Why do you have a path with all kinds of special characters in the first place...and if you really have to then you need to put your variable in double quotes...
Hello everyone,
I'm a unix noob. I have a powerbook running mac os x 10.4 and for one of my classes I need to install the latest version of php (5.0.5). I'm following the instructions at http://developer.apple.com/internet/opensource/php.html to install but I've run into a problem.
The... (2 Replies)
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String args) {
System.out.println("Welcome, master");
}
}
and I compiled using
javac HelloWorld.java
]
Suppose that I execute the following command directly from the shell:
java -XX:OnError="gdb - %p" HelloWorld
Then it works... (8 Replies)
Hi Gurus,
I have a requirement.
cat /usdd/Sample/"NDDF Plus DB"/"NDDF Descriptive and Pricing"/"NDDF BASICS 3.0"/"Pricing"/1.txt |
sed 's/*|*/|/g' |
sed 's/^*//'|
sed 's/^*//;
s/*$//' > temp.txt
In unix prompt the above command is reading the file 1.txt and I am... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
I am facing issues converting white spaces and tabs together in a file I am reading. Here is the command I am trying:
tr -s ' '@ | sort -t@ +1n filename
I guess the problem is that it is not converting the tabs to another delimiter. Also, I am supposed to accomplish this only using... (5 Replies)
I have a Bash script on Cygwin that tries to iterate through the directory entries in PATH. I need to convert the PATH value to a form that I can iterate through with "for var in $list; do".
For instance, an excerpt from my PATH value is this:
:/c/Program Files/Windows Imaging/:/c/Program... (2 Replies)
I have written a script to run ddrescue on a list of files.
#!/bin/bash
#
# A script to rescue data recursively using ddrescue.
srcDir=/damaged/hdd/movies/ #the source directory
desDir=/new/hdd/movies/ #the destination directory... (2 Replies)
I am organizing my music library on a NAS server. I want to print a list of all the directories that are missing the cover art (at least one or more jpeg file). I have successfully created a file with each line containing the path to each occurance of one or more .mp3 files. That path is also... (2 Replies)
#### ~]$ set "hello 'cat dog walk' money elephat"
#### ~]$ echo $* | awk '{print $2}'
'cat
why is the second command above showing only "'cat ?
shouldn't the output be:
'cat dog walk'
how can i fix this so it gives me the chosen column in its entirety? (11 Replies)
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to write my first ever shell script, the OS is Raspbian. The code I have written must be executed whenever a certain database has been modified. The database resides on a Windows server to which I have a mount point, and I have no control over the Windows server at all so... (2 Replies)
I am using the below bash loop:
or f in /media/cmccabe/My Book Western Digital/10_29and30_2015/*.bam ; do
bname=`basename $f`
pref=${bname%%.bam}
samtools view -H $f | sed '/^@PG/d' | samtools reheader - $f > /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/${pref}_newheader.bam
done
is the... (1 Reply)