i am in big problem so please help on it. below i write the scripts, i don't know it is correct or not, but i want write the shell script for. In particular machine need to check all process are...

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I want to compare a line in a file with zero(0) and if its more than zero i want to print the prior two lines, can u please help me in solving out this... please...

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This is regarding script #62 (define a word): Looks like WordNet has changed their online version again and I tried the following replacement for the url= http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s= But the script doesn't return anything but goes back to the prompt. I...

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I'm becoming a big Twitter fan, but as a Linux user, I find it darn frustrating that most of the apps out there are for Mac and Windows users. I mean, I'm used to it, but is there at least...

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I've been looking at your script to count executable binaries in the book Wicked Cool Shell Scripts and I think that there's a problem in the script. Specifically, what happens if I have a directory in my PATH more than...

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