> I always found man find to be hard to glean usable information from but
> info find does a pretty good job of explaining and gives some examples.
Thanks very much! Very, very helpful... =)
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On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 20:14, Bradley Caricofe wrote:
> > untested but should come close:
> >
> > find ~/.loki -name '*.dso'|xargs rm
> >
> > Assumption:
> >
> > file is run under the user's id otherwise the ~ will not substitute
> > correctly.
>
> Bret and Sean, thanks very much! Within the .loki
> untested but should come close:
>
> find ~/.loki -name '*.dso'|xargs rm
>
> Assumption:
>
> file is run under the user's id otherwise the ~ will not substitute
> correctly.
Bret and Sean, thanks very much! Within the .loki directory are about 20
subdirectories with these .dso files. Will this
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 17:04, Bradley Caricofe wrote:
> I have a Tribes 2 server running on my RH 7.2 system and I have a simple
> startup script that brings the game server up. The game creates a hidden
> .loki folder in my users home directory which contains all of the game
> settings. Within th
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:04:36 -0400
"Bradley Caricofe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Tribes 2 server running on my RH 7.2 system and I have a simple
> startup script that brings the game server up. The game creates a hidden
> .loki folder in my users home directory which contains all of th
Thanks!
Am Son, 2003-03-16 um 22.23 schrieb Robert P. J. Day:
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On 16 Mar 2003, Kleiner Hampel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> tricky!
>
> But what is about:
>
> ${var##string}
> ${var%string}
> ${var%%string}
>
> What means the double #, the single and double #?
> Please explain me in some words! Thanks!
> Is there a man page with this information?
these are internal
Hi,
this results in the same error message!
regards,
hampel
Am Son, 2003-03-16 um 18.20 schrieb Cowles, Steve:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kleiner Hampel
> > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:41 AM
> > Subject: Re: shell script - expert question
> >
16 Mar 2003, Cowles, Steve wrote:
>
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Kleiner Hampel
> > > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:41 AM
> > > Subject: Re: shell script - expert question
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
Thanks, this works!
regards,
hampel
Am Son, 2003-03-16 um 18.23 schrieb Mikkel L. Ellertson:
> On 16 Mar 2003, Kleiner Hampel wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > now it works, but because of the '*'.
> >
> > now i want to remove the leading abc from all files in my directory.
> > i tried this:
> >
> > f
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Cowles, Steve wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Kleiner Hampel
> > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:41 AM
> > Subject: Re: shell script - expert question
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > now it works, but because
On 16 Mar 2003, Kleiner Hampel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> now it works, but because of the '*'.
>
> now i want to remove the leading abc from all files in my directory.
> i tried this:
>
> for i in *; do mv $i `echo $i | sed s/abc//`; done
>
> but it doesn't do that.
> i always get the error, that the l
> -Original Message-
> From: Kleiner Hampel
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: shell script - expert question
>
>
> Hi,
>
> now it works, but because of the '*'.
>
> now i want to remove the leading abc from all files in
Hi,
now it works, but because of the '*'.
now i want to remove the leading abc from all files in my directory.
i tried this:
for i in *; do mv $i `echo $i | sed s/abc//`; done
but it doesn't do that.
i always get the error, that the last arguement must be a directory!
I guess, the reason are th
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Kleiner Hampel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i have a directory with some files with spaces in the name:
>
> abc 1.mp3
> abc 2.mp3
> abc 3 track 2.mp3
>
> For my shell script i have to begin so:
>
> for i in `ls`; do echo $i; done
>
Try
cd /tmp/foo
for i in * ; do echo "$i" ; done
You n
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Subject: Re: Shell Script Returned Value
> Kevin - KD Micro Software wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have a small programming question here, which I'm not sure if it's
> > possible to do or not, but a
The other thing you could do is tee the output to a file, then process
that file. That would allow you to check return codes
and also process the filenames tar spews out. Would be two separate
steps and little more code! What you are doing is unusual and,
interesting! OK, exactly what are yo
Maybe the following will work:
( tar . ; TAR_RETVAL=$? ) | while read ...
the () puts the tar is a subshell, the subshell's output goes to your
loop.
