Questions tagged [scripting]
A form of computer programming that — in the context of system administration — lends it self well to automating tasks.
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Amazon EC2 only running one http script
I'm running a python script to scrapping a page in my EC2 server using screen linux though a SSH connection. My EC2 account is the free tier offered by them.
Every time I try to run another script (...
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Using PsInfo with a Timeout Procedure (or piping through PsExec?)
We have a problem with people in our company leaving their computer running 24/7 even over weekends. Our corporate policy is to shut down when not in use but that doesn't always happen. So what we ...
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Pemission denied when I try to create a new file with a script
So, I have a bash script "get-data.sh that runs other two python scripts
#!/bin/bash
scripts=/root/scripts
datos=/root/zabbixdata
fecha=$(date +"%Y_%m_%d")
sudo $scripts/filesystem.py > $datos/...
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Get-VM command with -Location parameter returns one result then error
i'm writing a powerCLI script and i'm facing a strange behaviour.
I use connect-VIserver with administrator@vsphere.local account to connect to my VCSA 6.7 U2 server. If i use Get-VM cmdlet without ...
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How can I recursively unarchive all files that are bzipped2?
I have a folder. In this folder I have a lot of other folders. In folders I have bzip files and non-bzip. How to unarchieve all bzip2 files in same directory where they are ?
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.bat script that moves file to a folder and adds date
I've pieced together this script to try and move a file from a folder to another, and add a date to the end of the file. It worked once, but hasn't worked since. This is my first script, and I was ...
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Keepalived - Failover when both vrrp AND track script failed
I've made a track script which is ran at each check by keepalived.
When the VRRP check is failing, the BACKUP node become MASTER, even if the track script is returning 0 status (good one).
I just ...
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Interactively bypass/skip part of PowerShell script
I have a script that is made up of many steps. I want it to run from start to end most of the time.
Sometimes, I want to skip one of the steps. I'm looking for a "continue by default unless user ...
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How store the result of the operation in each node
I used to SLURM
My SLURM configuration is One Master Node , Two Compute Node
I want to Store the result of the operation in each node.
So I try to this Script
#! /bin/bash
#SBATCH -J testing
#...
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PowerShell Script to remove Security Permission from Folders
Using PowerShell, I am looking for a little help to remove certain built in domain accounts from a folder under the users Home folder.
I have already written code to remove inheritance, but I can't ...
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While schedule below script through crontab receive incorrect output date format is going wrong
PFB script
dd=$(perl -e 'use POSIX;print strftime "%Y%m%d",localtime time-172800;')
Date=$(perl -e 'use POSIX;print strftime "%d%m%Y",localtime time-172800;')
for i in `cat /path/Path_CDR.txt`
do
cd ...
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Powershell Get-Netadapter varible pass to Set-DnsClientServerAddress
Good day everyone,
Trying to write a simple script that will find the friendly name of the Ethernet Adapter on a given machine and pass this string to the cmdlet 'Set-DnsClientServerAddress' so that ...
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Removing empty List in output as result [closed]
I have a simple script as following:
import re
wanted_line = []
with open('lines.txt','rt') as myfile:
for myline in myfile:
wanted_line = re.findall('ticket/\d+',myline)
print(wanted_line[:...
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Change Registry Key Permissions Access Control List using only Command Prompt
I am trying to change the Access Control permissions on a specific registry key i'm generating using a batch file. I try using regini.exe to pull the configuration from a .ini file and run into ...
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Faster way to add IP scopes to Item Level Targeting?
I have a GPO with printers mapped via the user preferences. Each printer needs to be item-level targeted only to computers in a specific IP range. I have a list of about 92 ranges that need to be ...
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Is running a script a process? [closed]
I run ./install.sh and I tried to background it to be able to close the ssh session.
But after running bg the process is again outputting to the terminal.
Also, I don't see anything with jobs.
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Net.HttpWebRequest difference between Powershell and PowerShell Core
Hoping someone can shed light on this. In Powershell, the following code generates output of the website certificate:
$req = [Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create('https://www.google.com')
$req.GetResponse()
$...
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how to dynamicalle change the acl in haproxy?
haproxy.cfg
frontend http-in
mode http
bind 206.189.22.155:80
acl path-page-designer path_beg -i $PATH
use_backend page-designer-backend if path-page-designer
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Script for warming Varnish
I have a setup for ecommerce site with Nginx and Varnish. Although I have a cache warmer in my php application I need a script in server level which will load a txt file for hitting with curl some ...
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Running a script on all servers behind a loadbalancer in aws
I've a task in hand where I've to run a script on all the servers behind a load balancer in aws. We have auto-scaling as well so at the time of high load, new servers get added behind the same load ...
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Script to storage vmotion from one datastore to another
Ive done some searching and could not find what I'm looking for so I am making a post: I would like to storage vMotion from one datastore to another, 10 at a time, and output the vm's migrated to a ...
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How to configure a https proxy with JVM command line arguments?
I am trying to create a container with Docker that contains eclipse and some plugins. By now, I am trying to configure the proxy that I need for internet connexion and it works for the http but not ...
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Perl - SSH and run backup while retain the session
Hope someone can help me here. Looking to redo my bash ssh script for cisco devices, and add on to it. Basically, my idea is to have an SSH to log me to the device in enable mode (so i can do regular ...
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Change Internal Microphone properties via script
I have been asked to write a script (or GPO) to push the following to a good amount of clients... However I have been unable to find a way to accomplish this, all I find is how to change volume, ...
