1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I am newbie in UNIX so please excuse for my questions. Is there a a way to search for string in files within folder and sub folder in particluar file extensions. Ex. search for ABC in folder 'A'(including it's sub folders) in html, xml files. Thanks, Ani (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi Guys, Here i am again,, I need to search for folders alone present in the system,, I tried this command,, find / -name "name of folder" -print But am getting the name of the files also.. i want only the folders name Thanks guys,,, I know i have to repeat the last statement... (3 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a directory that contains some specific files. I want to find all the files and copy them to a different directory, however the files are in /dir1/dir2/dir3/filedir/archive. In ~/filedir contains about 100 directories that contains an archive directory where the files I need are. How can I... (6 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a directory with about 20 folders and many different types of files. I need to search for files and gzip in all the directories except for 1 directory. How do you exclude a directory? (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

A folder contains 30-50 subfolders generated on a daily basis, each subfolder contains more than 10-20 files of .html.gz files format. we have to manually convert the .html.gz file to .html format on a daily basis available in all the sub folders. the procedure we are following is copying... (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I need help in writing a script to search a particular text in multiple files present in folders and sub folders and replace it with another string which also has special characters like '&', '|', etc.. I know sed command will be used to replace the text but i'm not sure how to use it for... (5 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a script that handles a huge amount of log files from many machines and copies it into a SAN location with the following directory structure: /SAN/machinenames/yyyy/m/d so for example /SAN/hosta/2011/3/12/files* Now I am writing a bash script to search for files between to date... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am fairly new to unix scripting, the problem is i can understand the unix script. but i fail to write. I do not know where to start and how to end. I am sure this forum will help to achive my dream scriptings in unix. Thanks in adv for your help. Here I need.. I have list of columns in one... (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a directory that is in the below order (the --- is not part of the directory tree, only there to help illustrate: DATE --- main level Folder1 --- level under DATE plugin_out --- level under Folder1 variantCaller_out.40 --- level under plugin_out 001,002,003 --- level under... (3 Replies)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Hello, Opearting System Environment : HP Unix B.11.31 U I look for script to On specific folders list On specific filelist Search for given string For Example : r48_buildlib.txt contains wpr480.0_20161027 wpr480.0_20161114 wpr481.0_20161208 wpr482.0_20161222... (4 Replies)