UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

list=/tmp/list1.txt
ncftpls -u <user> -p <password> -x "-l1" server.domain.tld > $list
cat $list | nl
echo "Choose file: "
read file
cat /tmp/list1.txt | nl | grep $file | sed -e "s/$file//g" -e "s/ //g" | column -t > /tmp/list2.txt
cat /tmp/list2.txt

Choose file:
9
2 full_mysql_dump_2008-03-24_0:00.sql.gz full_mysql_dump_2008-03-25_06:00.sql.gz 10 full_mysql_dump_2008-03-25_0:00.sql.gz 18 full_mysql_dump_2008-03-26_0:00.sql.gz 1 full_mysql_dump_2008-03-26_12:00.sql.gz 2 full_mysql_dump_2008-03-28_06:00.sql.gz 30 full_mysql_dump_2008-03-28_0:00.sql.gz 35 full_mysql_dump_2008-03-2_00:00.sql.gz 3

Choose file:
33
full_mysql_dump_2008-03-28_18:00.sql.gz

list=/tmp/list1.txt
trap 'rm $list' 0  # remove temp file at exit
trap 'exit 127' 1 2 3 5 15  # remove temp file if interrupted
ncftpls -u <user> -p <password> -x "-l1" server.domain.tld | nl > $list
echo "Choose file: "
# maybe display the list to the user:
# pr -bt2 "$list"
read file
sed "s/^ *$file //g" | column -t

list() {
list=/tmp/beacon.list
$ncftpls -u <user> -p <password> -x "-l1" <server> > $list
cat $list | nl
echo "Choose file: "
read file
list_to_var=`cat $list | nl | grep $file | sed -e "s/$file//g" -e "s/ //g" | column -t`
echo $list_to_var
break
$ncftpget -u <user> -p <password> <host> /tmp backup/homes/$list_to_var
echo "Dumpfile retreived."
echo "Do you want to restore it?  Y/N: "
read unpack_
case $unpack_ in
        [yY]*)
                echo "unpacking..."
                $bunzip2 $dump_path$list_to_var
                tarfile=tarfile.txt
                echo "$list_to_var" > $dump_path$tarfile
                tar_var="`awk '/tar/{gsub(/.bz2/, "")};{print}' $dump_path$tarfile`"
                echo $tar_var
                break
                $tar -tf $dump_path$tar_var > $dump_path$tar_list.txt
                tar_list=$dump_path$tar_list.txt
                cat $tar_list | awk -F/ '{print $1 "/" $2}' | nl
                echo "Choose which directory to extract by entering the correponding number or * for everything : "
                read tar_path
                echo "Enter the path where you want to unpack"
                echo "Eg. '/home', '/tmp/' or '.'"
                echo "Enter path :"
                read extract_path
                case $tar_path in
                        '')
                                $tar -xvf $dump_path$tar_var -C $extract_path;;
                        *)
                                extract=`cat $tar_list | awk -F/ '{print $1 "/" $2}' | nl | grep $tar_path| sed -e "s/$tar_path//g" -e "s/ //g" | column -t`
                                $tar -xvf $dump_path$tar_var $extract -C $extract_path;;
                esac
                echo "The directory/s $tar_list unpacked to $extract_path!"
                echo "Do you want to delete the file $tar_var? Y/N: "
                read delete_tar_var
                case $delete_tar_var in
                        [yY]*)
                                rm $dump_path$tar_var
                                echo "$tar_var deleted!";;
                        [nN]*)
                                echo "";;
                esac
                unpack;;
        [nN]*)
                echo "Ok, lets quit!" ;;
esac
rm $dump_path$list
rm $dump_pathtarfile.txt
rm $dump_pathtar_list.txt
}

list=/tmp/list1.txt
list2=/tmp/list2.txt
trap 'rm $list $list2' 0  # remove temp file at exit
trap 'exit 127' 1 2 3 5 15  # remove temp file if interrupted
ncftpls -u <username> -p <password> -x "-l1" server.domain.tld | nl > $list
echo "Choose file: "
# maybe display the list to the user:
pr -bt2 "$list"
read file
sed "s/^ *$file //g" | column -t > $list2
cat $list2

sed "s/^ *$file //g" "$list" | column -t

sed "s/^ *2 //g" "/tmp/list1.txt" | column -t

1  home.tar.bz2
2  itsak.se.homes.2008-03-28_01-30.tar.gz
3  itsak.se.homes.2008-04-01_01-30.tar.gz

sed "s/1//g" "/tmp/list1.txt" | column -t