12-29-2008
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
This must be simple! How do you delete a directory that contains other files and directories?:confused: (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: firefinger
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2. Programming
I have a number of files of the format filename.xfr_mmddyy_%H%M%S which i get in a specified directory daily. Now i want to search in the specified directory & delete the files which are more than 2 days old .So I use a command
find $DIR/backup/* -ctime +2 -exec rm -f {} \;
But after executing... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dharmesht
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey! I have found similar posts both here and on other sites regarding this, but I cannot seem to get my script to work. I want to delete the oldest file in a test directory if there are more than two files. My script is currently:
#!/bin/bash
MEPATH=/usr/local/bin/test
FILECOUNT=`ls... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Immolation
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have to maintain few servers and in those servers in a specific directory some special jobs keeps on running .......
The directory is having many kind of files like.....acd*, hud*, rca*....bla bla bla.......
My aim is that if due to any job-any time a file having initials like... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jitendra.pat04
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
got it figured out :) (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sHockz
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to do the following task :
export ENV=aaa
export ENV_PATH=$(cd /apps | ls | grep $ENV)
However, it's not working. What's the way to change to directory and search some file in that directory in single command
Please help. (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: saurau
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Folks,
I have a directory in unix that is /usr/local/pos contain the folowing directoreis ..that is
dir1
dir2
dir3
now I want to delete only dir2 please advise how to remove the directory dir 2 ..that is rm command and how to use it , and second if I want to zip the dir3 please... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: punpun66
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need a script which should watch a directory for a file with specific directory.
If it finds a file in directory, it should search for few specific keyword in the file. if the keyword exists, it should trim string from specific column.
The file should be moved to another directory and the a... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: akashdeepak
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9. AIX
I have a directory under my home directory called: my work. I cannot delete this directory and I want to.
If anyone needs additional information. Please let me know.
Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated. (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nerdgirl1313
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a script, which is checking if file exists and move it to another directory
if
then
mkdir -p ${LOCL_FILES_DIR}/cool_${Today}/monthly
mv report_manual_alloc_rpt_A_I_ASSIGNMENT.${Today}*.csv ${LOCL_FILES_DIR}/cool_${Today}/monthly
... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: digioleg54
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
dirname
DIRNAME(1) User Commands DIRNAME(1)
NAME
dirname - strip last component from file name
SYNOPSIS
dirname NAME
dirname OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
dirname /usr/bin/sort
Output "/usr/bin".
dirname stdio.h
Output ".".
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
Report dirname bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
Report dirname translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
basename(1), readlink(1)
The full documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils 'dirname invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 DIRNAME(1)