Try creating a reverse list first of files to be deleted:
The files in "textfile" need to be in sorted order
Then check if it is correct and then delete those files...
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@sea: Doing a grep in a loop for millions of files in a file with millions of file names is going to take for ever, also += for string operations is bash / ksh93 /zsh only.
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I am using CVSWeb on HPUnix.
When i access it, all directories are listed but files are not listed.
I am getting the error "NOTE: There are 51 files, but none matches the current tag. "
in tomcat sevrer log i am getting the message "rlog warning: Missing revision or branch number after -r"... (0 Replies)
Hi,
Say I have this text file <copy.out> that contains a list of files/directories to be copied out to a different location.
$ more copy.out
dir1/file1
dir1/file2
dir1/file3
"dir1/white space"
dir1/file4
If I do the following:
$copy=`more copy.out`
$echo $copy
dir1/file1... (4 Replies)
I have many pdf's scattered across 4 machines. There is 1 location where I have other Pdf's maintained. But the issues it the 4 machines may have duplicate pdf's among themselves, but I want just 1 copy of each so that they can be transfered to that 1 location.
What I have thought is:
1) I have... (11 Replies)
Hi,
I have a data file that lists a number of files. I want to move the files named in that one to another directory. Here's what I have:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
open(FILE, "<collision.txt");
my @lines=<FILE>;
foreach my $lines (@lines) {
system("mv $lines collisions/.");
}
close(FILE);
... (2 Replies)
I have a list of mail ids in text file and want a ksh script that reads this text file and sends a mail to all mail ids with same subject line and content.
I am using UX-HP machine and KSH.
Thanks for help in advance! (5 Replies)
I am trying to write a script that will copy all file listed in a text file (100s of file names) to a new directory
Assume script will run with main as current working directory and I know how many files/lines will be in List.txt
Im trying to work up a test script using this model
Contents of... (2 Replies)
hi,
I need a help. I used this command to list all the log files which are for more than 10 days to a text file.
find /usr/script_test -type f -mtime +10>>/usr/ftprm.txt
I want all these files listed in the ftprm.txt to be ftp in another machine and then rm the files.
Anyone can help me... (8 Replies)
I would really appreciate any assistance that I can get here.
I am fairly new to perl. I am trying to rewrite my shell scripts to perl.
Currently I have a shell script (using sed, awk, grep, etc) that gets a list of all of the zone files in a directory and then looks in named.conf for what... (0 Replies)
Hi Team,
Here's the scenario,
I have a text file called "file_list.txt". Its content is as follows.
111.tmp
112.tmp
113.tmp
114.tmp
These files will present in "workdir" directory. It has many files. But only the files present in file_list.txt has to be deleted from the workdir... (7 Replies)
I have a directory that is restricted and I cannot just copy the files need, but I can cat them and redirect them to a new directory. The files all have the date listed in them. If I perform a long listing and grep for the date (150620) I can redirect that output to a text file. Now I need to... (5 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
install-info
INSTALL-INFO(1) User Commands INSTALL-INFO(1)NAME
install-info - update info/dir entries
SYNOPSIS
install-info [OPTION]... [INFO-FILE [DIR-FILE]]
DESCRIPTION
Install or delete dir entries from INFO-FILE in the Info directory file DIR-FILE.
OPTIONS --delete
delete existing entries for INFO-FILE from DIR-FILE; don't insert any new entries.
--dir-file=NAME
specify file name of Info directory file. This is equivalent to using the DIR-FILE argument.
--entry=TEXT
insert TEXT as an Info directory entry. TEXT should have the form of an Info menu item line plus zero or more extra lines starting
with whitespace. If you specify more than one entry, they are all added. If you don't specify any entries, they are determined
from information in the Info file itself.
--help display this help and exit.
--info-file=FILE
specify Info file to install in the directory. This is equivalent to using the INFO-FILE argument.
--info-dir=DIR
same as --dir-file=DIR/dir.
--item=TEXT
same as --entry TEXT. An Info directory entry is actually a menu item.
--quiet
suppress warnings.
--remove
same as --delete.
--section=SEC
put this file's entries in section SEC of the directory. If you specify more than one section, all the entries are added in each of
the sections. If you don't specify any sections, they are determined from information in the Info file itself.
--version
display version information and exit.
REPORTING BUGS
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. Texinfo home page:
http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software under the terms of the GNU
General Public License. For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for install-info is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and install-info programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info install-info
should give you access to the complete manual.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Availability | SUNWtexi |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Volatile |
+--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES
Source for texinfo is available on http://opensolaris.org.
install-info 4.7 April 2004 INSTALL-INFO(1)