I work on a production server. I have to check one folder named "spool" and delete files under it , which are more than 5 minutes old.
I do it manually by writing two commands.
I want to write down the script for this activity, where a script will check the current time of system and according to that it will delete files under spool directory which are 5 minutes older than current time.
Hello everyone. Well, I will get right to the point. I am new to Perl and trying to learn it as much as I can. I have been assigned the task of writing a perl script to extract information from firewall logs.
Like I said, I am new to Perl and I am having a tough time because I think what I am... (3 Replies)
Anyone have an example of a simple shell script that solicits a (Y)es or (N)o response from the user. If the response is 'Y' display a message on the screen that thanks the user for the positive response. If the response is 'N' display a message that thanks the user for the negative response. If... (15 Replies)
Hi, I need help writing a unix script to change the time in the server automatically when it reaches a specified time.
Only on the 14th of april, when the time becomes midnight (00:00:00), I need the server to change the time automatically to 23:30:00 and start working on as usual with a... (2 Replies)
hi all
i am having a file(a fixed length file) of 28 bytes.The file has account number from 5th place to next 16 digits.
the file looks like below,
58331600563588885696ACXT5263
58331600563588885697ACXT5263
58331600563588885698ACXT5263
i want to write a script which will extract the... (8 Replies)
Here is the script I am trying to write along with my answer I wrote. Please help me understand why it doesn't work.
Create an executable script file called "newname" that will perform the followings:
1. Rename a file upon the user's request. If the file exists, prompt the user for... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I have written a script which converts a give hexdecimal value to binary value in perl. But now, the problem is I should read every bit of it ( if its 10101010, i should read the value in each position and if the value in that position is 1 i should print a string and should exit if its... (1 Reply)
hello all,
I have a script, used to search for the strings from the set of 5 similar pattern file from the log dir. So here it goes . The input parameter is a part of the file name. When during the script execution, the script should parse the input parameter to original file's with the same... (0 Replies)
Dear Madam/Sir
Who can help me with writing a script doing the following?
1- Read names of files (only files with special name format let say initially they have the same file name start like TT*)
2- Then create an empty files with the same names have been read in step one but with extension... (1 Reply)
i need some help in donig some actions on files in a library.
i want to get the n last files, and print to the screen their name, date, and how many times a specific string appears in each file..
how can i do this..?... (6 Replies)
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Can't seem to figure out how to fix this please help
its not starting over like I would like it to
When I enter in "Date" or "Time" nothing comes
Also if you can tell me the commands for the other 3 stuff that would be much appreciated
#!/bin/bash
clear
while ; do
echo... (8 Replies)