Move parent folder if contents match a parameter
Hi all, Hoping someone can help. I'm looking to be able to search a particular folder path for folders that contain certain files / formats and then move the parent folder. eg....
View ArticleControl Cores/CPUs used in Linux instance on VMware
We have a production setup where we have RHEL instances on VMware. We have 2 RHEL instances on VMware now each having 4 CPUs/cores each. I want to put up another RHEL instance but my query is that can...
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Abnormal producer consumer problem driving me nuts
normally, i hate asking someone to do my homework for me but am getting desperate right now. i have a project about consumer producer problem. the deadline is tonight at 23:55. but i havent gotten it...
View ArticleAbnormal producer consumer problem driving me nuts
Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted! 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: normally, i hate...
View ArticleSourcing as root automatically
Hey everyone! I have my .bash_profile file which is read automatically when I launch Terminal therefore I can run my own functions. BUT. When I do: Code: sudo -s Code: sudo su Code: sudo su - No matter...
View ArticleEmail Command Error
Hi , i am very new unix i need a script which should check for the size of the file and if it is greater than zero ,than i have copy the contain of the file (the file we have checked the size) as body...
View ArticleSelect Command - return
Hello everyone, A simple question which may have a suggested solution: I am using, and loving, the select command in a ksh93 script on AIX 6.1 to present users with menus. I have been successful in...
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Replacing last spacebar
I need to use bash to replace the last spacebar character for each line in a file so that e.g.: Code: f d e 3 5 becomes Code: f d e 3/5 Moderator's Comments: Please use code tags when posting data and...
View ArticleHow to check if date format is correct?
Hi! how do i know if the input is the same as the required date format? the date should be dd/mm/YYYY ex. 2/3/2012 or 15/11/2012 all the following conditions must return an error: *input of string *day...
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Loop
Hi I wrote shell script to do the flowing count from 5 and down but doesn’t work please see my program Code: #Bash x=0 y=10 while (( x < y )) do (( x = x + 1 )) grep -A $x 5 numbers...
View ArticleMulti if or or similar
I'm trying to code a line (ksh) without much success along the lines of :- If [ hostname = red or black or green or yellow or blue ] then .....etc fi I know i could use the case statement but i'm...
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HD-Audio: ALSA settings not persistent across reboots.
Hi: The OS is Slackware 14.0. When, after 14.0 install I first ran alsamixer, I got an error message and it quit. After some googling, I created /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf with these lines: Code:...
View ArticleMultiple long field separators
How do I use multiple field separators in awk? I know that if I use Code: awk -F"[ab]" , both a and b will be field separators. But what if I need two field separators that both are longer than one...
View ArticleGvim doesn't suggest filenames with :e TAB, puts ^I instead
Hello all, When I type :e in vim and then press TAB, vim suggests filenames in that directory. However, when I do the same in gvim, it instead shows ^I for every TAB press instead of suggesting...
View Articleawk one liner to print to end of line
Given: Code: 1,2,whatever,a,940,sot how can i print from one particular field to the end of line? Code: awk -F"," '{print $2 - endofline}' the delimiter just happens to be a comma "," in this case. in...
View ArticleCannot open shared object: when starting nrpe
Got this error when starting nrpe Starting nagios-nrpe: nagios-nrpe/usr/sbin/nrpe: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.8: Pls advise ---------- Post updated at 04:05 PM ----------...
View ArticleRight way to change time for a RHEL server
I had the query of what would be the right approach to change the time on the RHEL server. I have the following ways to do that: 1) Code: # date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00" Or Code: # date --set="2 OCT...
View ArticleNot getiing expected output
Hi I have written below script to get the data in table form. Code: #!/bin/sh echo "File Name\tType" for i in *; do echo "$i\t\c" if [ -d $i ]; then echo "directory" elif [ -h $i ]; then echo "symbolic...
View ArticleWhile ...loop
Code: #!/usr/bin/ksh totalInstance=3 c=1 SID=SID SID_1=BOYISH SID_2=EAGALE SID_3=PLUNE while [ c -le $totalInstance ] do BDUMP_DIR="${SID}_${c}" echo "$BDUMP_DIR" c=`expr $c + 1` echo...
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Help with putty window setting
hi friends, This is not a shell scripting related doubt, but still posting so that you can answer it ;) or redirect to correct place in this website. Many a times i have to open multiple putty sessions...
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