Hi,
I need to prompt for a response from a user to enter a path
read dest_dir?"Please Enter Directory :"
How do I do this until a valid directory is entered by the user. I can use
to check the existence of the directory. However when I try the following I cannot get it to work.
while ... (2 Replies)
I'm trying to write a script that identifies whether a directory of the form AWL.????????.IP exists. I have one that exists which is AWL.05301032.IP.
When I test like this: If ]
I get true, but when I test like this:
If ]
Or like this
If ]
Or any other variation of wild cards, I... (4 Replies)
Hi.
I what to write a make file that inside a target I want to check if a directory exists.
some like:
### make
a:
if ;then
<command 1>
else
<command 2>
fi
### make end
Thanks a lot
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Hello:
Can someone please help me figure out what is wrong here, my script does not move on to the "else" part even though there is no .ssh directory on my remote server:
$more putkey.sh
#!/bin/ksh
for server in `cat list`
do
if ; then
cat $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub |ssh $server ' cat >>... (4 Replies)
Hey guys im trying to check if the directory exists
i get a syntax error on the elif statement iv tried using else and still same result im not sure. If the directory does not exist can i just insert mkdir /tmp/old under the elif once that part gets working
if ; then
#do nothing
elif
echo... (20 Replies)
cp $PATHLOGS/$DATE/*.* $TMP/logs_tmp/
cp $PATHLOGS/$DATE1/*.* $TMP/logs_tmp/
Before copying the files I have to check if the directory $DATE1 and $DATE2 exists.
If directory exists then, check if the folder contains some files.
if the file exists then, check if the file size is greater... (3 Replies)
I want to perform SQL *Loader operation only if a file named "load.txt" exists in a directory "/home/loc/etc". Please help how to check this with a if condition. (8 Replies)
Hi Gurus,
I have a requests to find if all the file in the filelist exist in certain directory.
example:
my filelist
abc
def
ddd
cde
afg
how can I find these 5 files exists at director /home/abc
Thanks in advance (7 Replies)
Hi guys,
I am beginner trying to learn unix. So any help is welcomed.
My requirement is to check whether is a file exists in a particular directory or not.
The directory path and filename are taken dynamically with user interaction. So the program should continue only if the $filename... (1 Reply)
There are some files with suffix dates like abc_20032019.dat abc_17032019.dat
If at least one file exists then perform some operation else exit from execution.
Korn shell
----------------------------------
array=($inputdir/abc*.dat)
If ] ]
then
echo " file exits"
else
echo " file does... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Rajesh123
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
surfraw-update-path
SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)NAME
surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files
SYNOPSIS
surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help] [-shell=SHELL]
DESCRIPTION
surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw) to your PATH in your shell's config file.
Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es
Don't forget to login again or source your login files for it to take effect.
OPTIONS -check
Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present. This is the default.
-add
Adds the surfraw config code.
-remove
Removes the surfraw config code
-sys
Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user. Must be done as root.
-shell=SHELL
Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL environment variable.
Currently supported shells are:
sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es.
-all
Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells
-help
Gives a usage message
RETURN VALUE -check returns 0 if the surfraw code is present in the file, 1 if it is not found, or 2 on error.
All other options return 0 on success, or 2 on error.
ENVIRONMENT
SHELL
Used to determine which shell to configure, if -shell is not given.
HOME
Used to find users config files.
ENV Used by posix-compliant shells to specify a startup rc file.
ZDOTDIR
Used to find user config files for zsh. If not set, defaults to HOME.
SEE ALSO surfraw(1), sh(1), ash(1), bash(1), dash(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), ksh(1), pdksh(1), zsh(1), rc(1), es(1)AUTHOR
Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>
perl v5.12.4 2011-07-12 SURFRAW-UPDATE-PATH(1)
05-23-2012
