[shell-scripting] Forum Topics

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 …

Can anyone tell me where to find shell script tutorial

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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I need the shell script for the Gnome 2.6 Print Manager.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Hi, it's been quite a while since my last post ;) I know the user would be prompted to key in the new time and date if "time" and "date" are keyed in via DOS command prompt. Hm, just wondering, is it possible that I can have a .bat file …

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 …

Hello, Would anyone please tell me how to write a shell script which receives input argument from command line? Thanks alot

Hello everyone. I would like to make a batch file that extracts the contents of MANY .zip files (<name>001-146) to a certain folder, without having to manually extract them. My .bat skills are not good enough to do it and it would be a usuful tool that i currently need. …

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 =~ …

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 …

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 …

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

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:

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 …

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 …

need some help. boss is rushing me to complete a script - i am struggling where do i start? under lot of pressure here. thanks, i feel this must not be that difficult i'm given tab-delimited file w 2 cols: aaa d 014 bbb e015 bbb e 016 ccc e016 …

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

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? …

Hi, I am using SSH secure client to log into a linux system. When I run emacs in the SSH, all the commands such as C-Spac, M-< etc etc etc does not work. I know it has something to do with key binding and such, but how do you exactly …

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. …