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looping through filename [closed]
I need to use a function that has as input multiple files. These files are related by the filename (e.g. dog1_animal.txt, dog2_animal.txt, dog3_animal.txt, cat1_animal.txt, cat2_animal.txt, ...
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pom.xml, **/pom.xml, **/**/pom.xml, then **/**/**/pom.xml... What shortcut to target a file we know its name, whatever its depth in directories?
To apply some changes to all my pom.xml files, I'm running these commands:
git checkout --theirs **/**/**/**/pom.xml
git checkout --theirs **/**/**/pom.xml
git checkout --theirs **/**/pom.xml
git ...
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Remove everything except csv file Bash Script
I would like to delete everything from a folder except csv files
I am trying with a bash script and I am getting this error:
syntax error near unexpected token `('
This is my script :
PATH=/tmp/
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Bash wget with variables and wildcard
I've got a file despicting variables:
IP_1="xx.xx.xx.xx" ID_1="yyyyy"
IP_2="xx.xx.xx.xx" ID_2="yyyyy"
...
IP_6="xx.xx.xx.xx" ID_6="yyyyy"
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how to check if file exist based on file partial name [duplicate]
the way to check file as all know is like this
[[ -f /var/scripts_home/orig_create_DB_files_1.46.38 ]] && echo file exist
but how to check if file exist in case file contain name as - "...
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How can I stack wildcards to target specific files?
I want to target all files called fooxxxbarxxx. The common thing among all those files is that it contains foo and bar.
I've tried to use *foo*bar* and *foo**bar* but it doesn't work.
Specifically,...
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When and why do I need to quote asterisks [duplicate]
I don't think I ever fully grokked the rules of when and why one needs to doublequote things in Linux/Bash (I'm not sure if this problem's domain is Linux, Bash, or something else). I thought that * ...
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getting error while running du -hs .[!.]*
I want to see sizes of all directory including hidden directory.
One command I came across was this :
du -hs .[!.]*
but it is giving me error :
du: cannot access ‘.[!.]*’: No such file or directory
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mkdir with brace expansion seems to fail when variables are used [duplicate]
Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS
GNU bash, Version 4.3.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
mkdir -vp test{1..3}/{a,b,c}
works fine
mkdir: created directory 'test1'
mkdir: created directory 'test1/a'
mkdir: ...
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bash alias for creating .bup file copies of multiple files
I have my own custom .bashrc file.
I practice my coding a lot so I use raw text and JDK.
I use "shopt -s extglob".
I need to create .bup copy of each file (non-recursively) and kill them after work ...
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why "ls *bash*" doesn't show the .bashrc file [duplicate]
I cd to my home directory and typed
ls *bash*
expecting it will show a list of files contains "bash". However it is not.
While, typing
ls .bash*
works.
According to the documentation, * stands ...
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List files that match a pattern but ignore files that match another pattern?
Let's say I have a directory with files a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3. I only want to match files that start with a but don't contain 3. I tried ls -I "*3" *a* but it returns a1 a2 a3, even though I don't ...
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