Hi I'm trying run the below code, unfortunately it throwing error.
Error Message: tail:cannot open ‘ H:\Test_Folder\' No such file or directory
tail: invalid option -3
Code:
cp ` ls -tr *REPORT*.txt |tail -3` H:\Test_Folder\
to give you more insight of my requirement:
I am trying to copy the latest top 3 files received to H:\Test_folder\
I got this script:
print -n "Enter file name: "
read name
....
.....
.....
etc
but at the prmpt, when I press enter (without typin a word), comes up with sum error message, is there away of getting it not to print that message?? (8 Replies)
I am trying to figure out how to copy a file that changes daily to a new directory with a different name each day. Example : webfile created today copy webfile to /hold/webfile.1
tommorrow copy webfile /hold/webfile.2
Is there a way to do this? I can't seem to figure this out.
This needs to... (2 Replies)
Hi Frineds,
Through my DTS process I am generating one file at one directory like,
/sqlsrvr_demo/dts/put/transaction_fact.csv
now I want to copy this files(only when the files size is greater than 0 kb) to some other directory like
/sqlsrvr_demo/dts/get/transaction_fact.csv
Can... (2 Replies)
Hi Gang, I am an old unix user and just recently returned in the flavor of a Mac. I have tons of pictures in the .orf format and would like to write a script to:
Search the Hard drives for that file type
Then, depending on date, copy it to a specific folder
If there is an exact... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
My first post on the Forums! I've just whipped up a quick script to slightly automate a log file retrieval process for work and to be completely honest my BASH scirpting knownledge is extremely limited as is my understanding of a lot of linux commands.
Basically the scripts purpose... (3 Replies)
I have a little copy script,
#! /usr/bin/bash
FILE_COPY_LIST=$1
SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$2
DESTINATION_DIRECTORY=$3
while read file
do
if ; then
echo $file " cannot be found"
fi
cp -f $SOURCE_DIRECTORY'/'$file $DESTINATION_DIRECTORY
done < $FILE_COPY_LIST
This just... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I am currently learning UNIX scripting and have written a simple copy program.
However, upon execution, it returns an error despite debugging correctly.
Can anyone assist in explaining this?
Attached screenshots illustrating a test execution.
Many thanks. (13 Replies)
Hello, I am still pretty new at writing shell scripts and may have bitten off more than I can chew. I am trying to write a script that figures out if a file exists (a known name) in directory a, then copy it to my selected destination, otherwise, look in directory b and check there. If it is in... (14 Replies)
Hello All,
This is my first post to unix.com.
I have requirement to copy multiple *.dmp files from one server to other server.
I have that other server NFS filesystem mapped to source server.
Dump files are so huge almost 20TB. There are around 15-20 files each of 1.1TB.
I want to copy these... (6 Replies)
I'm trying to copy script output and use it in this same script as a variable, and call the variable when script is compiled.
The script is below.
#!/bin/bash
output=$(script)
while read line; do
if ];
then
grep "$line" logfile.txt
# Create text file
echo "From: IT ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: SysAdminRialto
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
motd.tail
MOTD.TAIL(5) Debian Administrator's Manual MOTD.TAIL(5)NAME
motd.tail - Template for building the system message of the day
DESCRIPTION
On Debian systems, the system message of the day is rebuilt at each startup, in order to display an accurate information. /etc/motd.tail is
the file to edit permanent changes to the message of the day.
OVERVIEW
The initiation script /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh prepends a line containing information about the system to /etc/motd.tail and stores the
resulting file in /var/run/motd. /etc/motd is a symbolic link to /var/run/motd. This is done to prevent changes to /etc as the system can
not assume /etc to be writable.
Changes to /etc/motd effectively end up in a file under /var/run which will be regenerated upon reboot.
A symbolic link to a different file, such as /etc/motd.static disables this behaviour.
FILES
/etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh
The initiation script which builds /var/run/motd
/etc/motd
Symbolic link to the system message of the day at /var/run/motd
/etc/motd.tail
Template for building the system message of the day
/var/run/motd
System message of the day file rebuilt at each computer start
SEE ALSO login(1), issue(5), motd(5).
Debian 2007-04-28 MOTD.TAIL(5)