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How Do You Execute A File In Unix? I Was Told #!/bin/sh, But Where Is This Used.?

I know in perl you just put .pl (filename.pl) at the end of the file you named, and to run the that you just type perl filename.pl.
In unix I being told its something like #!/bin/sh? Where does this go? Does this mean I make the file with #!/bin/sh in front of [...]

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Posted on 28th February 20108 Comments
Posted on 8th February 20101 Comment
Can Someone With Unix Try To Run This Program?

I need to check whether it executes fine in Unix . If you can please download it and run it — I do not have a Unix machine handy unfortunately.
Also please try out the different options just so I know it works properly under Unix .
( to download it scroll down the bottom of the [...]

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Posted on 28th December 20092 Comments
How Can I Do This In Unix?? I Have To Edit A File Wthout Using Vi.?

I have a file with the following structure:
H|123450|1203|dsf5|trtr
H|123949|4940|erjvh|hdhgd
H|01-JAN-06|2398|jk55k|gdfbn
H|120983|3894|sdfklj|fsdkf
H|29-DEC-06|2398|lsdfj7|sflkj
H|934806|2304|reoi5|sljks
The file is in pipe delimited format as shown above. It is huge and cannot use vi, I have to delete the records which have the date format in the second field(01-JAN-06). How can i do this without using vi? any sed commands for this??

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Posted on 17th November 20093 Comments
Help Me Figure Out How To Run A Linux/unix Os On My Xp Os. How Can I Do This For Free, Any Ideas?

try this site: http://topologi-linux.sourceforge.net/
This site has offer free linux os that run in any windows OS as an emulator.

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Posted on 11th November 20093 Comments
In Unix, What Command Do I Use To Put This Into A File?

If I type “dir” or “ls”, it’ll give me an output.
How do I put that output into an already existing file named “file1″?
How do I put that output into a file that doesn’t yet exist, but would be named “file1″?

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Posted on 24th October 20091 Comment
What Is This Unix Shell Script Command?

The goal is this: Create commands out of these programs.. and tell what they do?
program 1: The program file name is prog1
for i
do look $i;done
How would I use this program and make a command for it?
program 2 named prog2
#! /bin/sh
#beginline endline file
sed -n $1,$2p $3
Same question here.
Thanks in advance.

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Posted on 5th October 20091 Comment
Anyone Know The Answer To This Unix Question?

“The administrator of a class B IP network wishes to divide the network to create subnets with up to 240 hosts on each subnet. Suggest a suitable net/host address boundary and specify the appropriate subnet mask that would achieve this goal”
I reckon it will be a 255.255.0.0 subnet but it seems that it wants me [...]

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Posted on 28th August 20092 Comments
How Do I Write This Unix Command?

Write the Unix command to add execute permission to everybody
to all files that begin with the letter “g” and end with a digit
from the directory /students/honors

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Posted on 6th August 20094 Comments
When We Type Password While Logging Onto Unix, It Is Not Visible On Screen. How Is This Achieved?

I want to make an application in Unix which accepts password, but it is not visible on screen, just the way it happens when we log onto a Unix terminal. Thanks

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Posted on 6th August 20091 Comment
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