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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all.
Am doing continuous backup of mailboxes using rsync.
So whenever a new mail arrives it is automatically copied on backup server.
When a new mail arrives it is named as xyz:2, when it is read by the email client an S is appended xyz:2,S
Eventually , 2 copies of the same file exist on... (7 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I have several thousand files with different extensions in a directory. Is there a single command to get what the various extensions are with a single command.
Thanks for your help!
Best,
Guss (2 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have some empty files that were created from a script I ran that I cannot delete using the rm command.... any ideas as how I can delete them?
-rw-r--r-- 1 schroeks x_exp 0 Jul 21 08:24 rrd15CEC
-rw-r--r-- 1 schroeks x_exp 0 Jul 21 11:37 rrd15CEC
-rw-r--r-- ... (20 Replies)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to remove several directories which contains sun-dirs and files inside.
I used the command rm -r <dirname>
But, it always ask "examine file in directory <dirname> yes/no?" line by line.
So, i need to write "y" for every line.
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I have the following question. Considder that in the directory /code the script remove.pl exists. What i want is to run this script and remove some files that exist in the directory /dir/tmp. I use the below code but it does not work.
system("cd /dir/code");
system("rm FileName");
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6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi
I have a problem. One of the directories in /var, on one of my servers, has filled up with loads of files. I have tried to list the directory to see what is in it, but the 'ls' command just hangs. Same thing happens when I try to use 'rm' to remove files from that directory.
I can see what... (2 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello
I'm new to this forum, so I did a quick scan of the FAQs to see if my problem had been addressed already, since I believe it is probably a very common need. I was surprised that I did not see anything obvious.
I need to remove all files from a directory that have a last modified date... (2 Replies)
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8. 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
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9. HP-UX
Dear All
I am basic user of Unix.
i woul like to delete some files
(basically 05 and 0801111105) from unix directories but unable to delete it
I tried all option. rm , rm -f etc.. but not succeed.
Infact it also not allowing me to use chmod option so that i can grant 777 option to... (1 Reply)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Trying to use the find command to find any directory which contains a file ending in .zip AND a file ending in .o
I'm having trouble specifying multiple files as criteria and have can't seem to figure it out from Unix in a Nutshell and Google. (2 Replies)
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