How do I use cat (presumably with a sh script) to combine all the files in a directory without listing them individually.
Thank you for your patience with this very elementary question.:) (3 Replies)
Hi,
I am a newbie to shell scripting. here is my objective:
1)The shell program should take 2 parameters - ie-> DestinationFolder, WebFolder
2)Destination folder contains few files that has to has be verified and deleted.
3)WebFolder is a folder containing a list of master files
4)It... (1 Reply)
Hi All
I am having hundred over file in the below pattern.
AA050101.INI
BB090101.INI
.
.
ZX980101.INI
Need to rename these files with an extension .bak
AA050101.INI.bak
BB090101.INI.bak
.
.
ZX980101.INI.bak (5 Replies)
I have a question regarding Perl scripting.
If I want to say open files that all look like this and assign them to a filehandle and then assign the filehandle to a variable, how do I do this?
The file names are
strand1.fa.gz.tmp
strand2.fa.gz.tmp
strand3.fa.gz.tmp
strand4.fa.gz.tmp
...... (6 Replies)
I know I can use an ls -l junk1 command to get a listing of all files in the directory junk1, but I was wondering how I'd go about going through the files in junk1 in a for-in loop and issuing the ls -l command on them one by one.
This is what I have so far:
for file in $(ls -a $1)
do
ls... (1 Reply)
I would like to transfer all files ending with .log from /tmp and to /tmp/archive (using find )
The directory structure looks like :-
/tmp
a.log
b.log
c.log
/abcd
d.log
e.log
When I tried the following command , it movies all the log files... (8 Replies)
Hello, I am attempting to copy a series of files using a wildcard into a new subdirectory. however, I am clearly doing something wrong as it is not working. I want to copy all files in the directory that start with the letters kl but have other letters after this initial two letters into another... (7 Replies)
I want to move all files from one directory to another directory excluding today (sysdate files) on daily basis.
file name is in pattern file_2013031801, file_2013031802 etc (2 Replies)
Hey guys,
I have wrote the following script to apply a module named "trinity" on my files. (it takes two input files and spit a trinity.fasta as output)
#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH -p node
#SBATCH -A <projectID>
#SBATCH -n 16
#SBATCH -t 7-00:00:00
#SBATCH --mem=128GB
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL... (1 Reply)
Hello,
First time poster. I am looking for a way to script or program the process of moving files from one folder to another, automatically, based on the count of files in the destination folder.
I was thinking a shell script would work, but am open to the suggestions of the experts... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: comtech
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explain_rename_or_die
explain_rename_or_die(3) Library Functions Manual explain_rename_or_die(3)NAME
explain_rename_or_die - change the name of a file and report errors
SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/rename.h>
void explain_rename_or_die(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_rename_or_die function is used to call the rename(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr,
obtained from explain_rename(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
explain_rename_or_die(oldpath, newpath);
oldpath The oldpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call.
newpath The newpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call.
Returns:
This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.
SEE ALSO rename(2)
change the name or location of a file
explain_rename(3)
explain rename(2) errors
exit(2) terminate the calling process
COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52
Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller
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