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Cannot shut down WildFly 9.0.2 with CLI
I'm trying to shut down WildFly 9.0.2 with a script (Windows Server). Everything I have read online point to the same command:
jboss-cli.bat --controller=localhost:9990 --connect --command=:shutdown
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PowerShell function parameter becomes null inside try block
I'm putting together a powershell zip in transit script that would be called via a function, but it keeps saying the path is null after it creates the zip file. After running the script in ISE I then ...
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Schedule access to windows network share (grant, revoke permissions on certain date for certain user)
We are looking at automating the task of granting and revoking Windows network share permissions to certain users (apprentices) that move through different departments in the company. Each time they ...
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cron job not working in unix but works when executed manually [duplicate]
I am running a cron job everyday at 21:00 UTC which downloads few csv files from sftp server, renames the downloaded files and then loads the files in database(mysql) and updates the time in database (...
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TMUX not creating sessions from CRONTAB
I'm having a heck of a time getting a tmux session to be created from a script executed by crontab. The script executes and the session is created without fail from just running it but if I run it ...
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How to script GPPs?
I'm trying to normalize Item-Level Targeting for several GPPs that I've created. Manually slogging through each one via the GUI is just about the last thing I want to do. The terms tedious and error-...
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run script remotely on windows 2012 server
I have a script that I manually have to run 4 or 5 times a day, in one of our servers. I remotely access the server and execute the script.
The OS is Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation.
Now, I can´t ...
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Cron Script running multiple times [duplicate]
We have a script that is used to sync some directories to a USB disk drive. It is set to run once a day but often takes longer than that.
To ensure that multiple copies of the script don't run at ...
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MD5 hash comparison over SMB SLOW
I'm scripting a full backup solution in powershell on Windows server 2016 for Hyper-V VM's and have run into the issue that calculating the MD5 hash over the network on a mounted network drive across ...
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Batch script with %date% variable
I do robocopy using .bat script, this script is starting 22PM before midnight and it took over 5 hours to complete. The problem is that destination folder is created with date \nas01\%date% so when it ...
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Using powershell to track process spawned by .bat file
I have a third party application that uses .bat batch files to kick off their java applications. (It's pentaho, but not sure that matters much for what I'm doing).
I'd like to be able to get a hold ...
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How to lock / unlock a gpg hardware token via script
I would like to execute gpg --card-edit; verify; quit non-interactively to unlock a gpg hardware token (i.e. smartcard or yubikey).
My usecase is:
Enter a password e.g. via ssh
Store it in the ...
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Script to automate data population once windows VM in GCP started
I need to know if there is any way I can build a script which can be executed as soon as my windows VM is started in GCP. This script should(Other than RPA solution) be able to open a web browser and ...
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Basic Powershell script strange behaviour
I have small script. Which i want test it with "If, else statement".
I have the same value variables but when try to compare it, it gives else condition, but it should give true condition.
Below are ...
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ssh remote won't run if
This won't run,
ssh -o ConnectTimeout=10 -o BatchMode=yes -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -q server1 "if [[ $(/usr/bin/lsblk /dev/sde | wc -l) = 2 ]]; then echo found; fi"
But if I do it on the ...
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hardening-check on all sub-folders
how would I go to automate "hardening-check" on an entire OS? I can do it manually with /example/* but if there is a folder in /example/ it will just skip it. I haven't found a way to do the check on /...
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Send rpm to multiple systems, remotely execute rpm install and repeat
Fairly long time reader, first time poster. I am not a scripter (yet) but I understand/know some basics. Not all the basics, but some.
I've been doing lots of searching but have not found my ...
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How nginx to update reverse proxy its conf dynamically?
I am planning to set a reverse proxy with nginx , my question is i want to dynamically change the reverse proxy in nginx depends on the request is coming
Let us say i have request xyz request from ...
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Modify new user home directory permissions with powershell
I am needing assistance with a script. What I am trying to accomplish is when new users are created in ADUC and their profile path(home folder) is created, it gives the users "Full Control". I am ...
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Ensuring network drives are mounted before performing a backup [duplicate]
I'm trying to write a backup script that can be deployed on many different linux servers, some of which mount network drives as described in /etc/fstab. I want my script to be able to see if any ...
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Create a list of user whose home directories have no files newer than 7 years
I have an old storage with hundreds of user home directories. I want to reclaim some disk space by deleting all "old" home dirs. It's on a linux server, RHEL 6. I want to delete the entire home dir., ...
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Windows 2012 server, created task not running
Created a task o windows 2012 Server, to run a *.bat file. Set up to run at startup and repeat task every 15 minutes.
@ECHO OFF
REM -------------------------------------------------------------------...
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Connecting to an l2tp VPN via script doesnt always use the same network interface
I have a linux web server and I need to create an on-demand l2tp ipsec VPN connection with a network route. The VPN connection works and the route is automatically created via a script in /etc/ppp/ip-...
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identify a file with specific chars and rename
I am trying to find and rename below files using below script
IYBR2C.YGPSWS.SL.1.M.20190503170641.csv to SAK_BB_AL.csv
QWEJ1P.YGPSWS.SL.1.M.20190508122932.csv to SAM_SG_MO.csv
SCPR1C.YGPSWS.SL.1.T....
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Task Scheduler To Run batch file windows server 2012
Hi I have been struggling with this for a while and I don't know what the problem is.
I need to Deploy software to 100 computer on the domain. My domain has windows server 2012.
I created a Group ...
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Rsync include-from, exclude-from without source directory
I am working on a backup script but got some problems with my script, can you help me?
INCLUDE="/data/scripts/include.txt"
EXCLUDE="/data/scripts/exclude.txt"
DST="/backupdir"
rsync \
--...
