Better to use "find" to eliminate what you don't want.
With care you can deal with directory names containing space characters and produce the output in alphabetical order of directory name.
From within a directory, how do I determine whether I have write permission for it.
test -w pwd ; echo ?
This doesn't work as it returns false, even though I have write permission. (4 Replies)
Hello,
I am using Red Hat linux system. I see my /work directory has used space 300GB. But there are so many sub directory under /work. I want to list each direcotry and under all subdirectory. But i want to know how much space occupied by each directory. What kind of command i can use to... (3 Replies)
I am trying to loop through folders and extract the name of the lowest level subfolder
I was running the script below, it returns
/bb/bin/prd/newyork
/bb/bin/prd/london
/bb/bin/prd/tokyo
I really want
newyork
london
tokyo
I couldn't find a standard variable for the lowest level... (1 Reply)
The a chown was done and instead of using ./ a / was used and root ownership files got changed.
I need to change the ownership of the files/directory back - backups are not working and I am concerned a reboot will not be successful.
Can anyone provide the ownership of these files/directories... (6 Replies)
normally I
rsync -haPE source destination
What I want to do is take a old ~ directory from an external drive and have it ONLY update missing files NOT replace existing files. excluding ~/library
any help would be great. (3 Replies)
I know that this basic question has been asked many times and solutions all over the internet, but none of the are working for me. I have a directory in the root directory, named "-p".
# ls -l /
total 198
<snip>
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 3 14:18 opt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root ... (2 Replies)
Hi.
My example:
I have a filesystem /log. Everyday, log files are copied to /log. I'd like to set owner and permission for files and directories in /log like that
chown -R log_adm /log/*
chmod -R 544 /log/*It's OK, but just at that time. When a new log file or new directory is created in /log,... (8 Replies)
Hi Team,
Am a newbie to Unix. As I would like to see the Server Name,Owner Name ( not numeric form), Group Name ( not numeric ID), ROOT path.
I would like to send this list as an attachment to my personal mail. Can any one please help me out to to resolve this .
Here is the sample result... (6 Replies)
Hello,
I've just started using a Solaris machine with SunOS 5.10.
After the machine is turned on, I open a Console window and at the prompt, if I execute a pwd command, it tells me I'm at my home directory (someone configured "myuser" as default user after init).
... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
chown
chown(8) System Manager's Manual chown(8)Name
chown - change owner and, optionally, group
Syntax
/etc/chown [ -fR ] owner[.group] file...
Description
The command changes the owner and, optionally, group for one or more files and directories. The value for file can be a full or partial
path. The value for owner can be either a decimal UID or a login name found in the password file. The value for group can be either a
decimal GID or a group name found in the group file.
Only the superuser can change the ownership of a file. The superuser can also change the group of a file. The owner of a file can only
change the group, but the owner must be a member of any group specified.
Options-f Inhibits display of errors that are returned when cannot change the owner or group of the specified files.
-R Causes to recursively descend any directories subordinate to file and to set the owner, group, or both for each file encountered.
When symbolic links are encountered, changes the owner and group for the link file itself but does not traverse the path associated
with the link. The option is useful only when file is a directory that is not empty.
Examples
Change the owner of to ecbell:
/etc/chown ecbell myfile
Change the owner of to craig and group of to admin:
/etc/chown craig.admin myfile
Change the owner to richart and group to eng for the directories and and for all files and directories on any levels subordinate to and
/etc/chown -R richart.eng projecta projectb
Files
See Also
chgrp(1), chown(2), group(5), group(5yp), passwd(5), passwd(5yp)chown(8)