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Hi guys, i'm trying to write a script for following purpose. shell program will be used by Linux/Unix sysadmins to search for SUID/SGID files. The default directory to search is the present working directory, however, the user may include a directory name on the command line as an alternative. Also, …

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Hi! I'm trying to setup a shell script to startup a number of programs when I run it, but I've got some issues with variables that is causing it not to work... The bunch of lines at fault is this: if /I "%INST%" == "OID" ( set NAME=9iAS_INF set HOME=D:\oracle\%NAME% …

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I wrote this shell script: #!/bin/sh PATH=/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin; export PATH echo "Content-type: text/html" echo "" ROOT=/app/webchecker/controller FILEIN=$ROOT/log/servcheckerstat.txt FILEDOWN=$ROOT/bin/down_ FILEOUT=/tmp/wcHtmlStat.$$ $ROOT/bin/servckhtmlstat W $FILEIN $FILEDOWN $FILEOUT $QUERY_STRING cat $FILEOUT rm -f $FILEOUT exit 0 servckhtmlstat is a C program which do all the job and write the file. The problem is: the shell …

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I am trying to install 2 rpm files that need root privileges. However, I don't want to prompt the user twice. Currently I am doing the following in my script: echo "*************************************************************" echo "In order to install acme package, you need to log in as root" echo "*************************************************************" su -c …

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Hello i`m trying to make a script that shows me online users using the arping command. I want to enable to stop it using Ctrl +C and print me a message : Continue Y/N. And one more thing in the end to print me : We have $wc -l users …

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hi, just stumbled on a problem: a friend wrote her shellscript in mandrake kwrite which also uses bash, we tried to run it on fedora core 2 gedit but won'nt run as it reads errors on curly braces and has unexpected end of file errors. It runs perfectly on mandrake …

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How can I login remotely and force a command/script to run in a particular X Server when are multiple X Servers running? Here's what I want to do: Force my desktop to be displayed on multiple remote machines, each of which has multiple X Servers running simultaneously. That is, force …

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Hello, I am a software developer on a rather large project and I use vim as my primary file editor. The project is spread out over many paths. What I want to do is to create a large tag file for the entiere project. I used the find command to …

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Hello, I am getting a syntax error with a shell script of mine that is eluding me...I am pretty new to this so if someone could help me out I'd appreciate it. Here is the part of the script that is throwing the error: [code] #!/bin/ksh # Kismet/PCX Loader # …

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Shameless plug: [url]http://steve-parker.org/sh/sh.shtml[/url] A bourne Shell Programming/Scripting Tutorial for learning about using the Unix shell. Centres on the Bourne shell, but mentions when bash differs. Does not cover ksh/csh (considered harmful). Applies to UNIX and Linux.

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so i have been trying to learn how to manipulate text on my own and have gotten stumped... let's say i have a text file that says (highly simplified): people ordinary How would swap the order of the words.. I know i need to use sed and some kind of …

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hi my friends who can tell me about *.x ? :o i mean .x extension is stand for what kind of files? :o cheers.

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Hi I am new to all of this so please forgive me if my question is either really obvious or indeed in the wrong forum. I have had a script written for me that displays details of books e..t. title, author etc. The string which holds the author seems to …

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Hi I needed some help on automating the installation of a software. During the installation of a software, you get various options. For eg. 1. the license agreeement screen gives you two options with two radio buttons. Choosing one selects Yes, I agree with the terms and conditions. And choosing …

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Write a shell script (/bin/sh) called 'fileline' which is passed two command line parameters. The first parameter is the name of a file and the second is a number 'n'. The script should write the contents of the nth line of the file to a new file called 'out'. If …

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Hi, I am uploading files to a server using HttpXCtl1.Request.PrepareFileUpload "nameoffile", txtURL HttpXCtl1.Post "http://www.myhost.com/cgi-bin/serverside.cgi" MsgBox HttpXCtl1.Response.Status The Response Status is: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error The serverside.cgi file on my server is as follows: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use CGI; $upload_dir = "/usr/home/myhost/www/ibp"; $query = new CGI; $filename = $query->param("nameoffile"); $filename =~ …

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Hi everyone. I am fairly new to Linux and I am taking a UNIX course. I have been asked to write a shell script and I am having a little trouble. I was wondering if anyone could help me. Here are my instructions -- create a script called command find_big.sh …

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A New Environment: The LiteStep Shell Sit back get a cup of coffee it's time for another tale of technology by Jimmy Freligh Jr | June 20th, 2004 Many people love Windows but, they hate the crashes the bugs the problems the restarts the pain. A lot people don’t know …

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I need to write the code for a script to count and display # of files and directories and then dispaly the # of each as well as the script name as output. I also have to sow a command to execut the script which I know already

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Ada95 is a very capable, full featured language & is not just limited to DoD work.Any thoughts?Anyone ever used it? We need a AdA forum, you know some real stuff not just limited to simple things in life like C(ect) :lol:

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This is not hwork. Trying to teach myself. I have to write a script that counts number of text, data, and html and C files in my home directory. I have to use case and loop. I have to display the total number for each file-type and also a count …

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bash: #!/bin/bash DOMAIN=mydomain.com for client in ServerA ServerB ServerC ServerD do xhost +$client.$DOMAIN done MS-DOS: @echo off for..... crap..... I can't seem to get the for loop to work properly. Has anyone had much experience with batch files in DOS? I realize that running xhost inside of a batch file …

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Hi, folks! See the examples: bash$ X="ls"; $X file1 file2 file3 *** Works correctly! bash$ X="ls | wc"; $X ls: |: No such file or directory ls: wc: No such file or directory *** Doesn't work! How to make the last command work correctly as first? Thanks in advance! Reginald0

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Hi All, when i run ./configure it checks for cc and gcc then says error: no acceptable cc found in $path. now i understand that cc and gcc are compilers and i belive that gcc should be on the system somewhere, but how do i put it in the $path? …

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If you want to practice unix programming, maybe do a few unix/linux scripts, or just test out some commands, Cygwin is the answer. Cygwin is the command.com for Unix. When you run it, it opens up a window like the DOS console, and you're ready to type out your commands. …

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