I have the following script that I use to copy a list of files from one dir to another,
This reads the list of file names from a column in a text file and then copies those files from the src dir to the target dir.
I have run into a problem as some of my file names contain single quotes and I am getting an xargs error,
"xargs: unmatched single quote; by default quotes are special to xargs unless you use the -0 option"
I tried adding -0, but I got an error that the argument line was too long. I don't know xargs well enough to know exactly which arguments I need, or if I need to use a different approach to the script. The filenames will never have spaces or double quotes, but may have . , ' - _ ~ ( ) [ ] { } < >
I appreciate the assistance as there are often a lot of files and no good solution in the absence of a script.
Hi there
I have a data file like so below
'A/1';'T100002';'T100002';'';'01/05/2004';'31/05/2004';'01/06/2004';'08/06/2004';'1.36';'16';'0.22';'0';'0';'1.58';'0';'0';'0';'0';'0';'0';'clientes\resumen\200405\resumen_T100002_T100002_1.pdf';'';'0001';'S';'20040501';'';'02';'0';'S';'N'... (3 Replies)
Hi
I have a shell script with many lines as below:
comment on column dcases.proj_seq_num is dcases_1sq;
....
....
I want the above script to be as below:
comment on column dcases.proj_seq_num is 'dcases_1sq';
I want to have single quotes like that as above for the entire shell... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I've been trying to write a regex to use in egrep (in a shell script) that'll fetch the names of all the files that match a particular pattern. I expect to match the following line in a file:
Name = "abc"
The regex I'm using to match the same is:
egrep -l '(^) *= *" ** *"$' /PATH_TO_SEARCH... (6 Replies)
Hi I want to replace single quote with two single quotes in a perl string.
If the string is <It's Simpson's book> It should become <It''s Simpson''s book> (3 Replies)
hi all,
i have a data in the file which of the formate :
100,102,103
and the required formate is
\'100\',\'102\',\'103
Idealy we need to replace , with \',\'
Regards
arkesh (2 Replies)
I need to check whether first character of variable is single quote.
I tried the below constructions but they are all not working (always return true)
if (test `echo "$REGEXP" |cut -c1` != "'"); then echo "TRUE"; fi
if (test `echo "$REGEXP" |cut -c1` != '\''); then echo "TRUE"; fi
if (test... (5 Replies)
From:
1,2,3,4,5,This is a test
6,7,8,9,0,"This, is a test"
1,9,2,8,3,"This is a ""test"""
4,7,3,1,8,""""
To:
1,2,3,4,5,This is a test
6,7,8,9,0,"This; is a test"
1,9,2,8,3,"This is a ''test''"
4,7,3,1,8,"''"Is there an easy syntax I'm overlooking? There will always be an odd number... (5 Replies)
Hi all...
(This is Don's domain.)
I have come across an anomaly in sh and dash compared to bash.
It involves echoing a character set to a file in sh and dash compared to bash.
It is probably easier to show the code and results first.
#!/usr/local/bin/dash
#!/bin/sh
#!/bin/bash
echo... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: wisecracker
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
service
SERVICE(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SERVICE(8)NAME
service -- control (start/stop/etc.) or list system services
SYNOPSIS
service -e
service -R
service [-v] -l | -r
service [-v] <rc.d script> start|stop|etc.
DESCRIPTION
The service command is an easy interface to the rc.d system. Its primary purpose is to start and stop services provided by the rc.d scripts.
When used for this purpose it will set the same restricted environment that is in use at boot time (see below). It can also be used to list
the scripts using various criteria.
The options are as follows:
-e List services that are enabled. The list of scripts to check is compiled using rcorder(8) the same way that it is done in rc(8), then
that list of scripts is checked for an "rcvar" assignment. If present the script is checked to see if it is enabled.
-R Restart all enabled local services.
-l List all files in /etc/rc.d and the local startup directories. As described in rc.conf(5) this is usually /usr/local/etc/rc.d. All
files will be listed whether they are an actual rc.d script or not.
-r Generate the rcorder(8) as in -e above, but list all of the files, not just what is enabled.
-v Be slightly more verbose
ENVIRONMENT
When used to run rc.d scripts the service command sets HOME to / and PATH to /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin which is how they are set in
/etc/rc at boot time.
EXIT STATUS
The service utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
The following are examples of typical usage of the service command:
service named status
service -rv
The following programmable completion entry can be use in bash(1) for the names of the rc.d scripts:
_service () {
local cur
cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W '$( service -l )' -- $cur ) )
return 0
}
complete -F _service service
SEE ALSO bash(1) (ports/shells/bash), rc.conf(5), rc(8), rcorder(8)HISTORY
The service utility first appeared in FreeBSD 7.3.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Douglas Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>.
BSD December 11, 2012 BSD