Dan
> -Original Message-
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> On Behalf Of Kevin - KD Micro Software
> Sent: Monday,
Kevin - KD Micro Software wrote:
Hello everyone,
I have a small programming question here, which I'm not sure if it's
possible to do or not, but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
What I need is for the following to return with the appropriate exit status
value ( $? ).
Start Code
There are several options but this one will work (Assuming bash or sh):
if [ "$2" == "" ]; then
Also, here is a very handy guide I use for those quick lookups when you
get rusty. It is avail. in PDF and HTML.
http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/abs-guide-1.6.tar.bz2
-Chuck
MET wrote
Thanks a lot that worked =)
~ Matthew
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> -Original Message-
> From: MET
> Subject: Re: Shell Script Question || Check for set variable
>
>
> I've tried what follows and I still get " if: Expression Syntax ".
>
>
> #!/bin/tcsh
>
> if [ -z "$2" ]
I've tried what follows and I still get " if: Expression Syntax ".
#!/bin/tcsh
if [ -z "$2" ] ; then
echo You have not set a file to be appended.
exit 1
fi
Any ideas?
~ MET
On Tuesday 05 November 2002 7:35 pm, Todd A. Jacobs wro
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, MET wrote:
> if ( ! $2 ) then
> echo You must set a second file
> exit 1
> fi
Start by reading the bash manual at:
http://www.gnu.org/manual/bash-2.05a/bashref.html
But you can do a test expression like:
if [[ -z $2 ]]
On Tuesday 05 November 2002 06:54 pm, Hal Burgiss wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:46:29PM -0500, MET wrote:
> > Simply put, I'm trying to check if $2 is set. Any ideas?
> >
> > if ( ! $2 ) then
> > echo You must set a second file
> > exit 1
> > fi
> >
> > The ab
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:46:29PM -0500, MET wrote:
> Simply put, I'm trying to check if $2 is set. Any ideas?
>
> if ( ! $2 ) then
> echo You must set a second file
> exit 1
> fi
>
> The above doesn't work reporting if expression error. Any help would b
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Steven W. Orr wrote:
> tty_type=$(tty)
> if [[ ${tty_type%/*} = /dev/pts ]]
> then
> TERM=vt100
> else
> TERM=scoansi
> fi
Note that this will not catch instances inside of an xterm, since xterms
are assigned on a pts and not a pty. You may also want to test $SHLVL
> need to assign the TERM variable depending on if user
> is on console TERM=scoansi, but if it's on terminal
> 'pts/#' then TERM=vt100..
> In .bash_profile I saw this.
> if tty-type in 'tty[1,2,#]' ; then
> TERM=scoansi
> else
> TERM=vt100
> fi
Did you 'EXPORT TERM'?
AFAIK you ne
On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, alexis Vasquez wrote:
=>need to assign the TERM variable depending on if user
=>is on console TERM=scoansi, but if it's on terminal
=>'pts/#' then TERM=vt100..
=>In .bash_profile I saw this.
=>
=>if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
=>. ~/.bashrc
=>fi
=>
=>so I did
=>get the
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> id: cannot print only names or real IDs in default format ()
id -run && id -ur
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friendship I share with my collection of singing potatoes."
On Sat, 2002-07-27 at 11:15, Brian Ashe wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day,
>
> On Saturday July 27, 2002 05:17, you said something about:
> > On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > > Hash: SHA1
> > >
> > > On 26-Jul-2002/05:50 -0400, "Robert P. J. Day"
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Brian Ashe wrote:
> But to answer your original question...
