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Portable way to get script's absolute path?
What is a portable way for a (zsh) script to determine its absolute path?
On Linux I use something like
mypath=$(readlink -f $0)
...but this is not portable. (E.g., readlink on darwin does not ...
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How to copy datasets from prior version directory to latest version directory [closed]
I've go a number of directories named like:
/data/db/OX/8_10
/data/db/OX/9_1
/data/db/OX/9_2
And need to copy some files (all the pt.* files) from the second latest one (above 9_1) to the latest ...
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Comparison of forbidden symbols and names in different FS's
What symbols and (maybe) names are forbidden on different files systems available in modern Linux distribution?
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GCC errors out on code that used to work fine [migrated]
I have a program that has successfully compiled in the past, but now I get a bunch of errors.The source code is just:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
...
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Why do some Linux files have a 'd' suffix?
I am new to Linux. I observed some of the binary files and configuration file name s end with a d.
What is reason for putting a d at the end of the file name?
Like httpd, ospfd, pppd, syslogd, ...
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Searching for multiple files and changing file extension [duplicate]
I want to search and identify multiple files, within a directory, having a particular file extension (.txt) and changing the extension to (.fasta). This is considering not changing the file itself, ...
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File extensions and association with programs in linux
In windows we can associate a file's extension with programs.
E.g. a file test.pl can be run by the installed Perl interpreter due to the pl extension.
In linux though it needs #!/usr/bin/perl as the ...
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Is there a way to prevent the creation of a given file?
When ever I use a browser reading PDF the acrobat plugin is used producing a file called C:\nppdf32Log\debuglog.txt in my home. Is there any way to prevent that this given file can be created? I mean ...
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Filter a list of strings using math
I have a directory with files listed like so:
abc201303130110.txt
abc201303140511.txt
abc201303150112.txt
As you can see, the filename contains a datetime stamp. I want to return all files with the ...
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Using '@' for a directory name
Though Unix/Linux will technically allow any character in file and directory names, using punctuation is almost always fraught with peril due to the extensive use the O/S makes of punctuation for ...
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move a directory with a single character (back quote) as its name [duplicate]
How can I move a directory whose name is just a space?
ls -lah
drwx------ 4 user1 user1 8.0K Mar 13 14:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 60 Mar 13 13:48 ..
drwx------ 18 user1 user1 4.0K Mar 13 11:18 ...
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How to prevent double escaping?
I'm trying to put a bunch of images together into a pdf. I ran gm convert *.jpg out.pdf and it worked, but the images were not in the right order.
I found that ls -v orders them correctly so then I ...
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Filtering redundant paths from a list of paths
I have a list of relative paths such as this:
dir1
dir2
dir2/dir3
dir2/file1
dir3/file2
dir3/dir4
dir3/dir4/file3
In the example above, the specifier dir2/file1 (for example) is redundant, because ...
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Files with empty names
I was writing a widget for displaying files in a given directory and I wondered whether I need to cover the case where a file has an empty name.
Testing showed not obvious results, so I was ...
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Synchronizing same files with different filenames using rsync [duplicate]
I have a directory ~/music that contains all my music files and a directory /media/backup/music that I wish to synchronize with the first one using rsync. Initially, I did a rsync -a ~/music ...
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Reading a directory in shell script
I want to read a numbered directory which is under a path, into a variable in shell script.
The paths are something like this:
.../releases/R1/...
.../releases/R2/...
.../releases/R3/...
Each time ...
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What are ./ and ../ directories?
Simple question, but I'm not sure where to look and google doesn't respond to periods and slashes.
I'm just trying to count the # of files & directories in the current directory (not including ...
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How to “grab” matching files from a lookup file in bash?
I have a lookup file containing filenames. I also have a directory containing files, some of which have the names that correspond to some of the names in the directory.
How can I:
Move exact ...
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What is the significance of the dot in bash commands and how is it different from an asterisk?
I'm trying to understand the significance of the dot in bash and how it differs from an asterisk. Can someone please elaborate? For example, what's the difference between cp -ar /foo/. /foo2/ and cp ...
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Symbolic link starting with .#
I have a symlink in one of my directories that has the following name:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 XXXX ZZZ 37 Jan 15 18:18 .#perl.org -> XXX@YYY.com.2980:1344441539
I am wondering what this symlink ...
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Command to find file/path lengths that are too long for burning to DVD?
I'm trying to burn a DVD from Windows but it fails because the full path name length exceeds the limit of something like 255 characters.
Our files are stored in Debian Linux (accessed by Windows ...
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Bash script that reads filenames from a pipe or from command line args?
I want my script to read a bunch of filenames (which may have spaces) given either as a glob or from STDIN and do stuff with them. I've been able to read either way separately, but not combine them.
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Need a good convention of file naming when it comes to `'` [closed]
I know that the file naming style is a personal stuff, and the most crucial part is consistency. But I just get stuck with the situation when I want to convert the name of a music file, say He's ...
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How do I remove carriage returns from directory names?
I created a file in Excel and ftp'd the file over to my Linux machine. In the file were a bunch of mkdir commands. Now all of the newly created directories have a carriage return at the end of them. ...
