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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
TARGET_DIR='/media/andy/MAXTOR_SDB1/Ubuntu_Mate_18.04/'
REGEX='{4}-{2}-{2}_{2}:{2}' # regular expression that match to: date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M'
LATEST_FILE="$(ls "$TARGET_DIR" | egrep "^${REGEX}$" | tail -1)"
find "$TARGET_DIR" ! -name "$LATEST_FILE" -type f -regextype egrep -regex... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: drew77
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2. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
So, I have text files,
one "fail.txt"
And one
"color.txt"
I now want to use a command line (DOS) to remove ANY line that is PRESENT IN BOTH from each text file.
Afterwards there shall be no duplicate lines. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: pasc
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
In a directory, e.g. ~/corpus is a lot of files and subdirectories. Some of the files are named:
12345___PP___0902___AA.txt
12346___PP___0902___AA. txt
12347___PP___0902___AA. txt
The amount of files varies. I need to keep the highest (12347___PP___0902___AA. txt) and remove... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: corfuitl
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello again, I am wanting to remove all duplicate blocks of XML code in a file. This is an example:
input:
<string-array name="threeItems">
<item>item1</item>
<item>item2</item>
<item>item3</item>
</string-array>
<string-array name="twoItems">
<item>item1</item>
<item>item2</item>... (19 Replies)
Discussion started by: raidzero
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Dear All,
I have multiple files having number of records, consist of more than 10 columns some column values are duplicate and i want to remove these duplicate values from these files.
Duplicate values may come in different files.... all files laying in single directory..
Need help to... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: arvindng
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I wrote a basic script that works however I am was wondering if it could be sped up. I am comparing files over ssh to remove the file from the source server directory if a match occurs. Please Advise me on my mistakes.
#!/bin/bash
for file in `ls /export/home/podcast2/"$1" ` ; do
... (5 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have been struggling with a script for removing duplicate messages from a shared mailbox.
I would like to search for duplicate messages based on the “Message-ID” string within the messages files.
I have managed to find the duplicate “Message-ID” strings and (if I would like) delete... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: spangberg
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
is it possible to remove all duplicate lines from all txt files in a specific folder?
This is too hard for me maybe someone could help.
lets say we have an amount of textfiles 1 or 2 or 3 or... maximum 50
each textfile has lines with text.
I want all lines of all textfiles... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: lowmaster
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need help with a script which accepts one argument and goes through all the files under a directory and prints a list of possible duplicate files As its output, it prints zero or more lines, each one containing a space-separated list of filenames. All the files listed on one line have the same... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: trueman82
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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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biff(1) General Commands Manual biff(1)
NAME
biff - Notifies users when mail arrives
SYNOPSIS
biff [y | n]
DESCRIPTION
The biff command informs the system whether you want to be notified when mail arrives during the current terminal session. The following
command enables notification: biff y
The following command disables notification: biff n
When mail notification is enabled, the From: and Subject: header lines and up to the first five lines of the message are displayed. The
total display is 560 characters, or seven lines terminated by newline characters, whichever occurs first.
The biff y command is often included in the $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file to be executed each time you log in.
The biff command operates asynchronously. For synchronous notification, use the MAIL variable of sh or ksh, or the mail variable of csh.
EXAMPLES
To display the current setting, enter: biff To be notified during the current terminal session whenever mail arrives, enter the following
in your $HOME/.login or $HOME/.profile file: biff y
FILES
Read by login shell (after login. User profile.
SEE ALSO
Commands: comsat(8), csh(1), ksh(1), mail(1), mailx(1), Bourne Shell sh(1b), POSIX Shell sh(1p)
biff(1)