Login or Register to Ask a Question and Join Our Community


UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Displaying what a command is doing/has done

 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Displaying what a command is doing/has done
# 1  
Old 06-25-2003
Displaying what a command is doing/has done
I would like to see what a command is doing. For example, say I move 10 files using mv * somedir. Can I use some other command to see a verification of each files movement. Like:

file1 moved to somedir
file2 moved to somedir
...

but, i'd to have this capability for all commands. it seems like i saw a guy do this once, but it's been a while.

thanks

quant
# 2  
Old 07-02-2003
command -v
command --verbose

explains what is being done.


But *not all* commands support this option or the switch may be different. Check man page(s).



hth
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Ls command in a for loop displaying error

I have a few files inside a directory and in my code i am listing the files to get the filenames and do further operations.Details are given below: Dirname is taken as argument in $3 and filenames in variable $file Directory name =$3= /tmp/to-be_parsed/input Filename= $file=... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Jag02
8 Replies

2. Red Hat

Displaying command return in one line

Hello all I have a query (SQL) that returns a rather long field from an Oracle database. The field in question is defined on 400 characters but all these 400 cannot be displayed by the echo command. Thus when I launch the following command: echo "SELECT FIELD01 FROM TABLE_NAME;" | sqlplus -s... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: S. BASU
9 Replies

3. Homework & Coursework Questions

Command combination for displaying header and content

Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted! 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: You are given a ANSI text file (a.txt) in the following format and with the following contents-: NAME ROLL... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sreyan32
7 Replies

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Command combination for displaying header and content

Hi everyone, I have UNIX this semester and I am just getting started with the commands. An interesting question came up while discussing the head and tail commands. Suppose that I have text file with the following data in the following format-: NAME ROLL MARKS Sam 05 ... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sreyan32
2 Replies

5. Solaris

After command setenv auto-boot false machine's console not displaying

hi Alll, I want to install solaris 10 on exixting solaris mahcine. I tried for OK boot cdrom-install but it gave me fatal error - disk not bootable , boot command disable so i tried with ok setenv auto-boot? false Ok reset-all after this server rebooted automatically and... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: sunray
2 Replies

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

The "PS" command was displaying*terminals named as "SYSCON"

Hi, When typing the command ps -fe.the system is showing a process called SYSCON:confused:.... I am not sure what process is that.I hava a script that kills all command staring with 'sys' but i don't want to kill syscon:( since i think it is some system process:confused: .Please help me to find... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kiranjose85
1 Replies

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

displaying mutliple fields on command line

This is probably the dumbest question you guys can get, but I'm trying, as a complete noob, to display the unix calendar for all the months without Saturday and Sunday showing. How can I remove those fields without having to type all the fields in individually such as: cal -y | awk '{print $2,... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Trellot
3 Replies

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

displaying the path in the command line

Hi all, Does anyone know how to ammend the .cshrc file in $HOME for your session to display the path as part of the command line? So that I dont need to keep on typing pwd to see where I am? thanks Ocelot (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ocelot
2 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

displaying with ls

hi, how can display year parameter also while listing files from a directory?it displyas only if last acces sis more than 1 yr i guess.can it be dispalyed using some option or some method? thanks and regards vivek.s (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: vivekshankar
2 Replies

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Displaying Script command with output

How do you display the script command for a particular output result? Is there an editor that will allow for an echo or sysout of the script that causes an output result? We have hundreds of lines in the script, which we would like to see along with the output, and don't want to have to put in... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: JeDi
5 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question