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Old 01-25-2012
How to suppress the file name when we check for disk space
How to supress the file name when we check for disk space ?

I used this command :
Code:
du -ks /home/dir1/dir2/file.csv

it returns
Code:
13     /home/dir1/dir2/file.csv

Please explain the options too
Last edited by Franklin52; 01-25-2012 at 04:00 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for code and data samples, thank you
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Old 01-25-2012
You may use this:
Code:
du <filename> | awk '{print $1}'

# 3  
Old 01-25-2012
Thank you. I am wondering du command executing in the command line.
But when i gave the same command in .sh file. it is giving

du: cannot access /user/dir1/dir2/file1\r : No such file or directory

i wonder how "\r" comes at the end. Please provide a solution
# 4  
Old 01-25-2012
Please post the output of cat -A <script_file>. This should be the common carriage return problem faced when porting files created on windows to unix.
# 5  
Old 01-25-2012
Code:
du -sk /user/dir1/dir2/file1  -> its working
path="/user/dir1/dir2/file1"
du -sk $path -> working
path=`head -1 export1.tsv | awk '{ print $5 }'`
      du -sk $path  - Not working 
 
cat export.tsv 
 
24-JAN-12       24-JAN-12       "fsjkf"   "khfsjf_X"    "/user/dir1/dir2/file1"

---------- Post updated at 02:55 AM ---------- Previous update was at 02:34 AM ----------

I found that the export1.tsv file contain ctrl+M character.. How to remove it.. I used sed command to remove the ctrl M , When i try to press control M , it take it as enter and leave from command ..
Code:
host:/auto/dir/pf88833/scripts> sed 's/
Unmatched '.

Last edited by methyl; 01-25-2012 at 08:04 AM.. Reason: please use code tags
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Old 01-25-2012
hi,
you can remove the ctrl+M character by running the following command on file

Code:
dos2unix  export.tsv export.tsv

thanks,
venkat

Code:
Moderator comment: Syntax should be:

dos2unix export.tsv > export_new.tsv
# Or if you have the command under the new name
dos2ux export.tsv > export_new.tsv

Last edited by methyl; 01-25-2012 at 08:08 AM.. Reason: code tags and accuracy
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Old 01-25-2012
@arukuku: There're lots of posts on how to remove the end of line control character. Check this post : www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/175130-unix-problem-new-line-character.html

And, try this:
Code:
path=`head -1 export1.tsv | awk '{ print $5 }' | tr -d '"'`
du -sk $path
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