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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How to get the current directory Path in your prompt?
i am getting a $ mark only in my prompt?
Please help me with this (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Abhishek0683
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have a c program executable which I need to run inside a shell script.
But the c program runs in a subshell because of which all the actions done by the c program is not available to the current shell.
Is there any way to execute a C program binary executable in the current shell? (4 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
In ubuntu, I want to update the title of the terminal window with the current directory path. Any ideas how this can be achieved?
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Done it
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Discussion started by: kristinu
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
If I enter (simplified):
find . -printf "%p\n"
then all files in the output are prepended by a "." like
./local/share/test23.log
How can achieve that
a.) the leading "./" is omitted
and/or
b.) the full path to the current directory is inserted (enclosed by brackets and a blank)... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pstein
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I need to mark a file with it's current location in the file system before being moved.
This will enable the file to be restored back to it's original location.
Can anyone provide any ideas about the best way to do this, at present i'm trying to use readlink -m to strip off the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: skinnygav
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6. Programming
Hi,
my C++ program does some memory consuming tasks and runs several minutes.
During execution time, I want to print information on the current memory consumption and peak memory consumption of my program into a logfile.
How can I retrieve this information, i.e. which functions are available... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: DarthVader77
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Looking for a command which shows the current path of other users.
Similiar to the PWD command.
Need to be able to see which part of the system the user is logged on to.
Thanks
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Discussion started by: Gandalf77
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys
I'm trying to move an empty directory to the $TRASH directory. Say the directory i have is ./hello/hello1/hello2 and i'm in hello2, and i want hello2 moved.
this code:
TRASH=$home/deleted
find "$TRASH/$1" -type d -exec rmdir { } \; 2>/dev/null
mv -f $1 $TRASH 2>/dev/null
works... (2 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
By default FIND command searches for matching files in all the subdirectories within the specified path.
Is there a way to restrict FIND command's search path to only the specified directory and NOT TO scan its subdirectories.
Any help would be more than appreciated.
Thanks and Regards (2 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Folks,
In a Unix (ksh) script, is there a way to determine the current working directory path of another logged-in user? Of course, I can use "pwd" to find my own path. But, how do I find it for another active user?
Thanks for any input you can provide. LY (6 Replies)
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