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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to create a new system of directory structure for example
mkdir -p ./iv.sac/resu/hhz.d
However, I think that `mkdir -p` overwrites the directories. I want to avoid that
and am doing something as follows in my bash script
echo -e "\nCreating directories:" ... (6 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
how can i move "dataName".sql.gz into a folder called 'database' and then move "$fileName".tar.gz * .htaccess into a folder called 'www' with the entire gzipped file being "$fileName".tar.gz? Is this doable or overly complex.
so
mydemo--2015-03-23-1500.tar.gz
> database
-... (5 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
i'm trying to write a script that has 2 variables, and uses the 1st variable as a number and the 2nd a name to create directories. so if you typed in ./myscript 5 week, it would create 5 directories named week1 - week5. whenever i run this, i get an error message saying week5 already exists, so i... (3 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi,
I am looking for a way of creating multiple directories using the mkdir -p command in a shell script.
I'm working with an Ubuntu machine and try to do something like that:
#!/bin/sh
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am looking for the syntax to provide a timestamped log_file in expect.
Basically I want the equivalent of:
/outputs/`date +%d%m%y`/session`date +%H%M`
But scripted in expect so it can be handed over to the logfile function.
I have tried playing around with the timestamp... (1 Reply)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have an interesting requirement. I have declaried an array like :-
arr=`find . ! -name "." | xargs -I {} echo {} | cut -c 2-${#}`
Then i will try to access the array elements like :-
i=0
for i in ${arr}; do
Here comes the confusions, the array elements are basically dir and files stored... (2 Replies)
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7. Homework & Coursework Questions
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1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data:
Ok i need to create a directory within another directory in one command. I'm already in a directory to. I need to... (6 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have many pdf files with similar naming conventions as this one: AC41_AC85_86_AC128_129_MC171_173_SF_207_FMV.pdf. It is a pdf file containing evaluations for these locations: AC41, AC85, AC86, AC128, AC129, MC171, and MC173.
I want to create a directory for every location and put the... (3 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Can someone help me with creating a bash shell script.
I need to create a script that gets a positive number n as an argument.
The script must create n directories in the current directory with names like map_1, map_2 etcetera. Each directory must be contained within its predecessor. So... (7 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
how do i create directories using command in my unix system, i could do with knowing how to do it with absolute pathnames and relative pathnames please (3 Replies)
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