1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

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)