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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I wish to take a backup of the file when someone tries to modify a file say /tmp/test.txt using vi, vim, cat, copy, mv commands.
I'm aware of inotify which will notify me of any changes to the file however, I wish to make a backup before and not after the changes are made to the file.
I... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mohtashims
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I have built up my own little "cloud" for my family as the amount of computers grows all day. By now we use 3 smartphones, 2 notebooks und 4 PCs, so this "home cloud" was made to store all personal data (photos, documents,...) and do a backup once in a while. It is running on a Ubuntu... (1 Reply)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want a script shell to automate modifying httpd.conf file for
several instances of apache, save httpd.file before changing it, after
modifying it and then restart apache.
- Replace ServerRoot "xxxx" by ServerRoot "yyyy" of all directories :
"... (4 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a text file which is following format -
COL VAL
ABC 1
ABC 2
ABC 3
ABC 4
ABC 5
My requirement is to search for a particular value (provided by user) in the file and comment the previous entries including that as well.
E.g. If I search for number 3, then the output... (6 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to read data from a file called "test.csv" through shell script where the file contains values like name,price,descriptor etc. There are rows where descriptor (& in some rows name) are written as string & other characters like "car_+" OR "bike*" etc where it should contains strings like... (3 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear all,
I have a database with thousands of files with the structure of name is:
Filename_hour_year.abc
Filename_hour_year_1.abc
..............
So what I need is how to write a script that all file with contain the character "_1" will copy to "_2"
For example: file name:... (7 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I want to copy some files from a Folder say, /usr/X at random intervals to another location.
Basically, new files will be dumped at random intervals to location /usr/X and I have to copy those new files to some other location (after copying, I cannot delete those files from source... (2 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear Friends,
I am beginner in Perl and trying to find the problem in a script. Kindly help me to modify the script. My script is not giving the output for the last field and followed text (LA: Language English). Input file & script as follows:
Input file:
Thu Mar 19 2:34:14 EDT 2009
STC... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: srsahu75
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I want to grep for a line and copy and paste that line.
for Example
---- file abc.txt ----
host=atlx1 sid=atld1 mail=abc@abc.com
host=atlx2 sid=atld2 mail=xyz@abc.com
host=atlx3 sid=atld3 mail=def@abc.com
host=atlx4 sid=atld4 mail=mno@abc.com
--- end of file abc.txt ----
Now I... (16 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
i am using SuonOS and ksh.
i need to add data into a file(s.txt) using a shell script. i have to pass 3 parameters and these 3 paramaters should add into the file at end of the file.
File s.txt is look like,
---------------------------------
column1|column2|column3
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Discussion started by: syamkp
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