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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
What is the difference ../directory path and ./directory path in ksh? (1 Reply)
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2. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
i was attempting to extract a directory path that was passed from a parameter with this code
vdir=`dirname $p1`
echo current directory $vdir
it does not work when the parameter passed has wild card on it.
for example
$ sh sample1.sh "/sbin/log/c*.log"
dirname: extra operand... (2 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hello,
I am creating a file with all the source folders included in my git branch, when i grep for the used source, i found source included as relative path instead of absolute path, how can convert relative path to absolute path without changing directory to that folder and using readlink -f ? ... (4 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
I'm brand new to AIX and I looked up how to print this file and it was working but now I'm not able to do it all of a sudden. the file name is rom1.txt so this is what i wrote in the command line and I know I'm in the right directory. In bold is what I seem to be messing up with.
prod @ root... (3 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
My input is as below :
/splunk/scrubbed/rebate/IFIND.REBTE.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/rebate/IFIND.REBTE.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/loyal/IFIND.HELLO.WROC.txt
/splunk/scrubbed/triumph/ifind.triumph.txt
From the above input I want to extract the file names only .
Basically I want to... (5 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a file abcd.txt which has contents in the form of full path file names i.e.
$home> vi abcd.txt
/a/b/c/r1.txt
/q/w/e/r2.txt
/z/x/c/r3.txt
Now I want to retrieve only the directory path name for each row
i.e
/a/b/c/
/q/w/e/
How to get the same through shell script?... (7 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello,
i have a configuration file app.conf under /tmp, containing values like :
param1=/data/something
param2=/data/somethingelse
i have a bash script that has to list the files under the path that corresponds to param2 :
#!/bin/bash
dir=$(cat tmp/app.conf | grep param2 | sed ... (6 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Could anyone help me in writing a single line code by either using (sed, awk, perl or whatever) to extract a specific path from the PATH environment variable?
for eg: suppose the PATH is being set as follows
PATH=/usr/bin/:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/java:/usr/bin/perl3.4
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
I have a file path like usr/scripts/pass/bin and usr/scripts/pass/line
I want to extract first three characters using sed
Like for path usr/scripts/pass/bin i want to extract usr/scripts/pass
and for path usr/scripts/pass/line i want to extract usr/scripts/pass (10 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
What is the smartest way to just extract file name from a full path name.
e.g. if I have
/usr/sanjay/bin/file_name.c
I want only file_name.c
Sanjay (2 Replies)
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