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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi all,
i had the below script
x=`cat input.txt |wc -1`
awk 'NR>1 && NR<'$x' ' input.txt > output.txt
by using above script i am able to remove the head and tail part from the input file and able to append the output to the output.txt but if i run it for second time the output is... (2 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I looked into the sticky bit, but I think, if possible, that I would prefer to have the file recreate itself after deletion. The file is several directories deep, and from time to time the top level directory will be trashed. I need the file to recreate after this. Is it possible to perhaps... (13 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I saw many post about this but could not find a specific answer to this question.
i have the following code
find . -depth -name "$FILEEXT" -ctime -30 -exec rm {} \;
when i type ./deletefiles.sh *.txt for example, it will find all the txt files less than 30 days old and delete them.
my... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: new2learn09
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi Everyone,
Please help me with this. I have gone through many posts here but couldn't find what I wanted.
I have a file with 79000+ lines and I want to delete lines in a pattern.
I want to delete every 141st line in the file, starting from line 2000 till 50000.
Please help guys.
... (8 Replies)
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5. Programming
How do I write a C program that will watch a directory for file creation/deletion? Maybe it would receive a signal when someone creates a file?
thanks,
Siegfried (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: siegfried
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I got help in another forum but now I need further help so I figured I'd ask here. I had to write a script to delete certain filenames of certain size. I got this far..
find . -size 110c -name "*testing*" -print | xargs -n 1 rm -i
It finds the correct files, but the prompts to delete are all... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: NycUnxer
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am using unix via telnet ssh and i have a problem
I was testing the server.
I made a directory.
Transfered a file from an ftp to it.
Opened the file with the vi text editor
--This where my problem came.....
I tried deleting the file using rm somefile.htm
when is typed ls i noticed that... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: shdwsclan
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
OS: Solaris 8
I deleted a large file (around 13 Gigs) from my system.
But the output of df -k remains the same. The
capacity % is constant. However one strange thing
is happening- My available space is decreasing, my used
space in increasing (The opposite should happen).
This is happening... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: run_time_error
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there guys. I'm quite new in using unix and just recently experienced missing file problem. Someone accidentally or likely intentionally deleted one specific folders that contains important file. Now my question is, can any other user aside from root can do such action? Please help. ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rhomel101
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
In a shell script I am makin use of 3 files f1,f2 and f3.txt.
When the Unix server is restarted I want to delete all these 3
files if they are existing.
( I suppose I will have to use this command
rm /thefilepath/f*
but dont know in which script to use.)
Anyone knows what can be... (6 Replies)
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