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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I have in my backup folder, files with names convention like this :
randomFileNames_13-02-2014_23h13m09+1392333189
randomFileNames_14-02-2014_02h13m09+1392343989
randomFileNames_14-02-2014_04h13m09+1392351189
etc....
Base on timestamp at end of the filename, I would to delete all the... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: thuyetti
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a file with few values in it. I need script help to read file line by line and check:
1/if it's a file (with extension eg .java .css .jar etc )
or
2/if it's a file without extension and treat it as a directory and then check if the directory exists in working copy else create one... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: iaav
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi friend,
i have written script as below to check the file existance. but i got error
path="/k/p1100/users/jewel/Output"
FILENAME=`ls -lrt $path/*HT|tail -1|cut -d "/" -f 8`
if ; then
echo "$FILENAME is available "
chmod 755 $path/$FILENAME
/usr/bin/scp... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: Jewel
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello ,
I have comma delimited file with over 20 fileds that i need to do some validations on. I have to check if certain fields are null and then write the line containing the null field into a new file and then delete the line from the current file.
Can someone tell me how i could go... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: goddevil
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Seems like I need help again with a problem:
I want to delete all files from my lets say "Music" Directory inkluding all of the subfolders
except for .mp3 and .MP3 files.
I tried it with globalignoring mp3 files, finding and deleting all other files, which
resulted in all files... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: pasc
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I have to maintain few servers and in those servers in a specific directory some special jobs keeps on running .......
The directory is having many kind of files like.....acd*, hud*, rca*....bla bla bla.......
My aim is that if due to any job-any time a file having initials like... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jitendra.pat04
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7. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
hi
This should be easy but i'm obviously missing something obvious. :)
I'm looking to delete files from yesterday and older of extension .txt and there a range of subfolders with these files in them. The command runs but doesn't delete anything. SUSE 10.
find /testfolder -maxdepth 2 -type f... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: cmap
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8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I'm writing a gui for the core utility shred. I want to be able to warn the user if they are about to shred a file that is on a journaled file system. In order to do this, I must learn the file system type of the path they are about to shred.
Is there a way in Unix to:
1. query a specific... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: codecellar
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Just consider there are around 10 lines in a file. Now is it possible to delete the first 2 lines in the file without opening the file. No matter whatever the content of the file is, I just wanna delete the first 2 lines without opening the file. Is that possible? If so, please help me out.... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: toms
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do I delete just the symbolic links in a directory? I have files that I wish to keep that have similar names, length and date/time. Can I use file size?
Thanks
kyle (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kryan_toolboy
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