>
> You could use the "logname" command to do a comparison like so...
sadly, "logname" under limbo also seems to be broken. sigh.
rday
Robert P. J. Day, RHCE, RHCI
Eno River Technologies, Chapel Hill NC
Unix, Li
Robert P. J. Day,
On Saturday July 27, 2002 05:17, you said something about:
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > On 26-Jul-2002/05:50 -0400, "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > >while i'm thinking about it, i
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Anthony E. Greene wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> On 26-Jul-2002/05:50 -0400, "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >while i'm thinking about it, is there a way to get both
> >the real and effective user names/UIDs? in case someone
> >
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
On 26-Jul-2002/05:50 -0400, "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>while i'm thinking about it, is there a way to get both
>the real and effective user names/UIDs? in case someone
>has "su"ed to root, is there a way to see the original
>login
On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> while i'm thinking about it, is there a way to get both
> the real and effective user names/UIDs? in case someone
id -r
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use whoami or more specifically "VarName=`whoami`"
steve
> -Original Message-
> From: Matthew Melvin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 26 July 2002 03:35
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Shell Script...more
>
>
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 at
That tmpwatch that Robert suggested worked great.. I'll stick with that.
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Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: Shell Script
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Jesse Angell wrote:
> I need to make a shell script to look in
> /home/$user/palaceserver/palace/psdata/backup
> and in that folder delete all the files that are 7 day's old..
> Could someone help me out with this?
$ man tmpwatch
rday
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Jesse Angell wrote:
> I couldn't get them to work I emailed asking more about it, never a reply..
I remember a post asking how you specify the input and output files, which
I answered. If you're referring to a different question I must have
missed it. Please repost your
I couldn't get them to work I emailed asking more about it, never a reply..
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To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: Shell Script
>
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Jesse Angell wrote:
> Hello,
> I need to write a shell script to do the following
> edit the /www/conf/httpd.conf file
> and search for the
>
> DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual/$user/html
> Servername $user.palaceunlimited.com
> ErrorLog /var/www/virtual/$user/logs/error_lo
sed '/VirtualHost/,/VirtualHost/d' /www/conf/httpd.conf
steve
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From: Jesse Angell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 21 June 2002 02:49
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Shell Script
Hello,
I need to write a shell script to do the following
edit the /www/conf/httpd.co
> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:48:31 -0500
> From: "Jesse Angell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> I need to write a shell script to do the following
> edit the /www/conf/httpd.conf file
> and search for the
>
> DocumentRoot /var/www/virtual/$user/html
> Servername $user.palaceunlimited.com
> ErrorLog /
Dangit!! Just after posting, I noticed that I got the substitution wrong.
THIS
$httpdconf =~
s!\s+DocumentRoot\s+/var/www/virtual/$ARGV[1]/html.*?!!;
should be changed to THIS
$httpdconf =~
s!\s+DocumentRoot\s+/var/www/virtual/$ARGV[1]/html.*?!!s;
The "s" added to the end means to treat the
Learn Perl and Regular Expressions :) It's in the "Programming Perl"
book (aka the camel book).
Essentially, it would look like
#!/usr/bin/perl
###READ THE FILE###
open(THEFILE, "httpd.conf");
undef $/; #This makes the following read read in the whole file instead
#of one line
$h
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On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 03:12:57PM +0800, Corisen wrote:
> thank you. any recommendation on books or website for a newbie to start
> shell scripti
On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 03:12:57PM +0800, Corisen wrote:
> thank you. any recommendation on books or website for a newbie to start
> shell scripting?
Can't tell about shellscript, but have a look at this website
zeus.eed.usv.ro/misc/doc/prog/index.htm
I would also like to know if you find a bett
On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Corisen wrote:
> pls advise how i can pass the result of "/home/userabe" to "rm -f -r"
> to delete the directory?
You don't want to do it this way. Use 'xargs userdel -r' instead, which
will remove both the account and the home directory for you.
Check the man pages for bot
O'Reilly - Learning the Bash Shell
Addison Wesley - Linux & Unix Shell Programming
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 1:12 AM
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thank
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> Subject: Re: shell script
>
> > >
> >
> > VARIABLE=`grep .`
> > Take care of the quotes.. its the one present before "1" on an English
> keyboard
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thank you. any recommendation on books or website for a newbie to start
shell scripting?
