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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I used rm * and it deleted the files in the directory but gives and error message for unsuccessful subdirectory deletion.
"rm: cannot remove 'DirectoryName': Is a directory"
I dont want to explicitly get the above error.
What are the modifications I have to do in the rm command? (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Assume I want to remove a whole directory tree beginning with /foo/bar/
The directory or sub-directories may contain files.
The top directory /foo/bar/ itself should not be deleted.
rm -f- r /foo/bar
does not work because it requires a directory tree without files.
How does it work... (3 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
i need to move two types of files from a directory.
I have used the below command to find the files from the directory..
SOURCE_DIR="some directory path"
TARGET_DIR="Target Dir"
Datestamp=Date_format
find $SOURCE_DIR \( -name "*.log" -o -name "*.out" ) - exec ls -1 {} \;
now i... (9 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all.
Am doing continuous backup of mailboxes using rsync.
So whenever a new mail arrives it is automatically copied on backup server.
When a new mail arrives it is named as xyz:2, when it is read by the email client an S is appended xyz:2,S
Eventually , 2 copies of the same file exist on... (7 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have some empty files that were created from a script I ran that I cannot delete using the rm command.... any ideas as how I can delete them?
-rw-r--r-- 1 schroeks x_exp 0 Jul 21 08:24 rrd15CEC
-rw-r--r-- 1 schroeks x_exp 0 Jul 21 11:37 rrd15CEC
-rw-r--r-- ... (20 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to remove several directories which contains sun-dirs and files inside.
I used the command rm -r <dirname>
But, it always ask "examine file in directory <dirname> yes/no?" line by line.
So, i need to write "y" for every line.
How can i skip this step and remove all directories with... (9 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have the following question. Considder that in the directory /code the script remove.pl exists. What i want is to run this script and remove some files that exist in the directory /dir/tmp. I use the below code but it does not work.
system("cd /dir/code");
system("rm FileName");
... (6 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi
I have a problem. One of the directories in /var, on one of my servers, has filled up with loads of files. I have tried to list the directory to see what is in it, but the 'ls' command just hangs. Same thing happens when I try to use 'rm' to remove files from that directory.
I can see what... (2 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello
I'm new to this forum, so I did a quick scan of the FAQs to see if my problem had been addressed already, since I believe it is probably a very common need. I was surprised that I did not see anything obvious.
I need to remove all files from a directory that have a last modified date... (2 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ppl.
I have to check for duplicate files in a directory .
the directory has following files
/the/folder /containing/the/file
a1.yyyymmddhhmmss
a1.yyyyMMddhhmmss
b1.yyyymmddhhmmss
b2.yyyymmddhhmmss
c.yyyymmddhhmmss
d.yyyymmddhhmmss
d.yyyymmddhhmmss
where the date time stamp can be... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: asinha63
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