what does this command do ? as in
does this command just make sure everything in the file is executed?
or does it flush the file?
Actually this is used on a file in a progress database but I believe it is a unix command? (2 Replies)
I have AIX5.1
I have been trying to learn how to truncate the /var/adm/wtmp file.
I have seen several things on google actually but don't quite understand. I also searched your forums but couldn't find it.
one says this ">/var/adm/wtmp
Is that all I do?
I have a seperate question also. I was... (1 Reply)
Hello everybody it's me again.
I have a procces that is writing in a 'file1' automatically but i want to truncate 'file1' to a filesize 'x' that mean if the 'file1' size is 'x' i want to delete the first lines while the last lines are being writed, that have sence?
in the process are an... (1 Reply)
Is it possibe to use sed for the following? I would like to truncate the output of a directory path if it's over 3 directory levels deep. For example:
/dir1/dir2/dir3 -- NO change required
but,
/dir1/dir2/dir3/dir4 would output as ~/dir4
Thanks. (4 Replies)
I have one file which first line is blank and second line has some data.
$cat filename
output:
30-MAY-07
I want to store 30-MAY-07 value in one variable.
for that I wrote
var="`head -2 filename`"
It will give that result but I want to truncate the first line which is blank.
plz help. (2 Replies)
I am trying to transpose tables listed in the format into format. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Input:
test_data_1
1 2 90%
4 3 91%
5 4 90%
6 5 90%
9 6 90%
test_data_2
3 5 92%
5 4 92%
7 3 93%
9 2 92%
1 1 92%
...
Output:... (7 Replies)
I have a file in which I need to truncate 15th field to have only one character
like Put --> P
and if i have no value in 15th field, it should be "O" (Other)
would really appreciate the reponses, thnx in advance:b: (2 Replies)
I am using FC6 just in case it matters, though i hope it doesn't.
If i have a file or some files that i want to truncate the filename of, so that it is only a certain number of characters in length, how would i do that on the command line?
Also, just to make it more interesting, say i... (11 Replies)
Hi
In unix able to connect to oracle database and create table ,when rerun ,if table exist ,truncate that table.Any idea how to do that
a.sh
----
sqlplus -s datadmin/password <<EOF
create table xx(col1 number,
col2...
);
exit;
EOF
I... (1 Reply)
hi, guys. I have a question.
If I have a long string like this:
8.0K:/home/test/brownj
How can I get a substring which starts from the last slash to the end of the string, so in this case, it will be brownj
Thank you very much for you time in advance
-Keyang (4 Replies)