Assuming XP.
This must be done in a Batch File (.bat).
The first script is your exact requirement. The second script puts the timestamp in front of the filename which is more readable.
Just for interest, there are techniques available from Excel if you don't mind a bit of VB programming. For example (but do check your Excel and Windows version and re-search the KB).
is it possible to see what is in a dds tape?
like in dos, we can write dir a: to see the contents of it?
thanks
PS : actually, i came from a DOS background. so most of the time, i will try to relate unix to dos. of course, dos never came close to unix. but unix is like many instances of dos... (3 Replies)
Hi
I have a dos batch file in window server where I call a cmd command for creating some db.
this cmd commad is located in e:\data\abcd\xyz.cmd.
Now I call this batch file from unix ssh.sh but my access point is D in window server here I want to change the dos prompt to e:\data\abcd.
in... (3 Replies)
hi experts(novice people can stay away as it is no child's game),
i am developing a script which works like recycle bin of windows.
the problem i am facing is that when ever i am trying to delete a file which is situated in parent directory or parent's parent directory i am unable to... (1 Reply)
How do I define a particular dir in front of PATH variable and then run some job and then at the end of job SET the PATH variable to original?
in a script, WILL something like this work:
ORIG_PATH=$PATH
export PATH=/dir1/dir2:$PATH
RUN SOME JOBS .....
unset PATH
EXPORT... (2 Replies)
Hello ;
I have a problem running some script on dos .
when i run :
C: ls /temp
ls: cannot access /temp: No such file or directory
but when i run
C: ls \temp
windriver backup remotebackup
also when i run
C: ls temp
windriver backup remotebackup
The... (4 Replies)
:confused:
Hello,
Is there any way to use the dir command / some DOS Script to select only first file of similar pattern of files in a direcotory and rename it for example, one directory has 5 files
abc_1005.txt
abc_5256.txt
abc_2001.txt
abc_2003.txt
abc_3006.txt
by use script I would... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I need to store all the files in a directory to a text file with its full path.
The example below can explain:
./File1.txt
./File2.txt
./Folder1/File11.txt
./Folder1/File12.txt
./Folder1/Folder11/File111.txt
./Folder2/file21.txt
:
:
The ls -R1 command won't give the result as... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have a file abcd.txt which has contents in the form of full path file names i.e.
$home> vi abcd.txt
/a/b/c/r1.txt
/q/w/e/r2.txt
/z/x/c/r3.txt
Now I want to retrieve only the directory path name for each row
i.e
/a/b/c/
/q/w/e/
How to get the same through shell script?... (7 Replies)
lyang0@lyang0-OptiPlex-755:~$ ./test.sh
.
lyang0@lyang0-OptiPlex-755:~$ cat test.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo `dirname $0`
lyang0@lyang0-OptiPlex-755:~$ pwd
/home/lyang0
it doesn't get "/home/lyang0" and only when run /home/lyang0/test.sh it will get, but how can I do, then it can get the real... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: yanglei_fage
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gpe-question
GPE-QUESTION(1) gpe-question GPE-QUESTION(1)NAME
gpe-question - GPE interface for asking questions from shell scripts.
SYNOPSIS
gpe-question [---icon] name {--question "Question text"} {--buttons icon1:text1} [icon2:text2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
gpe-question provides dialogues to raise a question within the GPE Palmtop Environment with cancel and ok buttons.
OPTIONS --question STRING
The question to ask the user via the dialogue.
--buttons type:label
The type and label of the button(s) to be shown. Repeat for additional buttons.
EXAMPLES
gpe-question "test" --question "Do you want to check first?" --buttons YES:yes NO:no
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
AUTHOR
Moray Allen
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007 Neil Williams
Debian 1 January 16, 2007 GPE-QUESTION(1)