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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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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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2answers
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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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2answers
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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 ...
0
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3answers
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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 ...
2
votes
1answer
281 views
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 ...
0
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1answer
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Checking existence of file with underscore in file name in zsh
I am writing a very simple script which will link shared configuration files. For some reason it does not behave as i expected for file with underscore in name. Does _ (underscore) means something ...
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1answer
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Cannot open: Input/output error with tar command in a shell script
I am trying to create a tar ball in a shell script (I have enabled set -x), but I get an error:
+ cd /home5/mysite/public_html
+ TAR_DUMP=gypo_2012-02-18-03:51:15.tar.gz
+ echo 'Tar name: ...
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3answers
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Script to show number of files (by file type) in a directory?
I want to show this kind of statistics about a particular directory:
$ myscript.sh
.c 34265 files
.h 17866 files
.cbl 1804 files
.pco 389 files
[...]
Is there a tool that can do this?
Here is my ...
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3answers
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File extensions for unix shell scripts
On wikipedia, the article for .sh says:
For the .sh file extension type, see Bourne shell.
How about other unix shells?
I know that the shebang is used inside the file to indicate an ...
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2answers
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Newlines in filenames
I understand and accept the premise that defensive1 shell scripting is both prudent and, in the longer term, more sustainable.
Many of the answers to text processing questions here follow this ...
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2answers
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Bash shell script to locate and remove substring within a filename
I am trying to write a bash shell script in Mac OS X 10.6 (which is called by an Automator Action) to rename TV show DVD rips that I have named badly over the years. I want to remove part of the text ...
4
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1answer
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Recursively compare directory contents by name, ignoring file extensions
I have a directory containing about 7,000 music files. I used lame to recursively re-encode all files in it to a separate directory, outputting all files with the same relative path and file name. ...
