[Solved] bash script for testing existence of files/folders and creating if neither exist
Hi,
I am new to shell-scripting, and doing a lot of reading. I am having some trouble getting started with a simple testing of scripting. I have been experimenting with if, loops, for, test, etc., but still unsure. I seem to have the hang of it when it comes to creating a single file or directory; but not when it comes to multiple files, directories, and sub-directories. Would like some assistance on evaluating whether files and/or directories exist, if so, then echo "File or folder already exist", if not, then create the files (touch) and/or directories (mkdir). I would like the script for the following directory-tree:
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Hi, I'm new here an dlearning a lot from this forum. i didnt find any solution for this in the forum.
I have already checked in folders in subversion named
HTT01,... HTT21.. and have files in each folder like below:
HTT01/HTT01_00000.hex
HTT01/HTT01_00000_fb_result.hex... (2 Replies)
Hi,
Can someone help me with creating a bash shell script.
I need to create a script that gets a positive number n as an argument.
The script must create n directories in the current directory with names like map_1, map_2 etcetera. Each directory must be contained within its predecessor. So... (7 Replies)
I have hundreds of files numbered in consecutive number in one single folder
What I would like to do is to make as many subfolders as needed (dependeing on the number of individual files) and name them Folder01, Folder02, etc.
Then, move file01 to folder01, file02 to folder02 so on and so... (3 Replies)
I want to check if some directories with common prefix exist under current directory with bash, say, I have dictories like:
dirct_1
dirct_2
dirct_3
...
in the current directory. I did:
if
then
echo " directories exist "
else
echo " directories not exist "
fi (3 Replies)
Hi
I am new to Linux / scripting language. I need to improve our Linux servers at work and looking to claim some space my deleting log files/ folders on a 5 day basis.
Can someone help me with creating a script to do so.
Any sample script will be helpful.:b:
Regards (2 Replies)
I am trying to download all files from a user authentication, password protected https site, with a particular extension (.bam). The files are ~20GB each and I am not sure if the below is the best way to do it. I am also not sure how to direct the downloaded files to a folder as well as external... (7 Replies)
I have a directory /home/cmccabe/nfs/exportedReports that contains multiple folders in it. The find writes the name of each folder to out.txt. A new directory is then created in a new location /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/API, named with the date. What I am trying to do, unsuccessfully at the moment,... (7 Replies)
I've got this script to loop through all folders and move files that are more than 2 years old. I'm using the install command because it creates the necessary directories on the destination path and then I remove the source. I'd like to change the script to use the mv command since it is much... (4 Replies)
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dircmp
dircmp(1) General Commands Manual dircmp(1)NAME
dircmp - directory comparison
SYNOPSIS
n] dir1 dir2
DESCRIPTION
examines dir1 and dir2 and generates various tabulated information about the contents of the directories. Sorted listings of files that
are unique to each directory are generated for all the options. If no option is entered, a sorted list is output indicating whether the
filenames common to both directories have the same contents.
Compare the contents of files with the same name in
both directories and output a list telling what must be changed in the two files to bring them into agreement. The list
format is described in diff(1).
Suppress messages about identical files.
Change the width of the output line to
n characters. The default width is 72.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
LC_COLLATE determines the order in which the output is sorted.
If is not specified in the environment or is set to the empty string, the value of is used as a default. If is not specified or is set to
the empty string, a default of ``C'' (see lang(5)) is used instead of If any internationalization variable contains an invalid setting,
behaves as if all internationalization variables are set to ``C'' (see environ(5)).
International Code Set Support
Single- and multi-byte character code sets are supported.
EXAMPLES
Compare the two directories and and produce a list of changes that would make the directories identical:
WARNINGS
This command is likely to be withdrawn from X/Open standards. Applications using this command might not be portable to other vendors' sys-
tems. As an alternative is recommended.
SEE ALSO cmp(1), diff(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE dircmp(1)