The script below was written to select files and convert a particular string to something other and replace that file. However, I came across some issues with filenames that contain spaces, any suggestions to get around this? Any other suggestions that may apply to this code would also be... (5 Replies)
Ok, I think it would be wise to begin with the scenario.
I've got a server that has a template directory structure containing 7 folders. Some folders will need permissions set one way, and other set another way. That's the easy part using:
chmod -R 755 * ;This used first to... (2 Replies)
Hello,
When I run following script
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/directory1
mv `ls -trF | grep -v / | tail -10 ` ~/directory2
works fine with filenames not having any space but runs into issues with filenames that have spaces tried with $file variable still doesnot work. Can someone help me (4 Replies)
Hi Gurus,
I have a requirement.
cat /usdd/Sample/"NDDF Plus DB"/"NDDF Descriptive and Pricing"/"NDDF BASICS 3.0"/"Pricing"/1.txt |
sed 's/*|*/|/g' |
sed 's/^*//'|
sed 's/^*//;
s/*$//' > temp.txt
In unix prompt the above command is reading the file 1.txt and I am... (1 Reply)
Hi everyone,
I have been a big fan here since a couple years (since I started being an admin ...) and finally decided to become a member and help ppl and perhaps being helped
Now I have a problem that might interest some of the gurus.
I am abig fan of what I call "one liners". I am trying... (2 Replies)
I am writing a shell script to cd to a folder.
folder name is "October Scripts"
I am currently storing the name of folder in a shell variable as so path="October\ Scripts/".
If I do cd $path I receive the error bash: cd: October\: No such file or directory
What am I doing wrong?
Kindly... (3 Replies)
Hi, I'm new to this... but I am unable to see /etc, however I can access it via gknautilus... but as superuser I'm getting told no such file or directory via terminal (15 Replies)
I am using the below bash loop:
or f in /media/cmccabe/My Book Western Digital/10_29and30_2015/*.bam ; do
bname=`basename $f`
pref=${bname%%.bam}
samtools view -H $f | sed '/^@PG/d' | samtools reheader - $f > /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/${pref}_newheader.bam
done
is the... (1 Reply)
Hi I want to know how to handle the spaces in the below scenario.
I have a file (CON_zip_path_1.txt) which has some directory paths with spaces in directory names . My requirement is to unzip these zip files to
another path. Please see the code below and the error.
CON_zip_path_1.txt... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to run a command that finds all files over x amount of days, issue is one of the directories has spaces within it.
find /files/target directory/*/* -type f -mtime +60 When running the above the usual error message is thrown back
+ find '/files/target\' 'directory/*/*' -type... (1 Reply)