The default between two conditional arguments like -type f or -name xyz is AND.
You can explicitely write -type f -a -name xyz.
The AND makes it necessary to evaluate the second condition if the first condition evaluated TRUE.
The AND has precedence over the -o OR.
If you want to evaluate an OR before an AND you need to work with parenthesis (that must be quoted to escape their special meaning in the shell).
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Hi All,
i am writing a shell script in korn shell
which deletes all the files in a directory
once in every 10DAYS.
the directory has different format files.
the script has something like this;
cd /home/data/pavi
echo "Please Enter the Number of Days to search for"
read DAYS... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I'm using the following command to get a list of files on the system.
find /releases -type f -exec ls -l > /home/sebarry/list.txt '{}' \;
however, its searching a directory I don't want it to search so I know I have to use prune but I don't seem to be able to get prune and exec to work... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I'm using the following command to get a list of files on the system.
find /releases -type f -exec ls -l > /home/sebarry/list.txt '{}' \;
however, its searching a directory I don't want it to search so I know I have to use prune but I don't seem to be able to get prune and exec to work... (2 Replies)
Hi There,
I have a script which finds for log files and removes them if the file has changed in the last day.
The script runs fine without errors. The log file is still there. So, I decided to print the find command and run the command outside the script. Getting "Incomplete statement"
Can you... (6 Replies)
Hi People,
I have a directory full of compressed files (.Z extention)
In many of these files there is a string pattern (3800078163033)
I want to find all file names which contain this string in their text.
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Hi,
I want to write the shell script to change multple file name (the file name is get from DB)
e.g. cp db1.txt file1_new.txt
cp db2.txt file2_new.txt
cp db3.txt file3_new.txt
I have write the script like this:
VAR=`sqlplus -s $LOGON @<<ENDOFTEXT
set termout off
... (0 Replies)
Hi all,
Please could someone help with the following command requirement.
I basically need to find files NEWER than a given file and order the result on time.
My attempt so far is as follows:
find . -newer <file_name> -exec ls -lrt {} ;\
But I dont seem to get the right result... (12 Replies)
Hi,
I have two scripts that remove files. One works fine and is coded
find -name "syst*" -mtime +1 -exec rm {} \;
The other is almost the same - only thing missing is the '\'. On that script though I keep getting:
rm syst1202.file ?
etc
Does the \ make that difference or is it a... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I am trying to find files newer than a given file and them mv them to a new location.
So I far I have:
find . ! -newer <file_name> -exec ls -l {} \;
and
find . ! -newer <file_name> -exec mv /TEMP_LOCATION {} \;
find is not liking this.
Anyone know how to modify the last... (2 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
open
OPEN(1) Linux 1.x OPEN(1)NAME
open - start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
SYNOPSIS
open [-c vtnumber] [-s] [-u] [-l] [-v] [--] command command_options
DESCRIPTION
open will find the first available VT, and run on it the given command with the given command options, standard input, output and error are
directed to that terminal. The current search path ($PATH) is used to find the requested command. If no command is specified then the envi-
ronment variable $SHELL is used.
OPTIONS
-c vtnumber
Use the given VT number and not the first available. Note you must have write access to the supplied VT for this to work.
-s Switch to the new VT when starting the command. The VT of the new command will be made the new current VT.
-u Figure out the owner of the current VT, and run login as that user. Suitable to be called by init. Shouldn't be used with -c or -l.
-l Make the command a login shell. A - is prepended to the name of the command to be executed.
-v Be a bit more verbose.
-w wait for command to complete. If -w and -s are used together then open will switch back to the controlling terminal when the command
completes.
-- end of options to open.
NOTE
If open is compiled with a POSIX (Gnu) getopt() and you wish to set options to the command to be run, then you must supply the end of
options -- flag before the command.
EXAMPLES
open can be used to start a shell on the next free VT, by using the command:
open bash
To start the shell as a login shell, use:
open -l bash
To get a long listing you must supply the -- separator:
open -- ls -l
SEE ALSO login(1), doshell(8), switchto(1).
AUTHOR
Jon Tombs <jon@gtex02.us.es or jon@robots.ox.ac.uk>
-w idea from "sam".
19 Jul 1996 V1.4 OPEN(1)