$ cat abcfile xyzfile
This is the contents of xyzfile
$
If anyone has an answer to this, tell us!
Try tracing it.
We can use a very important trick to find out: set -x
- -
What shells does that work with? UX, I know, but BASH?
$ set -x
$
$
So I was right. I was expecting pdksh, though (the Public Domain Korn
SHell).
It appears that the maillist switched the order of my two posts.
Yes, the demonic mailer daemon strikes again...
Yes, Korn
Shell. In my experience pdksh is not a good substitute for ksh (although
my
An aside..Or should I say: A peripheral issue..
I don't work with computer technology except to type lesson plans
and make instructional materials for ESL classes I teach to adults.
So, much of what I study about Unix or Linux is lost through my
lack of use of it in my daily work.
So,
Input redirection is symbolized by the character. Output is the
character, and output with append uses the characters.
That's like DOS (except that MORE FILE doesn't seem to work).
$ echo this | thisfile
-ksh: thisfile: cannot execute [Permission denied]
KSH? Korn Shell?
This is
When you encounter an error detected by the shell, it is
normally flagged by the shell. In this example, the shell
is Korn Shell, and the shell designation is "ksh":
$ thisfile
-ksh: thisfile: cannot execute [Permission denied]
So I was right. I was expecting pdksh, though (the Public
From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alternately, you can call a shell and tell it to run the shell script
file. "sh printpwd" should do the trick... is this right? In most
shells, ". printpwd" (notice the period) will run a shell script as
Both of those will run a script, but there's a
From: Dan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Alternately, you can call a shell and tell it to run the shell
script
file. "sh printpwd" should do the trick... is this right? In most
shells, ". printpwd" (notice the period) will run a shell script as
Both of
$ thisfile
-ksh: thisfile: cannot execute [Permission denied]
On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Andy Goth wrote:
So I was right. I was expecting pdksh, though (the Public Domain Korn
SHell).
It appears that the maillist switched the order of my two posts. Yes, Korn
Shell. In my experience pdksh is
First, I apologize if this comes out in HTML. I just installed Outlook 97
for trouble-shooting purposes and haven't yet figured out how to turn off
the "styled text" yet not even sure it's possible. *sigh*
[mega-clip]
But suppose we want all filenames with dates on the first of the month
-Original Message-
From: Richard Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It appears there is a majority opinion of those responding that we should
start here, and perhaps move to another maillist in time. Someone
suggested that a web page would be more appropriate, and I consider that a
viable future
Adding to this, 'Beginning Linux Programming' by Neil Matthew Richard
Stones from WROX Press is good. Topics covered include:
- shell programming
- working with files
- the UNIX environment
- terminals
- curses (ncurses these days I think)
- data management
- development
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