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`solaris + xargs command for solaris

the command find /tmp -name 'core*' -type f -print0 | xargs -0 works fine on Linux, but xargs -0 option is not legal on Solaris what is the equivalent option ( xargs? ) for Solaris 10 second ...
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redirect and log script output

I am trying to tidy up the following snippets, design goals are to log all output from a script, and should not be a wrapper. Less lines are better. I don't care about user inputs (at this stage), ...
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exec cp failes from script, yet works when issued directly

I have a script that copies SQL backups to a windows server. Here's the line from /etc/fstab: //my.win.box/share$ /winshare cifs ...
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What after exec() in ls command. Is the parent process printing the output to the console or the child?

I have a simple doubt on execution of the command ls. As per my understanding from the research I have done on the internet, I understood the below points. When we type ls command shell interprets ...
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Copy stdout and stderr to a log file and leave them on the console within the script itself

Using bash, how do I copy stderr and stdout to a log file and also leave them displayed on the console? I would like to do this within the script itself using an exec. I tried with exec ...
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Switching to another shell without copying environment variables

From tcsh, if I try: exec /home/path/to/my/zsh it works (I enter a Zsh shell) but if I try exec -c /home/path/to/my/zsh I get: -c Command not found How do I switch to my Zsh shell and start ...
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Rename files and directories with a special characters on solaris machines

The target of the following code ( commands ) is to rename files/directories and also support files/directories with a special characters as "@" or "." etc those commands are run fine on Linux ...
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Find functions, commands, and builtins [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Executing user defined function in a find -exec call Suppose I have the following bash code: !#/bin/bash function print_echo (){ echo "This is print_echo Function" ...
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variables in find command and more shell problem [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Recursive rename files and directories I wrote the following script: #!/bin/bash SAVEIFS=$IFS alias export='export' IFS=$(echo -en "\n\b") find $1 -name "*" ...