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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Suppose i have a list of files in a directory as mentioned below
1. Shankar_04152019_ny.txt
2. Gopi_shan_03122019_mi.txt
3. Siva_mourya_02242019_nd.txt
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1000 . Jiva_surya_02282019_nd.txt
query : At one shot i want to modify the above all filenames present in one path with... (4 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All
How to answer the below interview question..
With a path and filename of "/mydir1/mydir2/mydir3/myfilenane.dat" write a UNIX script to display the filename (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I'd like to write a monthly archive script that archives some logs. But I'd like to do it based on yesterday's date. In other words, I'd like to schedule the script to run on the 1st day of each month, but have the archive filename include the previous month instead.
Here's what I... (5 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello, all!
Working in a Bourne shell. What command would list the filename and size of a file if the size of the file had to be bigger than $a and smaller than $b?
Output (if $a is 10 bytes and $b is 50 bytes):test1.txt 15
test2.txt 30
test3.txt 50
Thanks,
Ann :p (3 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Well guys,
I know the right syntax for displaying the current date is $(date). However, I am planning to send emails to some customers which displays their subscription date, and then the expiry. The expiry being 30 days from the current date.
What would the right syntax be? (6 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am using ksh93 on Solaris.
Ok, this may seem like a simple request at first. I have a directory that contains sets of files with a YYYYMMDD component to the name, along with other files of different filespecs. something like this:
20110501_1.dat
20110501_2.dat
20110501_3.dat... (2 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi i'm new to the forum and was hoping someone could help me with the following query.
I do alot of testing and have hundreds of log files output. I have a script (someone else wrote) which finds all the passed and failed logs and puts a number in a column onto a webpage:
e.g:
Pass ... (4 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi i am currently using below command in shell script and calling it from cron job.
This is to take daily backup with the date as suffix to the file.When i try i unable to get the date suffixed to the backup file.
Please help me as to wt's wrong in this or how to get the date added to the... (5 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I would like to display the last 8 characters of the filenames for filenames of different lengths.
I can delete the last 8 characters with sed but dont know how to only show the last 8 characters.
The filenames are something like;
afxH340800340000
afxH30800340021
afxR3080034002122
I... (3 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm just learning UNIX and I'm trying to do the following:
Write a script called details.bash that, for each file in the working directory, prints the filename, the # of lines, and the # of words to to some output file, like this:
filename1 73 431
filename2 5 21
It's probably a stupid... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: asianmike
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