I've created a wxpython gui for the shred command. I can successfully mix and match all the shred options except two: -size and --random-source. (Man page definitions below). -size and --random-source seem to only work when they are used as the sole option passed.
For example,
I can zero a file fine with this:
I can use a random source fine with this:
But, if I want to do both:
or, zero and use the size option
shred with not perform what I'm intending it to do.
Anyone know the syntax necessary to use -size and -random-source options along with the others?
i need to be able to handel if multiple commands are passed into my script.
(ie) -f -r -i .
does anyone know a simple solution to handeling this. Thanks (2 Replies)
Is it possible to give multiple runlevel options during boot up.. When the Welcome screen appears, i want to give multiple runlevel options.. So the user can boot into any desired runlevel he wants.. Found this kinda interesting.. Any hints and solutions please? (2 Replies)
Hello All,
Is there a way to make exec do a couple of operations on a single input from find?
For example,
find . -type d -exec ls -l "{}" ";"
I would like to give the result of each "ls -l" in the above to a wc. Is that possible?
I want to ls -l | wc -l inside exec. How do I... (1 Reply)
I'm trying to write a bash script and call it "compile" such that running it allows me to compile multiple files with the options "-help," "-backup," and "-clean". I've got the code for the options written, i just can't figure out how to read the input string and then translate that into option... (5 Replies)
Hi all,
What am trying do is search for a directory that is owned by cm that only exists in a path that has a particular directory
ex: what I'm using now is
find . -user cm -name '*.rel' -type d -exec ls -dl {} \;
This is giving me stuff like this
./../../foo1/../../*.rel... (2 Replies)
Hi I'm looking to take a user input and use it to effect just two characters in a command rather than having multiple functions for each one.
function baseencode() {
echo "This function handles the following: $YELLOW base64 base32 base16 $NORMAL"
echo "$GREEN Select 64 32 or 16 $NORMAL"... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
I am new to scripting. Could you please assist me .
Here is my requirement. I have written a script that has 2 option flags defined.
-l) calls some function with the arguments passed in front of -l
-r) calls second function with the arguments passed in front of -r
*) calls the... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to SFTP files in a script that i created.
But the problem is i have to use -oPort and -b together. how can i get this done.
I have tried as below command in my script but with no luck
sftp -oPort=102 -b <batchfilename> username@server
sftp -oPort=102 -ob... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I'd like find multiple file options to fetch different types of files.
find /path...// -type f -name "*.log" -o -name "*.req" -o -name "*.txt" -mtime +5 -exec ls -l {} \;
Where as in the above command only the last .txt files its retriving but not .log and .req files can body help... (1 Reply)
Hi Guys,
I have created a script for our automated DB creation, it works fine with default option(-d).
$ ./test_db.ksh -d abc 11 dev
-d is Default option
ORACLE_SID=abc
ORACLE_VERSION=11
ENV_TYPE=dev
For creating a customized DB, i thought of giving the user different options.... (8 Replies)