1. Linux

I'm sitting here late at night, reading linux from scratch, and I come to this part: http://lfs.osuosl.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/creatingdirs.html my question to you, the all knowing unix.com'ers is this: what's the difference between using the install command as they do, and using the... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I look for a script to create 150 directories : d000 d001 d002 ... ... d149 would you help me please ? I think it would be for i mkdir d$i Many thanks. PS : #uname -a AIX fserver 3 5 0050691A4C00 (2 Replies)

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Is there ant way to increase max number of folders in the directory from the 32766: Problem UFS: shell>mkdir mmm mkdir: mmm: Too many links But there are no links, just folders. shell>ls | wc -l 32766 (3 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, please help me with this small script #!/bin/sh curdir=`pwd` n20=$curdir'/n20/' msat=$curdir'/n20/msat/' if then mkdir $n20 fi if then mkdir $msat fi for a in 30 40 50 60 70 80 do (4 Replies)

5. Linux

Hi all, i am new to Linux and need some help. I used the command: mkdir super Directory super is created When i try to change to this directory using: cd /super I get: bash: cd: /super: No such file or directory when i use: rm super I get: rm: cannot remove 'super': Is a directory What... (5 Replies)

6. Homework & Coursework Questions

Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted! 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: Do the procedure, which if there are 5 parameters then it creates 4 directories with names of 4 parameters, in... (2 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Howdy, Puttering around in unix, and read this in the mkdir man page: "The mkdir utility creates the directories named as operands..." What does this mean, i.e. as operands? Many thanks, DN (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I used "mkdir job{0001..10}" do get directories. Now I want to create directories with a variable, for exemple "mkdir job{0001..$a}". When a=5 I get the directory "job{0001..5}". What have i to change to get job0001,...,job0005 :/ Thx for ur help :) (1 Reply)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

hi linux expert what is a difference between: mkdir test and mkdir ./test and also if ( -e /test ) then and if ( -e ./test ) then thanks in advance Please use icode or code tags next time for your code and data (1 Reply)