1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

why directory has two links as default. what's the purpose? (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am writing a shell script that finds all files named <myFile> in a directory <dir> or any of its subdirectories, recursively. I also need to take care of symbolic links that may form cycles, to avoid infinite loops. I started writing the code but got stuck. I thought using recursion... (7 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

without using conventional file searching commands like find etc, is it possible to locate a file if i just know that the file that i'm searching for contains a particular text like "Hello world" or something? (5 Replies)

4. Solaris

When loooking at files in a directory using ls, how can I tell if I have a hard link or soft link? (11 Replies)

5. AIX

Hi I'm logged in as root in an aix box Which command will list all the soft links and hard links present in the server ? (2 Replies)