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I did, and i still get the same message.syntax error: `(' unexpected Thanks

I have just changed it permanently to ksh and it still gives the same error.

I am using an interactive Bourne shell (sh)

Hi again, I tried running the echo $[(`date +"%u"`-1+7)%7] and got syntax error: `(' unexpected Any ideas why? Thanks

Is there a way to get the date command to display yesterday's day of the week either in numbers[1,7] or words? Thanks

Hi all, I tried both of your suggestions and they both work fine however, now my inside loop does not work. It seems that the if $2>=2; then echo "$9 has $2 links." else echo "$9 has one link>" goes looking for agruments in the command line. so the...

hi all i just have a quick question. i am writing a script that will check the number of links for each file in the user's directory and output the appropriate message. here it is: #!/bin/sh ls -l >outputfile HERE IS MYQUESTION: how do I loop through each line of the file outputfile for...

ok, So basically they provide faster access to data because they do less comparisons. so istead of a long list you have several short lists. Ok I'll just need to practice using them. Thanks for the explanation.

Hi all, can someone please explain to me how hash tables work and how they provide fast random access? Thanks a lot.

Hi all, Which version of bianry search is better? the forgetful version or the one that terminates as soon as the value is found. Also , can anyone explain to me how comb sort works? Thanks,

thanks, Appreciate the feedback.

Hi all, How do you clear a queue that is implemented in an array? here is my tentative code below. Please give me some feedback. Thanks void clearqueue (queueentry *x, queue *q) { while(q->front) { q->count--; x*=q->entry[q->front]; q->front=(q->front + 1) % MAXQUEUE...

How do write the loop to add one list to the other; add each node to the list?

An example would be; if the intput is a a:b a:b:c :x: y:z the output would look like a:b:c:.:x:y:z, Thanks

HOw can I make a square using just single dimensional array? for example array[12]={1,2,2,3,4,5,6,4,5,6,9,12} would give something like: 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 4 5 6 9 12 I knom I need to use a for loop but can't get it to print it out correctly. THanks a lot