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 MOJAVE
basename
BASENAME(1) BSD General Commands Manual BASENAME(1)NAME
basename, dirname -- return filename or directory portion of pathname
SYNOPSIS
basename string [suffix]
basename [-a] [-s suffix] string [...]
dirname string
DESCRIPTION
The basename utility deletes any prefix ending with the last slash '/' character present in string (after first stripping trailing slashes),
and a suffix, if given. The suffix is not stripped if it is identical to the remaining characters in string. The resulting filename is
written to the standard output. A non-existent suffix is ignored. If -a is specified, then every argument is treated as a string as if
basename were invoked with just one argument. If -s is specified, then the suffix is taken as its argument, and all other arguments are
treated as a string.
The dirname utility deletes the filename portion, beginning with the last slash '/' character to the end of string (after first stripping
trailing slashes), and writes the result to the standard output.
EXAMPLES
The following line sets the shell variable FOO to /usr/bin.
FOO=`dirname /usr/bin/trail`
DIAGNOSTICS
The basename and dirname utilities exit 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO csh(1), sh(1)STANDARDS
The basename and dirname utilities are expected to be IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'') compatible.
BSD April 18, 1994 BSD