Transferring Information between Windows NT-Based Applications

The script utility program makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the record is saved in the file typescript.

script filename

unixs2 $ script

Script started, file is typescript

unixs2 $ ls

Mail ezwin pitt-logo3.gif sig.txt Mailbox kannan.tues private suggestion2.doc News kannan.xls public typescript dead.letter mail review.doc

unixs2 $ cd public

unixs2 $ ls

CS110 WARSHALL.NOTE cs401 html Seminar

unixs2 $ pwd

/afs/pitt.edu/usr26/novacky/public

unixs2 $ exit

Script done, file is typescript

To see the contents of the script file created , enter the command

more filename

To clear the screen, use the clear command. The screen is erased and the unix prompt is placed at the top of the screen.

unixs2 $ clear

Redirecting ("capturing" ) the results of a command to a file: command > filename

unixs2 $ ls

			
					CS110             WARSHALL.NOTE       cs401           html 
					Seminar




unixs2 $    ls > myFile

unixs2 $ more myFile



CS110
WARSHALL.NOTE
cs401
html
myFile          <=== created by redirection
seminar


 
 
To generate a calendar for any year use the command. 





cal year 



                                     1929

         Jan                          Feb                 Mar
S   M  Tu  W  Th  F  S     S  M  Tu  W  Th  F  S     S  M  Tu  W  Th  F  S
1   2   3  4   5                            1  2                      1  2
6   7   8  9  10 11 12     3  4   5  6   7  8  9     3  4   5  6   7  8  9
13 14  15 16  17 18 19    10 11  12 13  14 15 16    10 11  12 13  14 15 16
20 21  22 23  24 25 26    17 18  19 20  21 22 23    17 18  19 20  21 22 23
27 28  29 30  31          24 25  26 27  28          24 25  26 27  28 29 30
                                                    31



Working with File protections/permissions 
unixs2 $ ls -al
total 44


drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	root		2048 	Sep 21 16:22 .
drwxrwxrwx 	novacky 	root 		4096 	Sep 21 16:12 ..
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048 	Sep 21 10:05 CS110
-rw-r----- 	novacky 	_0003370 	2262 	Jul 30 10:06 WARSHALL.NOTE
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048	Mar 26 12:28 cs401
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	6144 	Sep 16 10:47 html
-rw-r--r-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	51 	Sep 21 16:22 myFile    <== note others permissions
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048 	Sep 16 08:58 seminar




unixs2 $ chmod o-r myDirectory                   <== remove read protection for others
unixs2 $ ls -al
total 44

drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	root		2048 	Sep 21 16:22 .
drwxrwxrwx 	novacky 	root 		4096 	Sep 21 16:12 ..
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048 	Sep 21 10:05 CS110
-rw-r----- 	novacky 	_0003370 	2262 	Jul 30 10:06 WARSHALL.NOTE
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048	Mar 26 12:28 cs401
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	6144 	Sep 16 10:47 html
-rw-r----x 	novacky 	_0003370 	51 	Sep 21 16:22 myFile   <== read protection is removed
drwxr-x--x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048 	Sep 16 08:58 seminar


unixs2 $ chmod o+rw myDirectory                  <== add read and execute permission
unixs2 $ ls -al
total 44

drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	oot		2048 	Sep 21 16:22 .
drwxrwxrwx 	novacky 	root 		4096 	Sep 21 16:12 ..
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048 	Sep 21 10:05 CS110
-rw-r----- 	novacky 	_0003370 	2262 	Jul 30 10:06 WARSHALL.NOTE
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048	Mar 26 12:28 cs401
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	6144 	Sep 16 10:47 html
-rw-r--rwx 	novacky 	_0003370 	51 	Sep 21 16:22 myFile  <==read/execute permissions added
drwxr-xr-x 	novacky 	_0003370 	2048 	Sep 16 08:58 seminar
 
Sort the contents of a text file
	sort filename

			unixs2 $ sort names.txt

			Able, J
			Donzi, P
			Miller, T
			Miller, Z
			Stanley, L

Pipe symbol | - send information into a program for processing

	information | program

Example: ls -al | more       <==see one screen at a time of the long directory listing.