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: shell script
> >
>
> VARIABLE=
> From: Aravind Sadagopan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 2:36 PM
> Subject: Re: shell script
>
> > you can use xargs to pass the output to rm..I will be like
> > ldapsearch uid=userabc homedirectory
Thanks for your guidance. The deletion script is finally working. Cheers :)
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From: Aravind Sadagopan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: shell script
> you can use xargs to pass the outpu
Hi, one more question: how can i assign the result from grep or awk to a
variable in shell script? Thanks.
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Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 2:36 PM
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> you c
home/userabc? the question is really how to pipe an
output from some program (like grep or awk) to be the input of "rm" command.
thanks.
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From: Vineeta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 2:13 PM
Subject
you can use xargs to pass the output to rm..I will be like
ldapsearch uid=userabc homedirectory | grep homedirectory | awk -F= '{print
$2;}| xargs rm -Rf
Cheers
Aravind S
Vineeta wrote:
> What is the output of /home/userabc like?
> Does it contain sub-directories which u want to be removed?
>
What is the output of /home/userabc like?
Does it contain sub-directories which u want to be removed?
give me a sample and i'll help you out.
Cheers,
Vineeta
Corisen wrote:
> i'm writing a simple shell script to automate removal of directories.
>
> i've managed to extract the user home direct
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Luke C Gavel wrote:
> Where can I subscribe to magazines that discuss shell scripts?
You can try Heiner's Shelldorado on the web, or join the bash mailing list
on Moongroup.Com's website.
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Luke C Gavel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Where can I subscribe to magazines that discuss shell scripts?
>
> Best Regards,
> L.G.
Sysadm does some of this as well as a whole bunch more. Linux Journal
not too bad either. Neither are scripting only but ususlly a perl or
two:)
Bret
__
There is, one of my instructors from a college flashed such a mag
in our faces. I never saw it since. :) Perhaps another student
grabbed it, never to return it. But thank you for making me
remember this; I'm now going to email him! hehehe.
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000, Jalal Hajiqolamali wrote:
> hi
WOW. That's a lot of links. I'll check them out.
Thanks,
L.G.
On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Greg Wright wrote:
>
>
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> >Hi,
> >
> >Where can I subscribe to magazines that discuss shell scripts?
> >
> Maybe
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On 18/11/00 at 7:57 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Where can I subscribe to magazines that discuss shell scripts?
>
Maybe you mean online...I have not checked to see if all the links are
still live.
http://cres20.anu.edu.au/manuals/korn_scr.html
hi ,
i Am Not Sure , but as far as i know There Is No Magazine About Shell Scripts
You Can Find A Lot Of Examples In Unix Books ...
Jalal
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On Sun, 21 May 2000, James Vellenga wrote:
> Hello all.
> I currently run rh6.2 and it uses pump to establish dhcp
> connections. I have a cable modem and pump does not work, however,
> dhcpcd works great. Unfortunatally ifup and ifdown use pump now. I am
> no good at writing shell scripts
On Sun, 21 May 2000, James Vellenga wrote:
> Hello all.
> I currently run rh6.2 and it uses pump to establish dhcp
> connections. I have a cable modem and pump does not work, however,
> dhcpcd works great. Unfortunatally ifup and ifdown use pump now. I am
> no good at writing shell scripts
day, March 13, 2000 1:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: shell script
Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> I've got a text file containing the following:
>
> /dir/file1=/mnt/zip/dir/file1
> /dir/dir/file2=/mnt/zip/dir/dir/file1
> ...
>
> and like this with hundreds of files. What I w
Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> I've got a text file containing the following:
>
> /dir/file1=/mnt/zip/dir/file1
> /dir/dir/file2=/mnt/zip/dir/dir/file1
> ...
>
> and like this with hundreds of files. What I want is to read all the
> file and copy the files in the first position (to the left of '=') to
>
At 06:21 PM 3/13/00 +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
>Hi all!
>
>I've got a text file containing the following:
>
>/dir/file1=/mnt/zip/dir/file1
>/dir/dir/file2=/mnt/zip/dir/dir/file1
>...
>
>and like this with hundreds of files. What I want is to read all the
>file and copy the files in the first posit
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