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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting need help with xargs command.. Post 302581296 by methyl on Monday 12th of December 2011 04:16:42 PM
Old 12-12-2011
(Prefix: Sorry, I do not understand you last post #5 at all. Please write again in better English. This is not an answer to your last post, it is an answer about how to find the file which was created).


In this context I've assumed that directory "/abc" exists or the "mv" command would have failed.

This should provide the answer.
Code:
ls -la $dir

Or:
Code:
ls -la /abc/def/

Or:
Code:
ls -la /abc/def

All of which should give the same result.



ANALYSIS of Post #5
Quote:
thanks for ur reply
i got it
only the last file is moved to a $dir(a file being created)......

i hv another doubt
suppose my $dir is like /abc/def/
should i provide "/abc/def/" or "/abc/def/." in my command
1) ALL your files dated day "12" (in any month and in any year) got moved to the single named file when $dir was not a directory.
Only the last file to be moved was not overwritten. It was a disaster. We hope you were just testing.
2) When $dir is a directory, the best format is "/abc/def/" . Get into the habit of putting double quotes round strings. One day it will save you.
Code:
dir="/abc/def/"
ls -lrt | awk '$7==12{print $9}' | xargs -i mv {} "${dir}"

3) I have real trouble reading text speak ! Words like "ur" and "hv".
Last edited by methyl; 12-12-2011 at 05:42 PM..
 

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fs_whereis

FS_WHEREIS(1)						       AFS Command Reference						     FS_WHEREIS(1)

NAME
       fs_whereis - Reports each file server housing a file or directory

SYNOPSIS
       fs whereis [-path <dir/file path>+] [-help]

       fs whe [-p <dir/file path>+] [-h]

DESCRIPTION
       The fs whereis command returns the name of each file server machine that houses the volume containing each directory or file named by the
       -path argument.

OPTIONS
       -path <dir/file path>+
	   Names each AFS file or directory for which to return the host file server machine. Partial pathnames are interpreted relative to the
	   current working directory, which is also the default value if this argument is omitted.

       -help
	   Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.

OUTPUT
       The output includes a line for each specified directory or file. It names the file server machine on which the volume that houses the
       specified directory or file resides. A list of multiple machines indicates that the directory or file is in a replicated volume.

       Machine names usually have a suffix indicating their cell membership. If the cell is not clear, use the fs whichcell command to display the
       cell in which the directory or file resides. To display the cell membership of the local machine, use the fs wscell command.

EXAMPLES
       The following example indicates that volume housing the directory /afs/abc.com resides is replicated on both "fs1.abc.com" and
       "fs3.abc.com":

	  % fs whereis -path /afs/abc.com
	  File /afs/abc.com is on hosts fs1.abc.com fs3.abc.com

PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
       None

SEE ALSO
       fs_whichcell(1), fs_wscell(1)

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