Hi, hopefully this is a fairly simple Q&A.
I have a clean file list of approximately 180 filenames with no directory or slashes in front of the filename nor any extension or dot ".". I would like to read from this list, find these files recursively down through directory trees, copy the files... (1 Reply)
Hi
I am a shell-script newbie and am looking to synchronize certain files in two directory structures.
Both these directory-trees are in CVS and so I dont want the CVS directory to be copied over.
I want only .sh and .pl files in each subdirectory under these directory trees to be... (3 Replies)
Is this possible? Let me know If I need specify further on what I am trying to do- I just want to spare you the boring details of my personal file management.
Thanks in advance-
Brian- (2 Replies)
Assume I want to remove a whole directory tree beginning with /foo/bar/
The directory or sub-directories may contain files.
The top directory /foo/bar/ itself should not be deleted.
rm -f- r /foo/bar
does not work because it requires a directory tree without files.
How does it work... (3 Replies)
I'm using a directory naming convention to organize files as exemplified here:
2012/Aug/week-20-Aug/23-Thu/tuv.txt
2012/Aug/week-27-Aug/30-Thu/abc.txt
2012/Sep/week-27-Aug/01-Sat/def.txt
2012/Sep/week-03-Sep/07-Fri/xyz.txt
How do I write a command that will list the file names abc.txt and... (4 Replies)
I have directory with shorcuts of files.
for example:
gara@yn\short\name1 ( shortcut to gara@yn\FOLDER\OPT\GARA\1.jpg )
gara@yn\short\name2 ( shortcut to gara@yn\FOLDER\OPT\GARA\11.jpg )
gara@yn\short\name3 ( shortcut to gara@yn\MARA\URSA\2.jpg )
gara@yn\short\name4 ( shortcut to... (6 Replies)
Hi all,
I'm trying at the moment to write a shell script to build a directory tree and create files within the built directories. I've scoured through sites and text books and I just can't figure out how to go about it.
I would assume that I need to use loops of some sort, but I can't seem... (8 Replies)
I'm sure this has been asked many times, but a search didn't turn up a definitive best method for this (if there ever is such a thing).
I have been using rsync to back up my main data directory, but I have accumulated a large number of older backups that I don't need. All of the files I don't... (14 Replies)
Hi,
I have a serverA with Directory "/opt/app/myfiles" which is 8.5GB with more than 40000 files and 45 folders in it.
I wish to transfer the folder "/opt/app/myfiles" tree structure with all the sub-directories and skip all files to another serverB.
I would appreciate a command that... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
cp
cp(1) General Commands Manual cp(1)Name
cp - copy file data
Syntax
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] file1 file2
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] file... directory
cp [ -f ] [ -i ] [ -p ] [ -r ] directory... directory
Description
The command copies file1 onto file2. The mode and owner of file2 are preserved if it already existed; the mode of file1 is used otherwise.
Note that the command will not copy a file onto itself.
In the second form, one or more files are copied into the directory with their original file names.
In the third form, one or more source directories are copied into the destination directory with their original file names.
Options-f Forces existing destination pathnames to be removed before copying, without prompting for confirmation. The -i option is ignored if
the -f option is specified.
-i Prompts user with the name of file whenever the copy will cause an old file to be overwritten. A yes answer will cause to continue.
Any other answer will prevent it from overwriting the file.
-p Preserves (duplicates) in the copies the modification time, access time, file mode, user ID, and group ID as allowed by the permis-
sions of the source files, ignoring the present umask.
-r Copies directories. Entire directory trees, including their subtrees and the individual files they contain, are copied to the speci-
fied destination directory. The directory, its subtrees, and the individual files retain their original names. For example, to copy
the directory including all of its subtrees and files, into the directory enter the following command:
cp -r reports news
See Alsocat(1), pr(1), mv(1)cp(1)