Shell

What to do if I have to see only history of vi's
On Mar 25, 9:35 pm, stan <smo...(a)exis.net> wrote: parag_p...(a)hotmail.com wrote: Suppose I want to list only those commands in history which has vi ? Does fc -nl -5000 | grep 'vi' produce I am using csh. Thanks for the suggestion in ksh ... 1 Apr 2008 05:29

is it possible to stop after find command finds one result
hi all, is there any way to control the number of instances on the find output ... 1 Apr 2008 04:57

echo "\000root\@test.com\000root" | base64
echo "\000root\@test.com\000root" | base64 This give me not the encoding I want ? How can I echo a string that has the same effect as passing a string as a argument for example base64 "\000root\@test.com\000root" ... 31 Mar 2008 20:02

Cron is sorting with ls differently
I am running a script in cron and it is does an 'ls' differently than when I run the script in my shell at the command line. I ran a quick experimen to see how cron sorts file with ls ( I also tried ls -x). I made a folder with these files afile Afile bfile Bfile cfile Cfile When I run my script at the ... 31 Mar 2008 20:02

Arithmetic expansion not POSIX compliant in ksh, bash, or zsh!
On 2008-03-29, Wayne <nospam(a)all4me.invalid> wrote: <snip> Note the use of the phrase "shall be implemented". Correct. As opposed to "must be implemented." In other words, *if* you implement them, you will implement them this way. -- Christopher Mattern NOTICE Thank you for noticing... 31 Mar 2008 19:21

Problem - while usng 'ssh' in shell script
On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:12:59 -0800, techzeel wrote: Problem - while usng 'ssh' in shell script I am trying a write script which is going to login few machines without manu al intervention and do some tasks...I got the output with Login prompt messa ges...I would like to remove/hide those from ou... 31 Mar 2008 19:21

Copying all of the files that are owned by the user.
Hi, How do I copy all of the files that are owned by the user ? i.e copy all of the files in /tmp that are owned by the user who performs the command/ Thanks, Tom Gur ... 31 Mar 2008 20:02

shell script replacing original file
>>>>> "pk" == pk <pk(a)pk.invalid> writes: pk> GNU sed does it this way: pk> `-i[SUFFIX]' pk> `--in-place[=SUFFIX]' pk> This option specifies that files are to be edited in-place. GNU pk> `sed' does this by creating a temporary file and sending output to pk> this file rather than to the standar... 31 Mar 2008 20:40

script to verify if server is up
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:12:37 -0800, rvaede wrote: I am trying to code a script to verify if a Unix server is up. Has anyone tried doing that by running a ping on a server and capturing the output. I am not sure how to check if the server crashes and its down. For persistent monitoring, I like... 31 Mar 2008 18:40

How top communicate between two computers on network
I want to know a command by which i can send a string to a particular computer ... 3 Apr 2008 13:27