execution syntax for FileRemove.sh in my program: sh FileRemove.sh XYZ*.txt
But nowadays $2 getting passed as old file and $1 getting passed as new file. Because of this I'm deleting my new file in script instead of old file.
First: what should the script do if the glob you use does not evaluate to exactly two files?
But supposing it does, if you want to sort according to time and not according to name then use the -tr (sort for time, reversed order) of ls and sort your arguments according to this, regardless of which position they arrive at. Notice that it does pay to build at least a modicum of error-checking into your code (i know, you haven't asked about that, but it still is a good idea.):
Just in case you don't use Korn shell: you should have said which shell you use. The translation of this to any other shell is left as an exercise to the reader.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
Last edited by bakunin; 01-12-2019 at 07:21 AM..
Reason: corrected an error, thanks to RudiC for the catch
I would like to process a list of files matching: GPS*\.xyz with an awk script. I would then like to output the files to GPS*\.xyz.out (e.g. the same file name appended with .out). Something like:
awk '{if(NR==1) {offset=-$1}; $1=$1+offset; print }' GPS*.xyz
this does exactly what I want EXCEPT... (3 Replies)
I am on HP-UX and I am trying to come up with a method to call in a list of files named like so.
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Hi,
I have a requirement where i need to write a script to create the new file from the given input file with the data in reverse order (bottom to top)
Sample data:
Input File--------------
Java
VB
Oracle
Teradata
Informatica
Output file:-----------------
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Teradata
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Hi guys,
Here is a simple script. It writes the current time to specific files in a directory.
The arguments are the names of the files to write the date to (without path nor extension).
root:~# cat /usr/local/bin/dummy.sh
#!/bin/sh -e
for file in $@; do
date >> /var/lib/$file.dat... (11 Replies)
hi guys,
jus some file globbing questions
sed "s/^.*on//"
what does the full stop and asterisk means?
i onli know that ^ means inverse or not (1 Reply)
Hello,
I am trying to replace the position of each row by the next row.
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, bionic
I'd appreciate your help.
input_file:
-O fileA
wget http://x.y.z./a
-O fileB
wget http://a.b.c./d
-O fileC
wget http://q.f.s/t
..
..
..
-O fileZZ
wget http://r.t.y/u
I expect: (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: baris35
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS
comm
comm(1) User Commands comm(1)NAME
comm - select or reject lines common to two files
SYNOPSIS
comm [-123] file1 file2
DESCRIPTION
The comm utility reads file1 and file2, which must be ordered in the current collating sequence, and produces three text columns as output:
lines only in file1; lines only in file2; and lines in both files.
If the input files were ordered according to the collating sequence of the current locale, the lines written will be in the collating
sequence of the original lines. If not, the results are unspecified.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-1 Suppresses the output column of lines unique to file1.
-2 Suppresses the output column of lines unique to file2.
-3 Suppresses the output column of lines duplicated in file1 and file2.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
file1 A path name of the first file to be compared. If file1 is -, the standard input is used.
file2 A path name of the second file to be compared. If file2 is -, the standard input is used.
USAGE
See largefile(5) for the description of the behavior of comm when encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2**31 bytes).
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Printing a list of utilities specified by files
If file1, file2, and file3 each contain a sorted list of utilities, the command
example% comm -23 file1 file2 | comm -23 - file3
prints a list of utilities in file1 not specified by either of the other files. The entry:
example% comm -12 file1 file2 | comm -12 - file3
prints a list of utilities specified by all three files. And the entry:
example% comm -12 file2 file3 | comm -23 -file1
prints a list of utilities specified by both file2 and file3, but not specified in file1.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of comm: LANG, LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE,
LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 All input files were successfully output as specified.
>0 An error occurred.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWesu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO cmp(1), diff(1), sort(1), uniq(1), attributes(5), environ(5), largefile(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 3 Mar 2004 comm(1)