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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am getting No such file or directory if my variable contains white spaces... Is there a way to fix this?
This works
x="1.md5"
md5sum -c "$x"
This, does not
x="23\ 5\ 6\ 7\ 8\ 9\ 10.md5"
md5sum -c "$x"
md5sum: '23\ 5\ 6\ 7\ 8\ 9\ 10.md5': No such file or directory
How do I fix... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: soichiro
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I would like to make a script that searches through a SRC folder and copies only files it's never seen before to a DEST folder.
SRC = /user/.phonesync/photos-backup
DST = /usr/.phonesync/photos-new
So basically, I'd start with a:
md5sum /user/.phonesync/photos-backup/* >... (29 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I need to download multiple files from an FTP server but occasionally they arrive in error so I need to perform an integrity check. I've been attempting to write a bash script that does the following:
Downloads all files including those in sub directories
Perform md5sum using... (4 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
I found something very weird!
Should I report that as a bug or is it me misusing the command?
I've got a file with a backslash in its name.
I know it's a horrible policy but it's not me.
The file came from a mac computer because this is a backup server.
Anyway, when using... (8 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to download a file and make the filename of the file be the md5sum of the URL. I know to use wgets to download the file but I do not know how to do the rest...any help would be appreciated. (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
This is not a typical question. I have a fully working script but I'm interested in optimizing it.
I frequently back up photos and movies from my digital camera and cell phone to both my home/work desktops, laptops, wife's netbook, and my home NAS and often end up with multiple versions of the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Michael Stora
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ok, I run a small script, that restarts a perl script when it fails (it's a very unreliable perl script, but I can't change it, it's crucial, and I don't know perl)
It outputs data into a logfile. Unfortunately, it also regularly hangs. This is a major problem because if it hangs, no data is... (6 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
so I have within my script a little md5sum check...
find . ! -type d -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum
And I want it to compare the generated values against a file so I'm trying...
find . ! -type d -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum -c files.md5
I generated this file by redirecting the output of the... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: blowFish@ubuntu
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I wish to seach a Dir for a specific file, once the file is found i will perform additional logic. If the file is not found within two hours, i would like to exit.
Logically, I'm looking for the best way to approach this
Thanks for any assistance in advance.
Note: I'm using a C shell and... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: mmarsh
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
i downloaded a Linux distribution from a FTP site today, and i found there is a file named MD5SUM in the same directory, with the following contents:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
c9a4d963a49e384e10dec9c2bd49ad73 valhalla-SRPMS-disc1.iso
41b03d068e84d2a17147aa27e704f79b ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: samprax
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