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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi Folks,
There is a job which generates a .zip files every day at /usr/app/generated directory , now please advise for the script that will delete this zip files permanently.but while deleting it should make sure that it will not delete the last two days recently generated zip files and this... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: punpun66
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Assume I want to remove a whole directory tree beginning with /foo/bar/
The directory or sub-directories may contain files.
The top directory /foo/bar/ itself should not be deleted.
rm -f- r /foo/bar
does not work because it requires a directory tree without files.
How does it work... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pstein
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
i need to move two types of files from a directory.
I have used the below command to find the files from the directory..
SOURCE_DIR="some directory path"
TARGET_DIR="Target Dir"
Datestamp=Date_format
find $SOURCE_DIR \( -name "*.log" -o -name "*.out" ) - exec ls -1 {} \;
now i... (9 Replies)
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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.
How can i skip this step and remove all directories with... (9 Replies)
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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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
d.yyyymmddhhmmss
where the date time stamp can be... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: asinha63
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10. 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)
Discussion started by: yogi_chavan
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