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1. OS X (Apple)
It deletes my .bashrc file rarely but predictability after some unknown count of Mac's restarts. Has someone ever faced such behavior?
How do I prevent OS X from modifying .bashrc? What ownership/permission should I set up to not let it happen?
OS X Lion. (6 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
It happens when I try to delete a file of 250MB with the command rm -r on our old Intergraph CLIX that the filename disappears while the blocks remain on the machine. Only when I reboot the system the blocks really disappear. Then rm works again for sometime but after some time it happens... (15 Replies)
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3. Slackware
I am using Tbird as it came with Slackware 13.37 and everytime I send something I get a message 1 or 2 drafts deleted. Should it be doing that? If not has this been reported ? How can I find out if it was reported? I have no drafts to delete. (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I am using sed command to make SCORE=somevalue to SCORE=blank in a file.
Please see the attached lastline.txt file. After executing the below command on the file, it removes the last line.
cat lastline.txt | sed 's/SCORE=.*$/SCORE=/g' > newfile.txt
Why does sed command remove the... (3 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I have a complex multi-stage (media conversion and formatting) build process that leaves orphan target files needing deleting automatically (i.e. by reference only to the build rules themselves, not any parallel config) upon each regular build. Since MAKE cannot do this, what can? Thanks. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: chrisjj
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to write a script that deletes files inside the dir. However, the script
should also allow the user to confirm by pressing (d) key before deleting files..
#!/bin/bash
for file in $1/*
do
size='ls -l $file | cut -f 5 -d " "'
name='ls -l $file | cut -f 9 -d " "'
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: herberwz
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need a shell script that accepts 2 directories names bar1 and bar2
as arguments , and deletes those files in bar2 which are are identical to their name
spaces in bar1.
I tried with this code but it gives error.
if
then
echo " syntax <comnd dir1 dir2 > "
exit
else
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Discussion started by: krishnampkkm
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi
I have a strange problem. Sometimes when I execute the below command something wierd happens.
rsync -avz -e ssh travegre@travegre.net: ../travegre.net/
the folder named "hm" that is held in travegre.net and is coppied along with all the other folders and data at travegre.net, gets deleted... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: travegre
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9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi
I have a strange problem. Sometimes when I execute the below command something wierd happens.
rsync -avz -e ssh travegre@travegre.net: ../travegre.net/
the folder named "hm" that is held in travegre.net and is coppied along with all the other folders and data at travegre.net, gets... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: travegre
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I would like to be able to delete the first n lines of a file from inside of a ksh script. I am not sure how to achieve this or if it is possible. Could someone please help. Thanks in advance. (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: rehoboth
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