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linux + match IP ADDRESS with 3 octets or with 4 octets
how to match IP address with 4 octets or with 3 octets in one command?
target - match xxx.xxx.xxx or xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ( syntax should fit for Linux and Solaris )
how to merge the following commands ...
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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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Solaris 10, Shell Script, Cursor movement [closed]
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <time.h>
void prtime() {
time_t rawtime;
struct tm * ...
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1answer
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Bash vs ksh pipes
I am stuck with some problems with my scripts in ksh. FWIW the problem which I am unable to overcome is that when I use a structure such as this
command | while read VAR1
do
many.commands using ...
3
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1answer
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Why does sendmail work differently in different shells?
The following code works when I directly run it in bash shell:
SUBJECT="SUBJECT-"`date`;
MAIL_FROM="abc@site.com";
MAIL_TO="abc@site.com";
MAIL_CC="abc@site.com";
MAIL_FILE="/path/of/html/body.html";
...
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1answer
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How do I ensure that only one instance of my ksh script runs on Solaris using NFS? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Unix commands can be used as a semaphore/lock?
I have read many similar post and the solution seems to be to use flock. flock does not exist on my system and I ...
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3answers
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Solaris: find the day of last Monday,Tuesday,…Sunday by means of shell script
I'm trying desperatly to find a bash or ksh routine that allows me to find for example the previous Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,... preceding today's date. Additonal it has to work on plain vanilla ...
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1answer
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Ksh loses data after piping 16K bytes
I recently found that ksh may lose some data after printing more than 16K bytes to the stdout if it is blocked for a couple of seconds.
This test.sh script prints out 257*64 (16448) bytes:
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4answers
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Executing user defined function in a find -exec call
I'm on Solaris 10 and I have tested the following with ksh (88), bash (3.00) and zsh (4.2.1).
The following code doesn't yield any result:
function foo {
echo "Hello World"
}
find somedir -exec ...
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2answers
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What are the dangers of setting a high limit to max File Descriptors per process?
I'm working on an old legacy application, and I commonly come across certain settings that no one around cam explain.
Apparently at some point, some processes in the application were hitting the max ...
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Using sed to color the output from a command on solaris
I have a ksh script that must work on both linux and solaris. I'm trying to color the output of specific commands. It works on linux (specifically RHEL6), but not on solaris (SunOS 5.10).
Command ...
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1answer
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Time validation with regex
I'd like to make validation about time stamp of one of my log file. But it seems I have problem on my expression in case statement.
TIME value might be something like 11:49 or 2011. And I just want ...
3
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4answers
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Formatting the output: Underlining
I wrote the following function in ksh that prints its first argument to the screen and underlines it with the appropriate ammount of - character:
print_underlined () {
word=$1
echo $word
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3
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2answers
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Execute command on shared account login
At work our team uses a shared account "appadmin" to administer our application. At login, each one of us sources an "aliasrc" file containing his or her preferences. (aliases, display, prompt, ...).
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Using nohup on Solaris 10
I need to transfer a large number of files over SFTP (only between Solaris servers) which takes a very long time. I cannot keep my PC on for this duration. I tried:
nohup sftp server1
While the ...
