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[Solved] Whats the best Unix OS to use for a beginner? In General - Asked by Kearney97	15 answers 07:21:58 9/28/11
Unix Shell script to fetch the data from db In General - Asked by varuninamity	3 answers 20:49:41 12/28/10
[Solved] Unix copy - using line numbers - how? In General - Asked by lwrygrl	4 answers 03:00:13 10/26/10
read a file and creating variables in csh In General - Asked by karissa	4 answers 18:02:26 3/22/10
[Solved] what does '$?' variable mean in unix scripts In General - Asked by Vin087	3 answers 16:51:55 8/05/10
Unix executable file mac In Software Problems - Asked by batesy	2 answers 21:43:04 3/04/10
How to use sqlplus command in UNIX In General - Asked by Geeking4awhile	7 answers 08:55:29 4/20/10
conversion to seconds In General - Asked by HemaV	3 answers 22:12:16 1/07/10
Run Test.sql from unix shell export the report to .CSV file In General - Asked by karthik8583	3 answers 17:47:44 2/07/12
[Solved] script to get dynamic file name In General - Asked by mohammed umar	5 answers 05:36:49 4/17/12
[Solved] A shell script to remove certain lines from a text file In Software Problems - Asked by Sanjeev.Ramki	6 answers 23:32:16 2/13/12
How to pass To, cc and bcc syntax for mailx In General - Asked by msinim625	1 answer 13:39:42 2/26/13
Read a file and store contents to array In General - Asked by nehagupta26	11 answers 09:03:52 3/29/11
grep a string at specific position In General - Asked by pnbalaji	2 answers 13:49:13 4/14/11
for loop for n times in ksh. In General - Asked by sureshht	2 answers 13:47:22 6/27/11
Plink command line execution In General - Asked by dineshdct	1 answer 05:44:44 12/22/10
Shell script to execute sybase system procedures In General - Asked by Sanjeev.Ramki	6 answers 00:01:50 3/30/12
what port is telnet running on In General - Asked by paulclaffy	3 answers 15:02:13 11/30/11
[Solved] How to find character position in string using unix. In General - Asked by Lidiya	4 answers 21:42:35 2/09/13
previous date comman in unix (urgent) In Software Problems - Asked by rajnish.cseku	5 answers 06:38:38 7/03/12
FTP of file from Mainframe to UNIX, an extra In General - Asked by abhijit_prabhudesai	5 answers 16:31:42 7/11/11
What is the command for listing all files end In General - Asked by kedarnath	4 answers 03:25:49 12/16/10
How to connect to dbaccess in ksh shell In General - Asked by Wilfried	5 answers 10:07:41 3/03/11
Separate file name and extension in script In Software Problems - Asked by pnbalaji	2 answers 08:21:51 4/29/10
count the no.of records in a xml file + unix In Software Problems - Asked by defendersubbu	1 answer 18:54:19 1/07/11
How to write a unix shell script that polls for files at a s In General - Asked by khums	1 answer 10:50:03 3/23/12
Listing files ends with small letters In General - Asked by harssha	11 answers 04:08:50 1/18/11
Open unix executable file? In General - Asked by TheMacGuy10	1 answer 11:29:07 7/12/10
[Solved] Shell script to read the no of words in each line In General - Asked by Sanjeev.Ramki	8 answers 22:49:20 2/27/12
Unix shell script to invoke .sql file In General - Asked by Prass	2 answers 06:50:53 3/05/11
Combine multiple files using awk In General - Asked by kathy_BJ	4 answers 07:08:07 3/15/10
Shell script to exit the program whenever a key is pressed In General - Asked by Sanjeev.Ramki	6 answers 04:40:19 8/04/12
Cygwin Cron In Software Problems - Asked by nwwoman	3 answers 15:59:44 6/22/10
Compare first column of 2 files In General - Asked by Ishprg	6 answers 16:25:07 2/17/10
Convert a Unix file to a windows folder? In Software Problems - Asked by Brendan57	6 answers 11:16:03 3/06/11
AWK - fields to variables In General - Asked by right_coaster	1 answer 20:56:45 2/18/10
Working Squid config file for 3.13 In General - Asked by VJ Java	6 answers 03:24:08 10/11/10
Expect script not working In General - Asked by Geeking4awhile	2 answers 05:06:35 5/28/10
Shell script to convert HTML file to text file In General - Asked by Sanjeev.Ramki	1 answer 23:38:31 2/27/12
Parse a string, assign to script variable In Software Problems - Asked by kelton	7 answers 22:13:57 11/16/10
Get a week number from a date. In Software Problems - Asked by rajsharma	4 answers 20:27:49 10/30/10
How can I get the last day of any month/year? In General - Asked by rcapulli	2 answers 17:36:34 12/30/10
Redirect cat output to the varible In Software Problems - Asked by saggypro001	1 answer 12:15:38 1/13/10
BASH: Factorial using FOR loop not working In Software Problems - Asked by Technext	4 answers 04:17:29 7/16/10
gunzip:filename.tar.gz : invalid compressed data--format vio In General - Asked by mabkhout	2 answers 05:10:47 3/13/12
runnin catalina.sh In Configurations - Asked by suylyvar	1 answer 16:43:33 2/10/10
How to insert single quote in a text line In General - Asked by Geeking4awhile	2 answers 19:58:53 3/04/10
Add a comma delimin to a cut/awk fixed width In General - Asked by mattiedread	4 answers 08:30:12 1/11/11
Convert int value in float In General - Asked by Shekher	1 answer 10:27:50 2/12/10
Shell scripting for date validation In General - Asked by naveen_40	2 answers 09:50:19 4/14/10