08-29-2009
Try it and see. You will have a file named ... in your current working directory.
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
i have a lot of messages file in the var directory i want to delete
now i want to keep messages.1 to messages.10 and then delete everything else after 10 which is like 10 to 96
obviously i cant delete these files individual, can someone tell me the command to delete messages.11 to... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: IMPTRUE
1 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all:
I'm trying to use the tr command to change some text in a file, but it is not working as expected. Here's what I'm trying:
tr 'INVOIC01' 'INVOICZZ' < inputfile > outputfile
It looks to be changing not just the entire string, but any characters within. I just want to change the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: merliech
2 Replies
3. Solaris
On Solaris 8 - what is the equal command to chfs.
Thanks
carson (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmackin
3 Replies
4. Solaris
I am trying to following..
cp -rp oradata to /prod1 /prod2 /prod3
How I can copy oradata directory in to multiple directories?
Thanks
-Ad (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: deal732
1 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
What does 'directory=`pwd $1` ' mean, I know pwd is present working directory, so does that command take the present working directory of the directory the user is in depending on the varible ($1)? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Jayden
2 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
What does
while ( : ); do
......
......
......
done;
mean? Does "while ( : )" refer too while true? Thanks. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: zmfcat1
4 Replies
7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
$ echo 2 * 3 > 5 is a valid inequality.
This will create a file in the current directory named '5' with the number '2' in it, the names of all the files in the current directory, followed by the number '3' and 'is a valid inequality.'
What I do not understand is why 'is a valid inequality' gets... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: guitarscn
2 Replies
8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am going through the Unix Made Easy second edition book by John Muster. So far it's been very informative and I can tell it may be a bit out of date.
In one of the exercises it talks about the "sort" command and using it to sort column's of data etc. The "sort" command has changed a bit and... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: budfoxcat
1 Replies
9. UNIX and Linux Applications
I am scratching my head right now. I am trying to archive a ton of files in a directory. I am attempting to tar them by year. On our development server if I type ls *_2008* it returns all of the files I am expecting to see. (The format of the filename includes xx_xx_xxx_2008-09-29_xxx.xxxx.xxxx)... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: jmartin99
8 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
can you please tell me what is the purpose of the following line:
sh -c /home/dir/script.sh || exit 33
what i am confused is the || is this an OR boolean, or it might have some other purpose.
do you know how this works ?
i believe the first to run is the /home/dir/script.sh but what... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: antoniotunin
4 Replies
LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
cd
cd(1T) Tcl Built-In Commands cd(1T)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME
cd - Change working directory
SYNOPSIS
cd ?dirName?
_________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
Change the current working directory to dirName, or to the home directory (as specified in the HOME environment variable) if dirName is not
given. Returns an empty string. Note that the current working directory is a per-process resource; the cd command changes the working
directory for all interpreters and (in a threaded environment) all threads.
EXAMPLES
Change to the home directory of the user fred:
cd ~fred
Change to the directory lib that is a sibling directory of the current one:
cd ../lib
SEE ALSO
filename(1T), glob(1T), pwd(1T)
KEYWORDS
working directory
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Availability | SUNWTcl |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Uncommitted |
+--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES
Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org.
Tcl cd(1T)