A simplification
Variables in command arguments should be in "quotes" to avoid potential problems with special characters, for example
And in the next line, go for "$basename.forces" or "$basename".forces or "$file".
Dear All,
I'm trying to write a script that searches thru a directory looking for a most recent file and then scp that file.
I have the scp working, but I don't know how to browse the directory and select the most recent file.
The file name includes a date & time stamp (e.g.... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I'm trying to write a script that reads filenames from a file and use these filenames in a loop. The filenames are all on one line and the problem is that these filenames have wildcards like * and braces like in them.
Right now what I'm doing is something like this:
echo "reading from... (0 Replies)
Hi
I'm trying to call my files from different directories in my script.
Can you please help me.
Here is my script:
#!/bin/bash
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#This script allows the user... (1 Reply)
i get a name from user first name : last name, in this format. Now i am saving this to a file. what i want is, I do not want to save any name if I already have one entry o that same name..what should i do
for example
user give robert fernandez
this will save in file as robert:fernandez.
if... (5 Replies)
How can I get a bash script to wait and read and count $i messages that a running program (drbl clonezilla) sends to the console (terminal) and only then move on to the next line in the script when the count is matched (the next line is the last line of the script and is a reboot)?
The script... (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to read a .csv file which has some 6 columns.
Eg: samp.csv
one, two, three, four
six, seven, eight, nine
I used the following code,
for line in `cat samp.csv`
do
echo "$line"
done
It displays every comma seperated values in each line like,
one,... (1 Reply)
I have the following code and I am calling it using
./raytrac.bash -u
and getting problems. For some reason opt_usage is still 0.
opt_usage=0
iarg=0
narg=$#
while (($iarg < $narg))
do
(( iarg = $iarg + 1 ))
arg=$argv
usrInputFlag=`echo $arg | awk '/=/ {print 1}; ! /=/... (22 Replies)
I've a file in linux with following text:
;ip address hostname put-location alt-put-location tftpserver
192.168.1.1 r01-lab1-net /mnt/nas1/fgbu/ /opt/fgbu/devicebackup 192.168.1.254Now I want to read these values and assign them to particular variables... (6 Replies)
Hello, I have a file in the following format
id sample platform R1 R2 gene1 gene2 gene3
1 abc llumina R1_001.fastq.gz R2_001.fastq.gz apoe prnpp asp
2 def llumina R1_001.fastq.gz R2_001.fastq.gz apoe prnpp
3 ghi llumina ... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
basename
basename(3C) Standard C Library Functions basename(3C)NAME
basename - return the last element of a path name
SYNOPSIS
#include <libgen.h>
char *basename(char *path);
DESCRIPTION
The basename() function takes the pathname pointed to by path and returns a pointer to the final component of the pathname, deleting any
trailing '/' characters.
If the string consists entirely of the '/' character, basename() returns a pointer to the string "/" .
If path is a null pointer or points to an empty string, basename() returns a pointer to the string "." .
RETURN VALUES
The basename() function returns a pointer to the final component of path.
USAGE
The basename() function may modify the string pointed to by path, and may return a pointer to static storage that may then be overwritten
by a subsequent call to basename().
When compiling multithreaded applications, the _REENTRANT flag must be defined on the compile line. This flag should only be used in mul-
tithreaded applications.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Examples for Input String and Output String
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Input String | Output String |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|"/usr/lib" |"lib" |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|"/usr/" |"usr" |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|"/" |"/" |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO basename(1), dirname(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 24 Jul 2002 basename(3C)