To clarify, I wasn't suggesting to use any backup file that vi itself possibly creates by itself but to save the current buffer in a temporary file and compare it to the original one. This can be done simply with the two commands I already posted:
(replace less by more if less is missing).
The backup files created by the traditional vi in /var/tmp aren't usable for that task as not being a plain copy of the current file but a structured binary designed to allow file recovery should the editor crashed (vi -r). This applies also to vim .swp files which aren't either editable text files.
okay, heres the thing
I'm creating a script that I can use to create users. no, this is not a homework assignment or whatever it may seem. i'm just trying to master shell programming.
how can I pass arguments in a file to useradd?????
when i say arguments, I mean, all the arguments and... (1 Reply)
I wish to seach a Dir for a specific file, once the file is found i will perform additional logic. If the file is not found within two hours, i would like to exit.
Logically, I'm looking for the best way to approach this
Thanks for any assistance in advance.
Note: I'm using a C shell and... (2 Replies)
I make some changes in a JSP file but the changes do not reflect on tomcat server. In my server.xml 'reloadable' paramtere is set to true. I even treid restarting the server. The changes still not reflect.
The changes do reflect in a day or two. am not sure why this is happening. Shall... (3 Replies)
Not sure what happened, this page/code always worked before, no changes were made to the code, only the box was powered down, moved and powered back up, the code seems to still be doing its job but spewing out these errors right on the page.
Again no changes were made.
Warning: strtotime()... (1 Reply)
Advance Thanks.
(1) I would like to know any unix/Linux command to check EOF char in a file.
(2) Or Any way I can check a file has been reached completely at machine B from machine A. Note that machine A ftp/scp the file to machine B at unknown time. (5 Replies)
I know how to check if any file has a unix process using a file by looking at 'lsof <fullpath/filename>' command.
I think using lsof is very expensive. Also to make it accurate we need to inlcude fullpath of the file.
Is there another command that can tell if a file has a truely active... (12 Replies)
Hi,
I want to know what changes were made to my AIX system in last few weeks/months.
Is there any command that I can use for this?
I am facing a problem wherein my program which are built few weeks back runs fine but if I build the same program now, it doesn't run as expected.
... (4 Replies)
Hi Experts,
Is it possible to send ctrl + d signal from a inside a file made with vi, using Ctrl V , Esc and 004 , escape sequence.
Since : 004 should exit the script if executed. Is this something possible.
I am trying with vi , I put this code ^ , and trying to execute it but... (4 Replies)
I'm curious to know how do I add an empty log file (test1.log) to an existing text file to monitor all the changes made to a.txt.
Is this expression
export PATH=$PATH:/home/test1.log
right to be added to the text file a.txt? (5 Replies)