Questions tagged [unix-shell]
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Deleting a UNIX directory with a hyphen in the name
Through a boneheaded maneuver on my part, I accidentally created a directory called (for instance) -A, and ended up filling it with files.
I want to delete said directory. I've tried:
rmdir -- -A
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direct file transfer via ftp to ftp
Hi i want to transfer few file (which is very big in size ) from A server to B server via
ftp.
I have credentials of Server A's ftp and Server B's ftp - server B is my own server running
unix.
so ...
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Faking the date for a specific shell session
I'm certainly trying to achieve something weird here, but I want to fake the date locally for a shell session on GNU/Linux.
I need to black-box test how a program behaves at different dates, and ...
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When to use single quotes, double quotes, or no quotes in grep?
While trying to search for a simple pattern "hello" in a file, all the following forms of grep work:
grep hello file1
grep 'hello' file1
grep "hello" file1
Is there a specific case where one of the ...
TheLameProgrammer
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In *nix, how to determine which filesystem a particular file is on?
In a generic, modern unix environment (say, GNU/Linux, GNU/Solaris, or Mac OS X), is there a good way to determine which mountpoint and filesystem-type a particular absolute file path is on?
I ...
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Search and delete lines matching a pattern along with comments in previous line if any
I have a requirement to write a shell script in csh to search and delete lines matching a pattern along with comments in previous line if any. For example if my file has the following lines
Shell ...
Ashu
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Editing the PATH in PASE
I am doing a some PHP development on an IBMi running ZendServer6. I have to call PHP by its full path of /usr/local/zendsvr6/bin/php-cli. Is there a dotfile I can edit in my home directory or some ...
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sudo and sudo -i access features
What are privilege differences between sudo and sudo -i?
With sudo it's
$sudo echo "search foo.bar.baz" >> /etc/resolv.conf
bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied
...and with sudo -...
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How to run a program inside chroot with stdin/stdout available to caller?
Is there a way to run a program in a chroot while still having access to stdin/stdout?
My first attempt was a shell script:
/usr/local/bin/real-app:
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#!/bin/bash
chroot /var/lib/app-root /...
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Wow, there is no way this is wrong. What is wrong? [closed]
I am going to put this out there first, this is my shell script homework. However, I am finished with my work. It is just not running properly for some reason. I already asked 2 game developer ...
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