this is my home directory and that is a good question about duplicate file names... these were created from a script I ran and could not remove after script was completed (ran script multiple times before I saw this)
Dear All
I am basic user of Unix.
i woul like to delete some files
(basically 05 and 0801111105) from unix directories but unable to delete it
I tried all option. rm , rm -f etc.. but not succeed.
Infact it also not allowing me to use chmod option so that i can grant 777 option to... (1 Reply)
Hi ppl.
I have to check for duplicate files in a directory .
the directory has following files
/the/folder /containing/the/file
a1.yyyymmddhhmmss
a1.yyyyMMddhhmmss
b1.yyyymmddhhmmss
b2.yyyymmddhhmmss
c.yyyymmddhhmmss
d.yyyymmddhhmmss
d.yyyymmddhhmmss
where the date time stamp can be... (1 Reply)
Hello
I'm new to this forum, so I did a quick scan of the FAQs to see if my problem had been addressed already, since I believe it is probably a very common need. I was surprised that I did not see anything obvious.
I need to remove all files from a directory that have a last modified date... (2 Replies)
Hi
I have a problem. One of the directories in /var, on one of my servers, has filled up with loads of files. I have tried to list the directory to see what is in it, but the 'ls' command just hangs. Same thing happens when I try to use 'rm' to remove files from that directory.
I can see what... (2 Replies)
Hi all,
I have the following question. Considder that in the directory /code the script remove.pl exists. What i want is to run this script and remove some files that exist in the directory /dir/tmp. I use the below code but it does not work.
system("cd /dir/code");
system("rm FileName");
... (6 Replies)
I'm trying to remove several directories which contains sun-dirs and files inside.
I used the command rm -r <dirname>
But, it always ask "examine file in directory <dirname> yes/no?" line by line.
So, i need to write "y" for every line.
How can i skip this step and remove all directories with... (9 Replies)
Hi all.
Am doing continuous backup of mailboxes using rsync.
So whenever a new mail arrives it is automatically copied on backup server.
When a new mail arrives it is named as xyz:2, when it is read by the email client an S is appended xyz:2,S
Eventually , 2 copies of the same file exist on... (7 Replies)
Hi All,
i need to move two types of files from a directory.
I have used the below command to find the files from the directory..
SOURCE_DIR="some directory path"
TARGET_DIR="Target Dir"
Datestamp=Date_format
find $SOURCE_DIR \( -name "*.log" -o -name "*.out" ) - exec ls -1 {} \;
now i... (9 Replies)
Assume I want to remove a whole directory tree beginning with /foo/bar/
The directory or sub-directories may contain files.
The top directory /foo/bar/ itself should not be deleted.
rm -f- r /foo/bar
does not work because it requires a directory tree without files.
How does it work... (3 Replies)
how to remove empty files tried below command its remove only zero bytes not empty file which is greater then zero byte.
for x in *
do
if
then
rm $x
fi
done (8 Replies)
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list_directory
list directory(1m) list directory(1m)NAME
list directory - Displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name
SYNOPSIS
cdscp list directory directory-name [with attribute-name = attribute-value]
ARGUMENTS
The full name of a specific directory. The last simple name can contain wildcard characters. The name of a particular attribute. The
value of a particular attribute.
DESCRIPTION
The list directory command displays a list of all the directories whose names match the specified directory name. The last simple name can
contain wildcards. You can use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause to limit output only to directories whose attributes have
values equal to the specified values. A space must precede and follow the = (equals sign).
Privilege Required
You must have read permission to the parent directory. If you use a with attribute-name = attribute-value clause in the command, you also
need read or test permission to the selected directories.
NOTE
This command is replaced at Revision 1.1 by the dcecp command and may not be provided in future releases of DCE.
EXAMPLE
The following command displays the names of all the directories in the /.:/sales directory: cdscp> list directory /.:/sales/*
LIST
DIRECTORY /.../abc.com/sales
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