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Can I do Bulk Substitution on the Linux Command Line?

January 2, 2019 / Dave Taylor / Linux Shell Script Programming / 2 Comments
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I have a few hundred text files from an old research project and want to release them to a public domain site. Before I do so, however, I want to replace people’s names for privacy. So “Rick Deckard” or “Rick” or “Deckard” would become “Richard”, and so on. Help!

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Are Unix, Linux and Solaris the same thing?

July 6, 2009 / Dave Taylor / Linux Help / 7 Comments

I was using Sun Microsystems Solaris operating system at school for the last month. I was also told by my professor that it was also Unix operating system. Are Unix and Solaris the same thing? I looked online for screenshots of both and the results are practically identical to each other, as well as the screen I would look at while on-campus. I would like to add Unix and Solaris operating systems to my resume, but I don’t know if it would make sense if they are one in the same. Please help.

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String comparisons don’t work in shell scripts?

January 24, 2006 / Dave Taylor / Linux Shell Script Programming / 3 Comments

I’m a bit baffled. I’m trying to compare string variables in a shell script to figure out if one value is lexically less (that is, would appear earlier in the dictionary) than another, but it doesn’t seem to work at all? Help!

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How can I run an app if another app is running?

January 9, 2006 / Dave Taylor / Linux Help, Linux Shell Script Programming / 3 Comments

I need to run a Unix application if a different application is running, from within a shell script. How do I do this?

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