Thanks Jim. I was thinking it might be as difficult as you say. When I've posted the complete situation over the past few days, I get responses that suggest I should not want to know this or do this. As an enthusiast I like to explore and learn, so thought I would try to ask a much more direct technical question to avoid being scolded. :-)
Attached are several of my posts from a more thorough thread I started last week that might answer any questions you have. Sorry it is so long.
I've had these similar data errors on a MacBook 2006 10.6.8, a MacBook 2010 10.8.x, and a two week old MacBook Pro 10.10.5. The older ones have been cleaned up with install of OS. Because of our hack history here I was trying to learn more about this.
The purpose of those comands are to find the newest file in a directory acvrdind to system date, and it has to be recursively found in each directory.
The problem is that i want to list in a long format every found file, but the commands i use produce unexpected results ,so the output lists in a... (5 Replies)
Hi ,
I have a typical situation. I have 4 files and with different headers (number of headers is varible ).
I need to make such a merged file which will have headers combined from all files (comman coluns should appear once only).
For example -
File 1
H1|H2|H3|H4
11|12|13|14
21|22|23|23... (1 Reply)
I have to find the specific formatted file is present in the received list in the directory, for which I have written:
file_list=`ls -lrt /tmp/vinay/act/files |grep "$cdate"| awk '{print $9}'`
while read fileStr
do
find $file_list $fileStr > /dev/null
status=`echo $?`
if ; then
... (3 Replies)
Hi All,
We are copying all the files into ARCHIVE directory after we process them. We are doing this process from last 2 years, now we have a lot of files in ARCHIVE directory.
Now I need to find when the first file is copied into this directory?
If I Issue,
ls -l /ARCHIVE/*.* | tail -1... (3 Replies)
I have an issue with a korn shell script that I am writing. The script parses through a configuration file which lists a heap of path/directories for some files which need to be FTP'd. Now the script needs to check whether there are any files which have not been processed and are X minutes old.
... (2 Replies)
Hi ,
I have a .txt file in which I have multiple headers, the header record starts with $ symbol...like the first column name is $Account.
I have to keep the header in the first line and delete all the remaining headers which are in the file.
I tried using sort adc.txt | uniq -u , but my... (7 Replies)
Hi I need to merge 4 files. The issue i am facing is all the files have headers and i do not want them in the final output file. Can anybody suggest how to do it? (5 Replies)
Hi All,
In the file names we have dates.
Based on the file format given by the user,
if any file is not existed for a particular date with in a given interval we should consider that file is missing.
I have the below files in the directory /bin/daily/voda_files.
... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: nalu
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LEARN ABOUT OSX
softwareupdate
softwareupdate(8) BSD System Manager's Manual softwareupdate(8)NAME
softwareupdate -- system software update tool
SYNOPSIS
softwareupdate command [args ...]
DESCRIPTION
Software Update checks for new and updated versions of your software based on information about your computer and current software.
Invoke softwareupdate by specifying a command followed by zero or more args.
softwareupdate requires admin authentication for all commands except --list. If you run softwareupdate as a normal admin user, you will be
prompted for a password where required. Alternatively, you can run softwareupdate as root and avoid all further authentication prompts.
The following commands are available:
-l | --list
List all available updates.
-i | --install
Each update specified by args is downloaded and installed. args can be one of the following:
-r | --recommended
All updates that are recommended for your system. These are prefixed with a * character in the --list output.
-a | --all All updates that are applicable to your system, including those non-recommended ones, which are prefixed with a -
character in the --list output. (Non-recommended updates are uncommon in any case.)
item ... One or more specified updates. The --list output shows the item names you can specify here, prefixed by the * or -
characters. See EXAMPLES.
-d | --download
Each update specified by args is downloaded but not installed. The values of args are the same as for the --install command.
Updates downloaded with --download can be subsequently installed with --install, or through the App Store (as long as they remain
applicable to your system). Updates are downloaded to /Library/Updates, but are not designed to be installed by double-clicking
the packages in that directory: always use --install or the App Store to actually perform the install.
--ignore identifier ...
Manages the per-machine list of ignored updates. The identifier is the first part of the item name (before the dash and version
number) that is shown by --list. See EXAMPLES.
--reset-ignored
Clears the per-machine list of ignored updates.
--schedule on | off
Manages the per-machine automatic (background) check preference.
-h | --help
Print command usage.
EXAMPLES
The following examples are shown as given to the shell:
softwareupdate --list
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2012 Apple Inc.
Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* MacBookAirEFIUpdate2.4-2.4
MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update (2.4), 3817K [recommended] [restart]
* ProAppsQTCodecs-1.0
ProApps QuickTime codecs (1.0), 968K [recommended]
* JavaForOSX-1.0
Java for OS X 2012-005 (1.0), 65288K [recommended]
sudo softwareupdate --install JavaForOSX-1.0
Software Update Tool
Copyright 2002-2012 Apple Inc.
Finding available software
Downloading Java for OS X 2012-005
Downloaded Java for OS X 2012-005
Installing Java for OS X 2012-005
Done with Java for OS X 2012-005
Done.
sudo softwareupdate --ignore JavaForOSX
Ignored updates:
(JavaForOSX)
sudo softwareupdate --schedule
Automatic check is on
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