1. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi guys, i need a script to delete files that have core in their name ...it might be part of the file name or as a .core extension ...any file that has core as its extension.... i am only able to delete files which just have thier name as core using this : find $1 -type f -name "core"... (12 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I've searched through the forum for a solution to this problem, but I haven't found anything. I have 2 script files that are in different directories. My first script, let's call it "/one/two/a.sh" looks like this: #!/bin/sh IN_DIR=`dirname $0` CUR_DIR=`pwd` cd $IN_DIR... (4 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi there. i'm new user at here I need help for this. I need to write a script that maintains a database of cryptographic checksums. In other words, I need this script to check the files checksum whether the files has been modified or not. But i got no idea where to start. Hope anyone here can... (8 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a local linux machine in which the files are dumped by a remote ubuntu server. If the process in remote server has any problem then empty files are created in local machine. Is there any way using perl script to check if the empty files are being created and delete them and then run a shell... (2 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I am looking for a BASH script that deletes old files except the last three recent ones. (8 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I want to delete files that are older than 60 days.... i need to execute the script in 7 differnt folders.... i can run the script in crontab to regularly check.... I am struck @ finding out how the file is 60 days old or not... Can u please help me on this? Thanks, NithZ (6 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am developing a script to maintain 'n' number of versions of a file. The script will take a filename as a parameter and the number of versions to maintain. This basically does something like a FIFO. Here is what I developed. But something is not right. I have attached the script. Can u pls help... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to FTP files to a Windows server through my Linux machine. I have setup the file transfer with no problems but am having problem deleting those files from the Linux box. My current non-working solution is below. Any ideas, anyone?? :wall: Please be gentle, I'm fairly new to this... (4 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have ftp script like below How to insert an error handling, If the transfer failed then send mail to me. Actually, I just need the script to send an email if the FTP failed. How to put the email script within FTP script? Thank You Edy (5 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi My directory structure is as below. dir1, dir2, dir3 I have the list of files to be deleted in the below path as below. /staging/retain_for_2years/Cleanup/log $ ls -lrt total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 nobody nobody 256 Mar 01 16:15 01-MAR-2015_SPDBS2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root ... (2 Replies)