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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hello,
I am creating a file with all the source folders included in my git branch, when i grep for the used source, i found source included as relative path instead of absolute path, how can convert relative path to absolute path without changing directory to that folder and using readlink -f ? ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Sekhar419
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
i want to script on sh to check from a path if the directory exist and isn't empty.
I explain:
path is : /aaa/bbb/ccc/ccc_name/ddd/
Where the cccc_name is in a list, so i think it's $1
My command
find -name /aaa/bbb/ccc/$1/ddd/ didn't work because my $1 is the same and not... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: steiner
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi frnds,
please help ... what will happen with below command if destination path does not exist on the system....
find /var/adm/cft* -mtime +1 -exec mv {} /global/ \ in unix
its remove all my files from the system from soruce file ... how is it possbile (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: dodasajan
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4. Linux
hi,
i want to create a dummy file even if the path to that file is not exist as follows.
suppose, in my working directory 2 files are there. and
i create one more file which is exist as follows
# pwd
/home/satya
# ls
file1.txt file2.txt
# echo dummy > /home/satya/file3.txt
# ls... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: snreddy_gopu
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
HI folks,
can any one tell me how to check whether the file is existed in a directory or not .
let me tell you my requirement : if the file is existed i should display a one message or else i have to send a mail ..
i have the mail logic .. but I'm failed to check file existence .. please... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: sravan008
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a file abcd.txt which has contents in the form of full path file names i.e.
$home> vi abcd.txt
/a/b/c/r1.txt
/q/w/e/r2.txt
/z/x/c/r3.txt
Now I want to retrieve only the directory path name for each row
i.e
/a/b/c/
/q/w/e/
How to get the same through shell script?... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: royzlife
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I know how to use the test command ( ...) to find a single given name file.
However, I have a case in which I have a directory with one file and one sub-directory. I know that the file starts with "fub".
The command doesn't work if i call the file "fub*" as it doesn't understand I meant a... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: buj
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8. AIX
Hello fellow UNIX fans,
I'm running AIX 4.3 and getting an error message “cp: /a/file2.db: A file or directory in the path does not exist” when I run the following command:
cp /b/file.db /a/file2.db
It stops every time about 95% of the way through the copy process at 1,073,741,312 bits. ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Jackson123
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9. Programming
Hi there,
how to check if directory/file exist using c/c++ under linux/unix. Thanks.
Steven (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: steven88
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,,
how to check if directory/file exist using c/c++ under unix/linux? I can use access() under Window MFC. Thanks.
Steven (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: steven88
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