1. Shell Programming and Scripting

guys i need bit of help!! i am writing a script which finds files that have not been accessed for a no of days and delete those files...the no of days value is inputted at the command line.... i am using the following : find $1 -atime +7 -exec rm -i in the second step i want to copy all... (2 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello fellas or ladies. I am new on this site and new to the unix operating system. I have been working with UNIX and i love it so far, i learned some stuff and most of the beneficiary command but I need help renaming all the files in my directory and doing them one by one is just tiring.... (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello fellas or ladies. I am new on this site and new to the unix operating system. I have been working with UNIX and i love it so far, i learned some stuff and most of the beneficiary command but I need help renaming all the files in my directory and doing them one by one is just tiring. is there... (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi all, for an example : df -k output shows: $ df -k Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 3099260 1117760 1824068 8% / /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 256666 18065 225349 8% /boot none 8219180 0 8219180 0% /dev/shm /dev/mapper/vglocal-home 1032088 245172 734488 26%... (7 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello Friends, I am very new to scripting and currently have come across a situation where I need to create a UNIX script which would look for certain text in a file and then email me if it finds it. I am trying to trouble shoot an issue with our internet websites and I need to know when I... (1 Reply)

6. Homework & Coursework Questions

Hi, My task is to check the file test.txt every 15 min from Mon-Fri 9:00AM - 6:00PM. We get this file from our mainframes, every 15 min it will update the same file. My task is to compare file timestamp with current system time stamp and check if the file is updated or not. If the file doesn't... (0 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I have a conf file and it has two entries seperated by comma, look like :- best1,ls /opt/bmc/Patrol3/*/best1 ......, ....................... In which "Best1" is the product name and "ls /opt/bmc/Patrol3/*/best1" is the way to find the product version of Best1 in that particular... (5 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi Guys, I need help in scripting out the below : this is a sample data i have in my file: jobname type 8:00:00 AM I need to remove the ":00" from the time field alone. Thanks in advance for all ur help (8 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have some files being sent to me that have dates in them in this format: from 1/8/2011 15:14:20 and I need the dates in this format (mysql date format) To 2011-01-08 15:14:20 all I have so far is the regexp that detects the format: sed -r -e 's@\1/\2/\3\4\5\6]::$@do... (7 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi folks, need a small help lets say i have a text file with the following content: james tom jack spielberg i want to append text to the beginning of each line with a variable(lets says FirName:) and i want to combine all the names with a space in between and store it in another... (11 Replies)