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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello:
I have a very basic question. I'd like to select all files except for one file. For example, say I want to move all of the files in my current directory to a subdirectory called archive, I would use mv ./* archive/ But what if I want to move all files except for README.txt? Is there an... (19 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Does ln -s accept wildcards? It doesn't seem like it is working when I use wildcards. (9 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
These 2 websites do a GREAT job of explaining different types of wildcards. I learned about the categories of characters which I never knew about at all.
GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Guide - Wildcards
GREP (1 Reply)
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All
Please excuse another straightforward question. When creating a tar archive from a directory I am attempting to use wildcards to eliminate certain filetypes (otherwise the archive gets too large). So I am looking for something along these lines.
tar -cf archive.tar * <minus all *.rst... (5 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
ok, I'm trying to write a script file that lists files with specific elements in the name into a txt file, it looks like this
ls s*.dat > file_names.txt
can't figure out whats wrong with that line, any ideas?
thanks in advance (10 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
when writing a shell script (bourne) and using a unix command like 'ls' is there anything special you need to do to use a wildcard (like *)? (3 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi guys,
a small problem today, I'm grepping a log file containing lines like this below:
Mar 09 16:04:00 blabla
Mar 09 16:04:02 blabla
Mar 09 16:04:05 blabla
Mar 09 16:04:15 blabla
Mar 09 16:05:06 blabla
Mar 09 16:05:23 blabla
Mar 09 16:05:25 blabla
... in this file I'm grepping... (5 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All
In a script, I want a user to enter 4 characters, these can be a mix of letters (uppercase and lowercase) and numbers.
In this example $var represents what the user has entered.
eg $var can be A9xZ, 3DDL, bbHp .........etc
I need to check that the user has only entered characters... (2 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to delete lines from a large text file using VI.
Every line that I am wanting to delete start with 'S' - all others do not. (A list of users)
I've tried using * but doesn't seem to like it...any ideas...
Doesn't have to be VI - but I'm better with VI than sed/awk. (8 Replies)
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10. Programming
Using a makefile I want to compile all .c files in the current directory without specifying them directly and then link their associated .o files into a library.
How do I do this ?
Thanks. (1 Reply)
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