06-26-2008
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1. Solaris
Hi,
I have a script which will check the fiel existence, the lines are as below
if !(test -d ./data) then
mkdir data
fi
In the first line error occurs as below
generatelicense.sh: syntax error at line 2: `!' unexpected
Where as this script works fine in linux OS.
How to solve... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: krevathi1912
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I would like to check the existence of files (doesn;t matter the number of files) in a directory.
My file is named in the following manner (always ending with " myfile "). Can anybody give me some guidance?
EG:
abc1_myfile
sdfr_myfile
sffgd_myfile
and so on ......
My... (9 Replies)
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3. AIX
i can able to transfer a file from build server(AIX)to webserver using ksh through ftp.my query is to check the existence of file while transfering from one server to other .i.e i need some command or script that checks the existence of file with same name in both server,within ftp syntax.
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: karthikprasathk
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4. AIX
we have tranferred an ear from local server to remote server using ftp.consider, we have an ear file named a.ear in remote server,again if we transfer the same file named a.ear from local server to remote server.we need the kshell to check the existence of the ear file in remote server,and if the... (3 Replies)
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5. AIX
I have requirement where i need to search for files which start with SALESORDER and PURCHASEORDER. i need to process the files with SALESORDER first and then PURCHASEORDER. If SALESORDER files are not there i dont want to process PURCHASEORDER and i want to come out of script. I have written a code... (4 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
i want to check if the file is in the directory or not, and also it should be handle error conditions, like missing files and report the error and exit.
i did something like this:
file ="hello"
if !test -e "${file}"
then echo "No such files exist!"
exit 1
else
do something.......
fi
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mingming88
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am using the following command to check for files on a Unix (Solaris 9) and on Linux:
if (-r *.) then
echo " las file found"
else
echo " no las file found"
endif
If no las file is present, the "no las file found" message is displayed. If a las file is present, however, I get... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: phudgens
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All.
Pls help me with the command to check existence of files (I'll mention name of the file as regex) and proceed with my further processing if atleast one of them exists
in detail,
I've a dir /tmp/TURP, which may or may not have files named with "exter*.txt"
I need to check and... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: skpvalvekar
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need to check for the existence of a file *.log in a specific directory using a perl script.
Presently am not in that particular directory.
So i am using chdir ("/path/to/my/file)
And then i am using the -e in an if statement to check if it exists.
if (-e $File) {......}
$File contains the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: manutd
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi
i wanted to check if the file exist or not(multiple files)
DIRE=/home/V478
if ;
then
echo "file present"
else
echo "file not present"
fi
But i am getting the error as
: [: unexpected operator/operand (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ATWC
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msgfmt
MSGFMT(1) GNU MSGFMT(1)
NAME
msgfmt - compile message catalog to binary format
SYNOPSIS
msgfmt [OPTION] filename.po ...
DESCRIPTION
Generate binary message catalog from textual translation description.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
Input file location:
filename.po ...
input files
-D, --directory=DIRECTORY
add DIRECTORY to list for input files search
If input file is -, standard input is read.
Operation mode:
-j, --java
Java mode: generate a Java ResourceBundle class
--java2
like --java, and assume Java2 (JDK 1.2 or higher)
--tcl Tcl mode: generate a tcl/msgcat .msg file
Output file location:
-o, --output-file=FILE
write output to specified file
--strict
enable strict Uniforum mode
If output file is -, output is written to standard output.
Output file location in Java mode:
-r, --resource=RESOURCE
resource name
-l, --locale=LOCALE
locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
-d DIRECTORY
base directory of classes directory hierarchy
The class name is determined by appending the locale name to the resource name, separated with an underscore. The -d option is mandatory.
The class is written under the specified directory.
Output file location in Tcl mode:
-l, --locale=LOCALE
locale name, either language or language_COUNTRY
-d DIRECTORY
base directory of .msg message catalogs
The -l and -d options are mandatory. The .msg file is written in the specified directory.
Input file interpretation:
-c, --check
perform all the checks implied by --check-format, --check-header, --check-domain
--check-format
check language dependent format strings
--check-header
verify presence and contents of the header entry
--check-domain
check for conflicts between domain directives and the --output-file option
-C, --check-compatibility
check that GNU msgfmt behaves like X/Open msgfmt
--check-accelerators[=CHAR]
check presence of keyboard accelerators for menu items
-f, --use-fuzzy
use fuzzy entries in output
Output details:
-a, --alignment=NUMBER
align strings to NUMBER bytes (default: 1)
--no-hash
binary file will not include the hash table
Informative output:
-h, --help
display this help and exit
-V, --version
output version information and exit
--statistics
print statistics about translations
-v, --verbose
increase verbosity level
AUTHOR
Written by Ulrich Drepper.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-gnu-gettext@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1995-1998, 2000-2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
LAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for msgfmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and msgfmt programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info msgfmt
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU gettext 0.11.4 July 2002 MSGFMT(1)