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How could I make multiple symbolic links for multiple directories, conveniently

lrwxrwxrwx 1 deploy users 20 1월 23 18:15 v122 -> /home/files/video122 lrwxrwxrwx 1 deploy users 20 1월 23 18:15 v123 -> /home/files/video123 lrwxrwxrwx 1 deploy users 20 1월 23 ...
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3answers
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How to create a sequence with leading zeroes using brace expansion

When I use the following, I get a result as expected: $ echo {8..10} 8 9 10 How can I use this brace expansion in an easy way, to get the following output? $ echo {8..10} 08 09 10 I now that ...
3
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1answer
264 views

mkdir multiple directories with a subdirectory name having space in it

I want to make multiple directories in one go. The problem is that one of the sub directories have a name with a space in it. The directory structure i want to make is as follows. project /level ...
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Why arguments in braces do not expand in this case?

For example, I want to put some file names inside braces for expansion like this: $ ls blue_texture blue_waves green_light $ ls -m | tr -d ' \n' blue_texture,blue_waves,green_light $ echo ...
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vote
2answers
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Auto-expansion problem with array elements containing an '*' (asterisk)

I'm trying to write me a find script that should later be able to read a list of directories to be excluded from an external file. Whilst I can accomplish that part myself, it's the annoying array ...
3
votes
2answers
457 views

Short way to scp using the same dir/file in origin and target

I am frequently updating files from a development enviroment to a production one in different servers so the paths are the same in both hosts and it becomes kind of a repetitive procedure to update a ...
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3answers
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Accessing bash [internal] brace expansion iteration number/variable

Question: Is it possible to access which number of a bash iteration is currently being processed? Psuedo-Command mv {1..5}.something.{1..5} $x1.$x2.something Note: This is a logical ...
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bash: Use a variable to store stderr|stdout redirection

Is there any way to redirect stdout and stderr via variable like adding command options in script? For example I have a script: #!/bin/bash -x TEST=">/dev/null 2>&1" OPT='-p -v' mkdir $OPT ...
2
votes
1answer
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How can I control bash's brace expansion to do the right thing (which zsh does automatically)?

In zsh, I get the expected result from both of these brace expansions: $ touch file-{001..100} $ touch file-{1..100} The first one gives me files named file-001, file-002, etc., all the way to ...
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2answers
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How can I use $var in a shell brace expansion of a sequence?

I want to use $var in a shell brace expansion with a range, in bash. Simply putting {$var1..$var2} doesn't work, so I went "lateral"... The following works, but it's a bit kludgey. # remove the ...