06-02-2009
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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello All,
I have written shell script whcih at the max 3 parameters.
When only one commandline argument and other two command line arguments are passed as empty string like
eg : archive ' ' ' '
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Masters.....
I have problem !!!
I need to check number of records in a file and if it is zero or file is empty i need to do some task.
if ; then
echo "File s empty"
else
echo "Not empty"
fi
so how to check this condition.
I used wc -l < filename.txt => 1 for zero records
same result... (1 Reply)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
How do I check if a file is empty in a sh script
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have a requirement to check all the files in a directory and mail non empty files
Files are in csv format , i need to skip header while checking
pls help
Thanks (12 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
1.pls tell me the command for checking whether a given directory is empty or not .
2. can i check what is the last copied item in a directory .
and i yes , i want to move that last copied item in another directory .
pls help me with shell code for these two tasks
thanks (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: upvan111
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7. Homework & Coursework Questions
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
1.pls tell me the command for checking whether a given directory is empty or not .
2. can i check what is the... (1 Reply)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi gurus ,
I have two files and i want to perform different action based on the condition if both or either is empty
If
then
Do something
elif
then
do something
elif
then
do something
else
do something
fi
I have tried the below bt its not... (4 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello
So i have that script collection, in which i have a single script to create a configuration file.
In there, i have multiple occourences of something like this:
prj_title=$(tui-read "What is the TITLE? ($prj_name):")
] && prj_title="${prj_name/_/ }"
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a script, which is supposed to run 1 day of the month, connect to remote server certain directory, find files, tar the, and copy
find . -ctime -1 | tar -cvf transfer_dmz_start_monthly.tar *${Today}*.*;
if
then
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rmdir(1) General Commands Manual rmdir(1)
NAME
rmdir - remove directories
SYNOPSIS
dir ...
DESCRIPTION
removes the directory entry for each dir operand that refers to an empty directory.
Directories are removed in the order specified. Consequently, if a directory and a subdirectory of that directory are both specified as
arguments, the subdirectory must be specified before the parent directory so that the parent directory will be empty when tries to remove
it. Removal of a directory requires write and search (execute) permission in its parent directory, but no permissions on the directory
itself; but if the sticky bit is set on the parent directory, only the owner of the directory, the owner of the parent directory, or a user
having appropriate privileges can remove the directory.
Options
recognizes the following options:
Force each directory to be removed without prompting for
confirmation, regardless of the presence of the option. This option also suppresses diagnostic messages regarding non-exis-
tent operands.
This option does not suppress any diagnostic messages other than those regarding non-existent operands. To suppress all
error message and interactive prompts, the option should be used while redirecting the standard error output to
This option ignores any previous occurrence of the option.
Write a prompt to the standard error output requesting confirmation
before removing each directory.
This option ignores any previous occurrence of the option.
Path removal.
If, after removing a directory with more than one pathname component, the parent directory of that directory is now empty,
removes the empty parent directory. This continues until encounters a non-empty parent directory, or until all components of
the original pathname have been removed.
When used in conjunction with the option, asks whether to remove each directory component of a path.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
provides a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. If is unset or null, the default value of "C" (see
lang(5)) is used. If any of the internationalization variables contains an invalid setting, will behave as if all internationalization
variables are set to "C". See environ(5).
If set to a non-empty string value, overrides the values of all the other internationalization variables.
determines the interpretation of dir names as single and/or multi-byte characters, the classification of characters as printable, and the
characters matched by character class expressions in regular expressions.
determines the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error and informa-
tive messages written to standard output.
determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
DIAGNOSTICS
Generally self-explanatory. Note that the option does not suppress all diagnostic messages.
EXAMPLES
To remove directories with a prompt for verification:
directories
To remove as much as possible of a path, type:
SEE ALSO
rm(1), rmdir(2), stat(2).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
rmdir: SVID2, XPG2, XPG3, XPG4
rmdir(1)