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    how to do multiple inputs into a variable

    #! /usr/bin/ksh ## a couple of ideas list= echo Please enter filenames separated by a space : read list echo "You entered : " for aname in $list do echo "name : $aname" done ## or ## set -A fname echo "Enter filenames, one on each line. Enter END to quit the input." cnt=1...
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    How to use Array and Arithmetic for in KSH?

    PHV QUOTE "while [[ $i < $NUM_MAX ]]" should it be not ? while (( $i < $NUM_MAX )) can be tricky sometimes.. :-)
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    FTP - Command line restriction

    yes, PHV now thats making more sense. Thanks much for quick help. bharix.
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    FTP - Command line restriction

    RodKnowlton - ff.$$ has space deliminated filenames. fname1.txt fname2.txt ... fnamen.txt $(sed 's/^/mdel /' ff.$$) produces: mdel fname1.txt fname2.txt etc so I should be replacing SPACE with CR+mdel Thanks for your inputs, now I am thinking on correct lines. bharix.
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    FTP - Command line restriction

    guys, take a look at this code snipette, ftp -ivn <<! >> $LOG_TMP 2>&1 open $FTP1_SRV user $FTP1_USR $FTP1_PAS cd $FTP1_BDIR cd $ADIR mdel $(< ff.$$) bye ! Here the file ff.$$ can have MANY file names which sometimes exceeds the command line length and thus FTP just...
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    Display special characters. How to?

    Hi ! I need to know how to display special characters on the terminal and save them in file. (manually or through a process). (characters like ß, ö,ü and ä - a Umlaut) On my SunOS 5.8 environment, default shell ksh, term vt100, LANG set to null. I played with LANG settings but could with no...
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    Redirecting o/p of time command to a file.

    Oh, I figured that out. Sorry.
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    Redirecting o/p of time command to a file.

    Hi Guys, How do I redirect the output of time command to a file? I use ksh. e.g. time ls >> myfile This command does not put the output of my time command in myfile. Could you help solving this?
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    Robotic interface for passwd changes.

    Guys, Would like to know if it is feasible to change passwords by using some pre-prepared macro (using load runner or some other utilities) and running it across different hosts to change a particular user's passwords? (given that old password(s) is known) Will there be any issues with stty...
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    fork or pipe

    #!/usr/bin/ksh print &quot;test&quot;| tee file1 file2 > /dev/null creates two files file1 and file2 with contents &quot;test&quot;. hth bharix
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    Use shell scripting to &quot;cut&quot; a list into columns

    ## ksh ## this could be one approach Emsg=&quot;\n&quot;; while read usr cnt do # print $usr has cnt $cnt if [ $cnt = 0 ] then print $usr has count of $cnt Emsg=&quot;$Emsg\n$usr&quot;; fi done < $FILE3 print $Emsg | mailx -s&quot;Zero count users enclosed&quot; $DISTRO ~ HtH...
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    Capture standard error messages in log

    Worked! Thanks for the reply. Appreciate it. Bharix.
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    Capture standard error messages in log

    Guys, I am writing a ftp script. Sometimes it happens that my ftp session times out showing error on the terminal. &quot;Connection timed out&quot;. My problem is that I am not able to capture this error message in the log file. Even though I use following construct, the (error) message is...
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    Both way communication in one FTP session.

    Thanks SamBones - you are correct about ${FLIST} being created before the ftp call. So I will have to use two ftp sessions in this case. One to read the filenames, second to fetch the files that I am interested in. NFS option is not viable in my situation since the server where the files are...
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    Both way communication in one FTP session.

    Hi All, This is a snippet of my script: ### ftp -in $SERVER_IP <<-EOF >> $FTP_LOG user $LOGIN $PASS cd $DIR_LOC dir *.* ${FDIRLIST} ! . ${PARSE_SCR} ${FDIRLIST} ${FLIST} mget $(< $FLIST) EOF ### Description: In one FTP session I get a long listing of the remote directory and create a...
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