Questions tagged [korn]
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Setting the date of a file to that of the previous month - KornShell
Im trying to set up a KornShell script so a file is FTP'd on the first of each month.
When the file is created it should read the date of the previous month - If the job was ran on April 1st the file would be filename_MAR2023. Is this something that…
STAKD
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AIX sed - find exact match and replace
I need to use sed on AIX to find and replace exact match of a string.
as an example we have a like like below
LogicalVolume hdisk1 hdisk10
and I have 2 variables
old_disk=hdisk1
new_disk=hdisk50
Here is the sed command I would like to use
sed…
LomakoPakula
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change date in column 2 where numbers do not match column 3
I have tried this before but need to change direction. I was changing the numbers but I found I need to change the date after the numbers differ. My text has 3 columns and the 2nd and 3rd are similar but occasionally there is a 1 - 4 digit number…
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Korn Shell change date from a file
I recently had a question that was answered but I was writing in shell with cygwin. I found out I need to make this krn Shell compatible for MKS Toolkit.
The sed command does not like this and I am looking for a solution. the file is such that…
fletching
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IF/ELIF/ELSE Statement Korn Shell
Ive had experiences running these statements in the past but not loads.
Im trying to run one that will look in the directory and if the file is a .txt then send it to testdir_2 else if it is a .csv file then send to testdir_3. Else if it is anything…
STAKD
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Inserting a Comment text to a table using KSH shell
I have a script where it is necessary to add now in the current statement a received COMMENT text from the user as parameter. Below is an example but it is failing. Can someone help me with this ?
\#!/usr/bin/ksh
export COMMENTS=${1}
echo…
Carlos Andre Cardoso
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ksh : pattern should not match but it does
I'm unable to understand why the following pattern matches here:
$ [[ "abcdef12" == ab!(cd)* ]] && echo matched
matched
According to the man page (unless I've misunderstood something) it should not :
!(pattern-list)
Matches anything except one of…
Gilles Pion
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Linux: $* is not preserving the group of words as single argument
I am having a parent script and a child script,
Parent script:
echo 'Parent script 1st arg '$1
echo 'Parent script 2nd arg '$2
PARAMS=$*
ksh child_script.ksh $PARAMS
Child script:
echo 'Child script 1st arg '$1
echo 'Child script 2nd arg '$2
I am…
Dev Anand
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korn script options not finding getopts correctly
I have a korn script that does this:
testing.ksh:
m_Ftp -t'echo "No skipping"' -f DEV_OVR MMMM <
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lftp using input file for command input not working
I'm trying to convert from kermit to lftp. The old script takes the commands from another script for to/from location for the files. I want to still take that input file, but I'm having trouble getting it to read commands from the input file.
old…
Michele
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user input into sed command via variable
I had this question before and used @HatLess answer when it was going to be static. It needs to be user input and I have tried the script but I am having issues as it tells me file not found and several other messages depending on what I change. I…
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