General :: How To Check Folder If It Has Files In It Using Bash Shell Script?

Aug 4, 2010

there is a folder. Its empty. When every I drag a new file and put into it it echo out "there is file in there" and keep monitoring the folder. How can I do it?

View 7 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

General :: Bash Shell Script To Check / If Empty Files Are Being Created & Start Process

Jun 25, 2010

I have an Ubuntu server in which a file is dumped every hour and a new file for the next hour and the process continues. If there is any problem due to which the creation of file stops then empty files are created every minute till the process is killed & started again. I need help to make a shell script to check if the empty files are being created and then kill the process and start it again.It would be a great help if anyone can help me regarding this.

View 9 Replies View Related

General :: Copy Files From One Folder To Another Folder Using Shell?

Mar 4, 2010

i need to copy files from a folder called output files to another folder called running but im not able to do it i always get a stat error

View 14 Replies View Related

General :: Bash - Rename Files With Spaces Using System Shell?

Jun 8, 2011

I named a number of files with spaces in them, and I want to replace the space with "_". However, every time I write a command in the shell with the file name (eg "Spring 2011"), the shell doesn't recognize the file or directory. What can I do about this? Is there any way to use the unicode character for a space?

View 5 Replies View Related

General :: Process Billions Of Small Files Using Bash Shell Commands With Limited Memory?

May 26, 2010

I need to process billions of small files using bash shell commands with limited memory size (256MB). If any of those files contain certain "keywords", the file will be removed. I tried with command:

find . -type f -exec grep -i -l -H "keyword" '{}' + | xargs rm -rf

where all files are located within the current directory. But the command above failed in "out of memory".

View 1 Replies View Related

General :: Finding A Recursive Shell Or Perl Script To Delete Files With The Same Name As The Parent Folder?

Jun 29, 2010

is there a recursive shell or Perl script to delete files with the same name as the parent folder? i wish to include the starting folder name as argument to the script.

View 2 Replies View Related

General :: Write A Shell Script Which Can Ready Content Of The Folder And Place Files On Remote FTP Server?

May 9, 2011

I need to write a shell script which can ready content of the folder and place files on remote FTP server. I need to make sure that a file that is already placed on remote FTP server is not attempted second time. The file names will be something like Records-2011-05-09. The files will be generated by MySQL every hour.

View 7 Replies View Related

General :: Printing From Bash Shell / Concatenate Files Into One File With File Names Included?

May 11, 2011

I am supposed to take some small files, and print them to a specific printer, such that the small files are concatenated into one file. The file name has to be included in the file that gets printed.

Should I be looking to concatenate the files into one file with the file names included, and then print them?

something like: -printfunction -printername < file*

View 7 Replies View Related

Programming :: Bash Script To Check How Many Files In Directory?

Jan 31, 2009

i was wondering if there's a bash script to check the amount of files in a directory with an IF statement..

View 8 Replies View Related

Programming :: Check Folder For Specific Files Than Move Script?

Nov 16, 2010

I have a script that checks a folder for zip files than moves them to a different folder. I want to check every 5 maybe 10 seconds and since cron is setup to run at least a 1 minute increment I'm not sure how to do that time check as probably a loop within the script. One other thing is once the time check is in the script how would a cron job be setup to run this script? Once the script is running cron doesn't need to run it again, is there a feature to check if it's running and if it's not then run it?

find /export/xxxshare -name "*.zip" -exec mv {} /export/store ;

View 3 Replies View Related

Programming :: Shell Script To Monitor Files Created On A Folder

Aug 27, 2009

Can someone please help me on how can i create a script that will monitor file creation on a single folder and sending the newly created file on a separate folder? Only the new created file must be transffered or copied to the other folder. The old ones remains.I urgently need this for production deployment.

View 8 Replies View Related

Ubuntu :: Created A Little Bash Script For Renaming Files From A Folder?

Feb 28, 2010

I created a little bash script for renaming files from a folderEvery time i hv to put that bash script file (rename.sh) in folder Is there any ways i will call (rename.sh) from terminal without moving rename.sh into any folder ?ne More Question : Whenever i run any .sh file automatically one .sh~ file created it is my programing mistake or is it exists ?

View 7 Replies View Related

Programming :: Bash Command To Remove All Files Within A Specific Folder?

Oct 19, 2010

I want to delete all files within a specific folder without actually deleting the folder, what is a good bash command for this?. I found this one but encountered some errors even though I am executing it within the specific folder:

useratdebian:/home/user/folder# find . -type f -exec rm -rf {} ;
[1] 5052
useratdebian:/home/user/folder# find: missing argument to `-exec'
[1]+ Exit 1 find . -type f -exec rm -rf

The command as it appears is:

find . -type f -exec rm -rf {} ;

how to delete only the files contained within the folder called "folder" for example?

View 4 Replies View Related

Software :: Customizing Bash Autocomplete (Files And Folder Names)

Jan 6, 2009

Is there a way to customize bash autocomplete such that it avoids searching for commands? I want it to auto complete file and folder names only!

View 2 Replies View Related

General :: Check Status Of A Shell Script?

Aug 2, 2010

I'm running CentOS 5.5 and have created an init script. The start of the script contains:

# Source function library.
if [ -f /etc/init.d/functions ]; then
. /etc/init.d/functions
fi

The start bit works fine, but I'm having problems with the status and stop part:

status)
echo -n "Status of script: "
status "/bin/sh /path/to/script.sh"
RETVAL=$?
echo
;;

In PS AUX the command appears as "/bin/sh /path/to/script.sh" and I can see the PID. But when I run:

./my_init_script status

It says the script is not running. Should I be using the /bin/sh bit, or just the full script path, or just the script filename?

