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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi. There is a process which creates log files in the below naming format processname.20140425.log processname1.20140425.log And in this path along with these logs there are other files which have the timestamp from 2012 and i want to have a script in place to delete only the above log files... (13 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
Can someone assist in writing a script.
I have a filesystem named /sybase in my aix lpar.
When this filesystem becomes 94% full all the files and directories under /sybase/logs should be deleted immediately. :confused: (7 Replies)
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3. 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)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to delete directories which are empty and directories which are 2 level deep.
example: /app/data/logs/G07696115/G07696115
So if a same directory is there inside G07696115 with the same name G07696115, i want to find and delete that alone(Make sure you do not touch directory any... (4 Replies)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello out there,
I want to setup a crontab feature to remove temporary pdf files from sub directories that are older than 30 days. I want to presevere the directory structer though. I got this far for a command. Will this remove the pdf's in subdirectories or just directly under the pdf folder? If... (6 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello Friends,
Im trying to delete empty files in subdirectories with a command. I can find them checking only one directory in each step and then show them with my command like below moreover i could not add removing part:
ls -l */* | awk '{if ($5==0) printf "%3s %2d %s... (5 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to create a Korn Shell script to be run every 5-10 minute from a crontab. This script needs to look for log files (transaction_<date>.log). If there are more than 5 such files, it needs to delete all but the most current 5. How often these files are create varies - can be every minute... (2 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
Can anyone pls. provide me with the command for deleting files older then 15 days with a restriction to keep at least 5 files in a directory even if they are older then 15 days.
Any help will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Pulkit (4 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I have a some directories containing web files that are old, and I need to remove them. I know that there might be sym links and hyperlinks pointing to these old directories. If that's the case, then I'll have to fix the links before deleting these old directories to avoid broken... (4 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I've walked into a while loop gone bad.....which has created 100k+ log files.
Is it quicker removing the files with rm pattern* or actually removing the entire directory with rm -rf dir/
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