Hi all,
Can any one tell me how to empty the contents of a file in unix without using the following sequence : rm <file> ; touch <file>
is there any command in unix??
is it possible through shell scripting? If so, how?
-krishna (7 Replies)
Being new to this area .I have been assigned a task which i am unable to do . Can any one please help me .
Hi I have requirement where i have input file XYZ_111_999_YYYYMMDD_1.TXT and with header and series of Numbers and Footer.
I want to create a mutiple output files with each file having a... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have 100 files in a directory.
Each file have the following format
>CtbRe01234
fdfjdhfkdfkd
>CtL2B0456
gjfgfkgjfkgjfk
>CmdrE05768
fghdjskksllfkLike this I have many files in the directory.
What I want is; rename the header content in each file such that the above file... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I"m writing a script to store all the contents of multiple files with different file names into one single file.
I am giving in only last modified date of file in a folder. The below script gives a list of just one file based on the input date i give which is taken as string variable. I... (2 Replies)
I have a log directory:
/logs/foo.log
/logs/bar.log
/logs/err.out
I'm trying to find a way to
> /logs/*.log
> /logs/*.out
to blank them out, but of course, that doesn't work.
Any suggestions? (4 Replies)
hi,
I have this array
a=("" "" "")
Is there a command that I can use to check if all members of the are empty?
I really don't like to use for or while loop.
thanks!
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wait, I got it... (1 Reply)
Hi,
i need a single command to create multiple empty files(no trailing lines as well) and empty the files if already existing.
please let me know or if this has been ansered, if some ocan share the link please, thanks
> newfile.txt
or
:> newfile.txt
do not work (4 Replies)
I am passing multiple files in awk & since one of the file is empty(say file3) so the same gets skipped & logic goes for toss. Need suggestion/help in checking and putting additional checks for the same
awk -F, 'FNR==1 {++filecounter}
filecounter==1 {KRL=$2;next}
filecounter==2... (8 Replies)
I am using below code to split files based on blank lines but it does not work.
awk 'BEGIN{i=0}{RS="";}{x="F"++i;}{print > x;}'
Your help would be highly appreciated
find attachment of sample.txt file (2 Replies)
Hello, sorry to bother anyone reading this
I have an assignment with a question that reads:
Your current directory is stenton. Create empty files called f1, f2, and f12 (in that order), within stenton
So my first thought was to enter: touch f1 f2 f12
but that does not work, does anyone... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: eleuin
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
parallel-slurp
PARALLEL-SLURP(1)PARALLEL-SLURP(1)NAME
parallel-slurp - copy files from listed hosts
SYNOPSIS
parallel-slurp [OPTIONS] -h hosts.txt -L destdir remote local
DESCRIPTION
pssh provides a number of commands for executing against a group of computers, using SSH. It's most useful for operating on clusters of
homogenously-configured hosts.
parallel-slurp gathers specified files from hosts you listed.
OPTIONS -r --recursive
recusively copy directories (OPTIONAL)
-L --localdir
output directory for remote file copies
-h --hosts
hosts file (each line "host[:port] [user]")
-l --user
username (OPTIONAL)
-p --par
max number of parallel threads (OPTIONAL)
-o --outdir
output directory for stdout files (OPTIONAL)
-e --errdir
output directory for stderr files (OPTIONAL)
-t --timeout
timeout (secs) (-1 = no timeout) per host (OPTIONAL)
-O --options
SSH options (OPTIONAL)
-v --verbose
turn on warning and diagnostic messages (OPTIONAL)
EXAMPLE
An example to copy /home/irb2/foo.txt from each host. Files gathered will be stored in /tmp/outdir/hostname/foo.txt.
# prallel-slurp -h hosts.txt -L /tmp/outdir -l irb2
/home/irb2/foo.txt foo.txt
ENVIRONMENT
All four programs take similar sets of options. All of these options can be set using the following environment variables:
o PSSH_HOSTS
o PSSH_USER
o PSSH_PAR
o PSSH_OUTDIR
o PSSH_VERBOSE
o PSSH_OPTIONS
SEE ALSO parallel-ssh(1), parallel-scp(1), parallel-nuke(1), parallel-rsync(1), ssh(1)AUTHOR
Brent N. Chun <bnc@theether.org>
COPYING
Copyright: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Brent N. Chun
NOTES
1. bnc@theether.org
mailto:bnc@theether.org
03/30/2009 PARALLEL-SLURP(1)