The stop part of the init script utilises "killproc". Again what command should I be using to successfully kill all occurrances of the script?

View 1 Replies View Related

General :: Check If Remote Server Is Up - Shell Script?

Sep 10, 2010

I need to add something to an existing shell script that will check whether a remote server is up or not.basically (but I can't figure it out) :-

if [ -the server to check- ] ; then
echo "Server is Up"
else

[code]....

View 12 Replies View Related

General :: Shell Script To Check If Rpms Is Installed Or Not?

May 1, 2010

i have a input text file contain 10 rpms and they are old versions i need a shell script to check if these rpms is installed or not and if the newer version is installed and i need all the results in one output text file contain every rpm and its condition ( the same) or (new )or( not installed)

View 3 Replies View Related

General :: Running A Check In Bash Script?

Apr 3, 2011

so I wrote a small script that pretty much just takes in two numbers and counts from the first to the second, e.g.

unknown-hacker|544> count.sh 1 3
1
2
3

My problem is I want to make it so that if you input invalid parameters, such as non-numerical characters, more than 2 numbers, etc., you'd get an error message

View 15 Replies View Related

General :: BASH Scripts Check For Arguments

Mar 5, 2010

I know that $1 ... $n will set the argument to the values but what happened if I have many options in one scripts lets suppose.

I can run:
myscript -1stargument -2ndargument -3rdargument
or myscript -1stargument
or myscript -1stargument -3rdargument

In my scripts I have
if [ $1 = "-1stargument" -o $2 = "-2ndargument"] #for every instruction I need
fi

but is there any way to do:
if [ (any arguments or commands) = "(mydesired option ] ; then
(do this...)
fi

View 6 Replies View Related

General :: Check Which Version Of Bash I'm Running ?

Aug 16, 2010

How can I check which version of bash I'm running

View 2 Replies View Related

General :: Can Bash Check If Screensaver Is Running

Nov 13, 2010

I have a bash script that messages the user periodically. Is there any way in the script to check if the screensaver is running, so the script doesn't spam messages while the user is away? The xscreensaver process is always running in the background, I've noticed.

View 5 Replies View Related

General :: Check If Directory DOES NOT Exist In BASH?

May 10, 2010

i tried to create a if else statements or either an else statement I get a message saying that the directory exists (mkdir: cannot create directory `./MAY2010': File exists I am running this in a crontab file and I dont want any output telling me that the directory exists. I just want to check if the directory doesnt exist, create one else do nothing (not even a message telling me that the directory exists).

[Code]....

View 8 Replies View Related

General :: Constantly Check Whether A Cd Is Mounted Or Not Using Bash?

Mar 20, 2010

i need to check if a cd is mounted or not using bash ... how is that possible?

View 8 Replies View Related

General :: Shell Script To Check Whether Mysql Server Is Running Or Not

Apr 27, 2009

from nmap localhost | grep mysql command i will come to know whether mysql server is running or not.my problem is i want to test whether mysql server is running or not in shell script and if it is running i need to tell the user to stop the server to run the shell script.

View 3 Replies View Related

General :: Bash Scripting Auth Check For Pop3?

Mar 30, 2010

I need to make a bash scripting, based on a password and a user,that connect to pop3 server and see if it login,if you can,return ok, otherwise return ERR .

View 10 Replies View Related

General :: Bash Script File Access Check?

Dec 10, 2010

I have been using linux for a bit of time but would still class myself as a noobie. I dont know excatly what I am looking for but I can best describe it in a sanario. I have started creating bash scripts which are looped indefinetly which checks afor files to process. my problem is, is there any way to check if the file is complete, as if the file is large and is being coppied from a different volume the file may still be copying or if the file is being uploaded by a user over samba/nfs, and if the file is still copying the process will most likely fail.

View 1 Replies View Related

General :: Run Command Through Ssh But Also Run A If Check In Bash To See Ifa File Exist?

Aug 1, 2011

So I want to run command through ssh but also run a if check in bash to see ifa file exist. I know that to run ssh commands you do ssh user@server YOURCOMMANDbut if i need to run an if statements, how would this work??

View 4 Replies View Related

General :: Write Shell Script To Check The Modified Date Of A File ?

Jun 17, 2011

I have two linux servers, they are backup together.

1. Server 1 have 3 files with name: file1, file2, file3 in the path: /etc/sysconfig/network-script/.

2. Server 2 have 3 files with name and path are the same as server 1.

- How to make a script to copy 3 files at server1 to overwrite on server2. But before overwrite, this script will check and compare the last modified date of these 3 files(on server1 and server2). if the modified date of file1, file2 or file3 on server1 is newer than 3 files on server2 then overwrite process will do, if not, will do nothing.

- see my script as below: it works find now but just overwrite. not check last modified date.

View 1 Replies View Related

General :: List Folder Size And Number Of Files And Folders In Folder?

Nov 23, 2010

In Linux bash shell, for a given directory, how can I list:The create date for that directory The number of files in that directory The number of subdirectories in that directory.

View 3 Replies View Related

Fedora :: Stuck With Bash Shell / Changing Default Shell To Tcsh?

Mar 14, 2010

I want to change my default shell to tcsh. I used

Code:
usermod -s /bin/tcsh username
command as given at url

But if I open a new shell, it is still a bash shell.

How do I make my default shell as tcsh?

View 6 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved