ /db_server_IP/ { print $3 }' $CONFIG_FILE` <<END quote USER `awk '$1 ~ /db_user/ { print $3 }' $CONFIG_FILE` quote PASS `awk …

Hello everyone. I'm trying to code the cd shell command in c. I used chdir function to code it but the problem is that when I execute the program on the terminal it doesn't change the directory. I kept a series printfs and conditions to test if it changes, though …

I want to write a shell script to automate the ftp session, in that it should take the inputs like the server ip , username , password from a different file who path i'll pass. and also the validations that if the server path exits or not.

I have to run a shell script and store whatever is performed in it into a log file. the path can be altered for the log file. how can i do that ?

Hello. I am writing a script to do some copying of files. I feel confident that I can do that part, but before I even start doing the actual copies, it compares the last modified dates of two files.. I know this seems a very basic question that I would …

Hi, I am new to Unix/Linux... I have a TCSH shell script (on AIX4) in which, at a certain point, I want the user to be able to pass commands to the TCSH interpreter. What I do is I create the illusion that the user is at his usuall shell …

Hi all, I am creating a Rpm .even i have built it.while i am calling my post install script it not prompting the user to enter the input while i am using the read command to take the input.I have read from google that we can't make the interactive RPM's …

A friend of mine made this script to backup files from all my ubuntu boxes using lftp to an ftp server i setup on my local windows 7 machine using apache and abilityftp server. However it is only backing up some config files(see attached screen), none of the actual directories …

I currently have a small script I've written that basically takes an incremental backup of a folder which looks similar to this: [code] #!/bin/bash cp -ruf /home/folder4/subfolder/ /home/folder5/ cp -ruf /home/folder3/subfolder/ /home/folder4/ cp -ruf /home/folder2/subfolder/ /home/folder3/ cp -ruf /home/folder1/subfolder/ /home/folder2/ [/code] Now this runs fine, only updating the files that …

What programming language is fit for shell scripting? And could you add a sample code of a shell?

Hi, I wanted to write a C program which searches for text files in a directory(assuming the directory and files are not write protected),list them and open each one of them(files) write a letter A in them.Can anyone give me a sample code. I believe it can be done with …

how to get target path of a shortcut what i want to do - user drag and drop shortcut to the form(i know how to handle drag and drop) . shortcut path have to store in a string plz help me when i google i found codes to do this …

I have question about shell command well lets say i have this [CODE] Shell("\bin\game.exe", AppWinStyle.NormalNoFocus) [/CODE] Well as you know the command will come up an say File Not Found [CODE] FileNotFoundException [/CODE] So how can i put this command and when the file is not found turn up with …

Hi Everyone , I am currently learning shell scripting.So I just need little help from you. If you know sites which have good shell programs / questions for practice (solving ) .. please post them here. If you can provide any alternative regarding my study on shell scripting that would …