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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi ,
I am trying to take a backup of file before overwriting it with cp command, I am using the command cp -b.
-rw-rw-r-- 1 autoengine murex 0 Jan 22 07:08 a
-rw-rw-r-- 1 autoengine murex 0 Jan 22 07:08 b
cp -b a b
-rw-rw-r-- 1 autoengine murex 0 Jan 22 07:08 a
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have a directory in which I have files as follows
CRDT.csv
CRDT.csv.1
CRDT.csv.2
....
CRDT.csv.n
I would like to copy it over to another directory as
crdt_lon.csv
crdt_lon.csv.1
crdt_lon.csv.2
....
crdt_lon.csv.n
I am looking for a one line command but I am... (5 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi, im taking an entry Unix class, and as part of my lab assignment I have to copy all files in the /home/david/lab3 directory that have the file extension .save to your lab3/temp directory. I'm having trouble getting the grep to do anything worth while
I've been trying to do:
cp... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: Critical jeff
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I entered the following command
find . -type f \( -newer startdate -a ! -newer enddate \) -exec cp tmp {} \;
I got the following error:
cp: 0653-436 tmp is a directory.
Specify -r or -R to copy.
What's happening here? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bbbngowc
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How can we copy a command string from a previous command line and paste it into the cursor position on the current command line? I know that ^c will not work as the shell will interpret as an interrupt signal.
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Guys,
I am experiencing a problem right now while copying a directory as well as its subdirectories to my target directory. I know this is a very simple UNIX command using cp -R source directory target directory. but unfortunatley while doing this an error comes up on the command line saying... (2 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
scp /path/to/file <username>@<Other Server>:/path/to/newfile
If my file is named "Bob" and it is in my user "Accountant" and in a directory named "Invoice_folder"... How would this look in the above?
I can't seem to understand the logic of the above scp.
MOVING FILE FROM LOCATION #1:
/path... (1 Reply)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have the below command running in unix
find /dev/data/ -name "*.*" -exec cp -R {} "/isdev/data//history" \;
This command will copy the files from /dev/data/ to /isdev/data//history and will not throw even if there is no files in source.
But if i modify the path from... (6 Replies)
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9. Linux
sir
can any body tell me how i can copy files like
copy c:\abc\pqr\mr.txt c:\windows\my documents\this.txt
i need command in linux like this
really i am a new in linux that is why simple questions
alson can any body explain me how i get current directory tree or path
in windows... (2 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
what command would i wrote to copy files from $folder1 to $folder2 ???? (1 Reply)
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