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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I wrote a simple script, that basically wait for a *.dat-file in a certain folder, which is always a zipped file and extracts it.
It worked before and i changed nothing in the script, but since last week i have the problem, that it doesnt extract files containing a space. How do i make... (4 Replies)
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2. Programming
In C, given a name or path to a file, how do I check if the path is valid, and how can I check its permisions will let me read from it, and how do i check if its an empty file? (15 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Good morning guys!!
Im still practicing with Perl and now Im trying to open a file, and copy its contents to another file. Them I want to remeove the information out of the orginal file after it is copied over.
The flow should be messages-->messages1-->messages2.
Kind of like a log... (1 Reply)
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4. Web Development
Im aware under IE, javascript uses ActiveX Objects to open up and manipulate text files, excel files etc..
How abouts would I open a text file using javascript in Firefox ?
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I need some expert help in performing the following in Perl.
I have a code below but it doesn;t seem to work. Can any expert give me some advice?
Below are the requirements
1) Open numerous files assigned to an array @FILES. Note that the files are always named with the term... (7 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I tried opening the files in a directory and print thier names.
But it was thowing the error "unable to open directorty at t5.pl line 2."
Can u plz correct this error in below mentioned code.
#!/data/scoredev/perl
opendir(HOMEDIR,"c:\vin") || die("unable to open directorty");... (3 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi have set a command line argument where the user enters the filename.
I have set a condition that if the command line is null (user just enters return), the script will exit (with an error message).
However, what if the user types something and the file isn't found. How will I go about... (20 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Is there any other way to open a file in append mode without using C calls or >> redirection? (1 Reply)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
when i try to open a txt file in lynx I need to provide the filename or use wildcards to open. Autocompletion doesn't work for some reason.
Also, trying to open files like: .sh, .py etc. ends up in the following error:
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm a new to UNIX/LINUX. I just put cygwin on my laptop and I can navigate around the directories, but I can't open files (.doc, .ppt, .html or .exe). Is there an explicit command to do this? I know that in Solaris when it does not recognize the file, it brings up the list of available viewing... (4 Replies)
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