So I have a lot of Java applications on my servers all having their own folder from the applications subdirectory. Now, I need to do the following.
Search all the applications subdirectories for message.jar.
If the message.jar file exists, I need to search the application directory for... (1 Reply)
Hi everyone, I'm brand new to shell scripts (and UNIX in general) and I've been able to figure everything out except this...
I want to write a script that will take a filename as an argument, append the date to it (IE Dec 24 2008) and make sure it doesn't already exist, if so, add an integer to... (4 Replies)
I will have to process multiple files with same name everyday.
My requirement is:
If on a certain day I see that filename.txt exists then the contents of the filename.txt would be added/append
to the former file contents.Each time it sees the file the content would be added.But the header ... (8 Replies)
hi i have 2 questions:
1. how can i check if file exist in vi?
i tryed to do:
if ; then
echo file exist
but i get from the compiler
if: Expression Syntax.
2. how can i create file in vi?
when im using cat - so the script stop and wait for me to write somthing into the new file
when im... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I am unable to create/open any file in vi editor for normal user, though using root I am able to create/open any file, using redhat 5.5,
example
vi test
it showing nothing after entering command (9 Replies)
I need to check if an entry input by the user is in a file. If so, I need to run a command, and if it does not exist then it should output entry does not exist.
So I have so far...
echo "Enter record:"
read record
//command || //command
Can I use an if statement to do this? (3 Replies)
Hi all
I have a list of file names in array. But this file names are not exact. so i want to search whether a file exists or not using regular expression.
code snippet:
if ;
then
echo "File exists"
else
echo "File does not exits"
fi
over here "*EQST*" should be treated as a regular... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I am using an expect script to roll out an ssh key to multiple servers. I have a problem as on some of them the authorized_keys file exists and on some it doesn't. Where it exists I need to >> the key in and where it doesn't I need to create the file then sftp the file over.
So I need some... (2 Replies)
Good Morning All,
I'm a novice and please excuse me if i did miss some of the forum rules.
What my intention is, i have a file (services) residing @ /u01/Oracle/services.
I know i can use the find command to find the "service" file. I get this file from a windows box and there is no certain... (8 Replies)
I need to find a file using Applescript. Applescript is so slow. Someone on the Apple forums gave me some unix code and it works for the most part. The ls command is really list and not find but when it works, it returns the path to the file instantly, NOT 45 seconds Applescript takes.
here is... (11 Replies)
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touch
touch(1B) SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands touch(1B)NAME
touch - change file access and modification times
SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/touch [-acfm] file...
DESCRIPTION
touch sets the access and modification times of each file to the current time. file is created if it does not already exist.
OPTIONS -a Change the access time of file. Do not change the modification time unless -m is also specified.
-c Do not create file if it does not exist.
-f Attempt to force the touch in spite of read and write permissions on file.
-m Change the modification time of file. Do not change the access time unless -a is also specified.
USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of touch when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 touch executed successfully and all requested changes were made.
>0 An error occurred. touch returns the number of files for which the times could not be successfully modified.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWscpu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO touch(1), attributes(5), largefile(5)SunOS 5.11 26 Oct 1995 touch(1B)