11-27-2005
seems to me your command line is not getting the argument list correctly ... create a small script that does what you want and then alias rm with the script name ... make sure you don't call the script rm also ...
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi folks,
I have the following function ,which generates menu for installation type:
select_install_type()
{
echo
echo ========================================
echo Please select the type of installation:
echo ========================================
... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: nir_s
8 Replies
2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi all, any ideas how we can permanently modify the open files?
bash-2.03$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks) 0
data seg size (kbytes) unlimited
file size (blocks) unlimited
open files 256 <---------------
pipe size (512 bytes) 10
stack size... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: 3rr0r_3rr0r
2 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am very new to Unix and know the basic commands. I have to write a script file and I'm completely lost. The script file is to show the following at the beginning:
Menu of Options
1. Display all files in a user's home directory.
2. Welcome yourself to the program.
3. Display System... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: sinjin
8 Replies
4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am wanting to create a menu that will list all the log files in a specific directory such as /apps/logs.
So it would be something like this:
#!/bin/ksh
print 'Select The Required Log File'
PS3='log? '
select choice in <this is to contain a list of files that are in a directory that... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: markrj
3 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I need your help co create a very small menu somthing that look like this:
1. first step
2. second step
3. last step
from step : ___
to step : ___
If the user choose 1 --> it will echo : Hellow
If the user choose 2 --> it will echo : World
If the user choose 3 --> it will echo... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: yoavbe
4 Replies
6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
hi.........
can anyone suggest me how n where can i find the module used for recycling logs in Unix(some .so file is used i suppose).till date i have done it with scripting but maintaining the script is becoming difficult.
many2 thanx in advance
-manuj (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: manuj upadhyay
2 Replies
7. AIX
Had a bizzare problem last night with one of our tools running on an AIX server that has not come up before. The tool has been in use for over a year without this problem showing up.The tool basically does this: -Kick off a background task and record the PIDGo and do a bunch of other taskswait for... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: steadyonabix
4 Replies
8. Web Development
Hello everyone...I am very new to UNIX hence needs your help in below.
i have written a script to change some configuration in property files and its working fine.but to reflect that change at the application i want to recycle WAS and ihs.i.e. run below start and stop commands at /usr/local/bin ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sanaa
2 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Master of masters,
Thanks for ur reply.
Need ur help for following. Is it possible to create menu for following in linux or a function.
> Look in logs > Status > Action > End Action
> CONFSUCCESS > Success > Show message as successful > Enter to continue
> CONFFAIL > Failure > Show... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: rajeshwebspere
1 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey, im fairly new to unix and Im trying to make this unix project that would display a menu and do the following.
MENU
===========================
(p, P) Print users info
(a, A) Add new user
(s, S) Search user
(d, D) Delete user
(x,X) Exit
Enter your choice:
Trying to... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: ultimaxtrd
3 Replies
WHICH(1) General Commands Manual WHICH(1)
NAME
which - shows the full path of (shell) commands.
SYNOPSIS
which [options] [--] programname [...]
DESCRIPTION
Which takes one or more arguments. For each of its arguments it prints to stdout the full path of the executables that would have been exe-
cuted when this argument had been entered at the shell prompt. It does this by searching for an executable or script in the directories
listed in the environment variable PATH using the same algorithm as bash(1).
This man page is generated from the file which.texinfo.
OPTIONS
--all, -a
Print all matching executables in PATH, not just the first.
--read-alias, -i
Read aliases from stdin, reporting matching ones on stdout. This is useful in combination with using an alias for which itself. For
example
alias which='alias | which -i'.
--skip-alias
Ignore option `--read-alias', if any. This is useful to explicity search for normal binaries, while using the `--read-alias' option in
an alias or function for which.
--read-functions
Read shell function definitions from stdin, reporting matching ones on stdout. This is useful in combination with using a shell func-
tion for which itself. For example:
which() { declare -f | which --read-functions $@ }
export -f which
--skip-functions
Ignore option `--read-functions', if any. This is useful to explicity search for normal binaries, while using the `--read-functions'
option in an alias or function for which.
--skip-dot
Skip directories in PATH that start with a dot.
--skip-tilde
Skip directories in PATH that start with a tilde and executables which reside in the HOME directory.
--show-dot
If a directory in PATH starts with a dot and a matching executable was found for that path, then print "./programname" rather than the
full path.
--show-tilde
Output a tilde when a directory matches the HOME directory. This option is ignored when which is invoked as root.
--tty-only
Stop processing options on the right if not on tty.
--version,-v,-V
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
--help
Print usage information on standard output then exit successfully.
RETURN VALUE
Which returns the number of failed arguments, or -1 when no `programname' was given.
EXAMPLE
The recommended way to use this utility is by adding an alias (C shell) or shell function (Bourne shell) for which like the following:
[ba]sh:
which ()
{
(alias; declare -f) | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --read-functions --show-tilde --show-dot $@
}
export -f which
[t]csh:
alias which 'alias | /usr/bin/which --tty-only --read-alias --show-dot --show-tilde'
This will print the readable ~/ and ./ when starting which from your prompt, while still printing the full path when used from a script:
> which q2
~/bin/q2
> echo `which q2`
/home/carlo/bin/q2
BUGS
The HOME directory is determined by looking for the HOME environment variable, which aborts when this variable doesn't exist. Which will
consider two equivalent directories to be different when one of them contains a path with a symbolic link.
AUTHOR
Carlo Wood <carlo@gnu.org>
SEE ALSO
bash(1)
WHICH(1)