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file command + how to view all results from file command
I use the file command in order to verify if file (PATH) is text/ascii file or encrypted file
Because file command have allot of results ( small example in example 1 )
I want to get the all ...
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Manipulate file name piped from find command
I'm relatively new to Bash and am trying to do something that on the surface seemed pretty straightforward - run find over a directory hierarchy to get all of the *.wma files, pipe that output to a ...
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setup filename encryption for encrypted home folder in eCryptfs
I used ecryptfs-migrate-home to encrypt my home folder on my Debian (Testing) system.
As I am a complete encryption-greenhorn, I don't know yet how to check, if the encryption succeeded. However, I ...
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How to match a file name suffix
How to verify if the name of a .xml file name ended with .any-string? e.g. .previous or .backup or bck12 etc ...
I need to print the XML file name except for XML files that end with ...
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Dots in path name
I am recieving an error from an application I am running.
The error looks like this:
john@john-replacement:~/Desktop/yarbu-1.4.8/bin$ sudo yarbu-engine --VERBOSE
/usr/local/bin/yarbu-engine: line ...
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Convert file path to URI in bash
How can I convert a file path to an URI in the command-line?
Example:
/home/MHC/directory with spaces and ümläuts
to
file:///home/MHC/directory%20with%20spaces%20and%20%C3%BCml%C3%A4uts
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print output to 3 separate columns
MYPATH=/var/www/html/error_logs/
TOTALFILE=$(ls $MYPATH* | wc -l)
FILETIME=$(stat --format=%y $MYPATH* | head -5 | cut -d'.' -f1)
FILE=$(ls -1tcr $MYPATH* | head -5 | rev | cut -d/ -f1 | rev)
...
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Script to convert filenames to lowercase depending on extension
Script to convert filenames to lowercase depending on extension
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Create a File with Touch on a specific Directory
I want a create a file with a specific extension(.done). I am using the command touch. Something Like:
touch `basename $UNZIPFILE`".done"
It's creating the file but in current directory. I want to ...
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Does tar -x Extract to Current Directory or Does it Extract to the Source of the Archive?
Does tar -x by default just extract to the current directory or does it try to reproduce the original directory structure including overwriting the original source? I know I can specify a folder to ...
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adding text to filename before extension
I would like to add text to the end of filename but before the extension. Right now I am trying,
for f in *.shp; do echo $f_poly; done
the output is,
Quercus_acutifolia.shp_poly
...
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Replace dots with underscores in filenames, leaving extension intact
I have a bash script which I'm trying to get to replace dots in filenames and replace them with underscores, leaving the extension intact (I'm on Centos 6 btw). As you can see from the output below, ...
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Linux Icon Naming Conventions
Is there a naming convention in Linux when it comes to application icon filenames? What I'm referring to is the practice of including the icon size in the filename if the application uses multiple ...
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Tar a file with a different name
To make my environment deployable, I occasionally tar up some handy files and scripts:
tar -czvf env.tgz .vimrc .vim/ bin/lsl bin/s
I would like to add .bashrc to the mix, but I have some sensitive ...
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Very basic question, ls a different directory and save file
I seriously can't understand where I'm going wrong with his question. The first part is.
List all the file and directory names in /etc which have 1 or more numbers in their name. Remember to use ...
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What is the difference between .ini and .conf?
As mentioned, what is the difference? or is there any concern to use them?
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Find and use the path of a file?
I'm trying to find the path of a file and move it.
When I try realpath, it is not useful.
For example : I want to move the file All Hail the Generalist - Vikram Mansharamani - Harvard Business ...
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How to fix Linux filename tab autocomplete that is appending a space instead of trailing slash on directories?
For some strange reason my filename autocomplete is behaving differently than normal. Given the following file structure ./foobar/file.txt, if I want to delete file.txt, I type rm ...
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When should I use a trailing slash on a directory? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How linux handles multiple path separators (/home////username///file)
Most commands I use in linux behave exactly the same whether I include the trailing slash / ...
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How to put the specific files from a directory in an array in bash?
Suppose I have a directory under which there are 3 files named: file1.txt,file2.txt and file3.txt.
Now how can I fill an array with those file names(I just know that all the files have certain ...
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Reserved characters in file names
I was under the impression that the only character not allowed in file names was /, but I don't seem to be able to create a file whose name contains characters such as *, \, ", :, |, < or > ...
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For filenames, are underscores or dashes more common in Unix file names?
When you are naming files with multiple words in the name, is it more common in Unix systems to use underscores, camel case, or dashes to separate the words?
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Tab completion when `patch` asks for filename
When the patch command doesn't find the file to patch, it asks for a filename.
Is there any way to get this to use tab complete?
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Predict filename before downloading from a URL, in shell script
I have a shell script that downloads files from a list using wget, and resumes automatically if there is any non-critical error (because of unstable WIFI during storms).
The problem is, I want to ...
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cp file device:directory on Minix
In my operating systems class we had to modify the boot screen of the Minix OS. I understood just about everything we did, but at the end of the make for compiling the new OS, there's a line:
cp ...
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Bulk rename, change prefix
How can I bulk replace the prefix for many files?
I have a lot of files like
TestSRConnectionContext.h
TestSRConnectionContext.m
I would like to change all them to
CLConnectionContext.h
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