1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm using the following command to zip a project file, but when it finishes, the resulting zip file contains all the directories above the file I wanted zipped, myapp.app, each one empty until you get to the actual app. zip -r myapp.app.zip ... (0 Replies)

2. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions

I'm trying to ftp a file from Solaris to Windows XP Pro using SFU and the command that I used is as follows: ftp -n “host” << cmd user “loginname” “password” cd Directory ls filename error bye cmd If the filename does not exist, it shows the following output: Output to local-file:... (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi guys i am trying using this awk command which works perfectly on unix awk '$1>=dt' dt="2007-12-03" filename but when i run same command for same file under SFU it does nothing simply prints the file ( just like cat command ) i am not getting why ? any way i used sed for same ( little... (5 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

hi all: my solaris FIND does not support find myFolder -type d -empty how can i find the empty folders? thanks! (7 Replies)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi I'm trying to remove empty sub-folders from 1 main folder using the find method, but the "- empty" parameter isn't recognized by my Unix version. Any idea how to implement such thing? Thanks. (3 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hey there! I try to use 'find' to remove empty directories like this: find . -depth -type d -empty -exec rm -rf {} ';' It works just fine, but there are some directories i want to exclude. So i tried to do sth like this: find . -depth -type d -empty -exec grep -v "not this one please" -exec... (5 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

In current folder, there are many subfolders, subfolder's subfolders... under it. How can I find out the empty folders with no files in it. I only need the top folder list. For example, I have folders like below: a/b/c a/b/x/x.txt a/s a/s/y I need get the folder a/s, but not... (6 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello, I have a folder that contains all my music. Recently, I started using a different media player, and I let it manage my music folder. It has sorted all my music neatly in folders by artist and album. However, all the old folders that the songs used to be in are still there, yet they are... (2 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hey, I need help with writing a shell script that deletes empty folders..anyone? :) Thank you! (5 Replies)

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have an amount of folders and I want to delete only the empty ones. But I have more than 200 empty folders, so I would preffer do not delete one by one... I know it is possible, but I don't know how. I've tried with the size, using 'du' command, and saving the result in a file. After that, I made... (3 Replies)