I need to transfer a log file to a remote host using sftp from a Linux host. I have been provided credentials for the same from my operations group. However, since I don’t have control over other host, I cannot generate and share RSA keys with the other host. So is there a way to … Read more
I have two text files, each of them contains an information by line such like that file1.txt file2.txt ———- ——— linef11 linef21 linef12 linef22 linef13 linef23 . . . . . . I would like to merge theses files lines by lines using a bash script in order to obtain: fileresult.txt ————– linef11 linef21 linef12 … Read more
I would like to set a job to run daily in the root crontab. But I would like it to execute it from a particular directory so it can find all the files it needs, since the application has a bunch of relative paths. Anyway, can I tell crontab to run from a particular directory? … Read more
I have a file that contain list of files I want to archive with tar. Let’s call it mylist.txt It contains: file1.txt file2.txt … file10.txt Is there a way I can issue TAR command that takes mylist.txt as input? Something like tar -cvf allfiles.tar -[someoption?] mylist.txt So that it is similar as if I issue … Read more
Case in point: I’m a on mac with bash v3.2.17, I’m using git installed via macports with the bash_completion variant. When I type git checkout m<tab>. for example, I get it completed to master. However, I’ve got an alias to git checkout, gco. When I type gco m<tab>, I don’t get the branch name autocompleted. … Read more
I am trying to write a simple bash script that will copy the entire contents of a folder including hidden files and folders into another folder, but I want to exclude certain specific folders. How could I achieve this? 9 Answers 9
Closed. This question does not meet Stack Overflow guidelines. It is not currently accepting answers. We don’t allow questions about general computing hardware and software on Stack Overflow. You can edit the question so it’s on-topic for Stack Overflow. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question I’m trying to copy my .profile, .rvm and .ssh … Read more
What is the difference in HISTSIZE vs. HISTFILESIZE? They are used to extend bash history beyond the default 500 lines. There seems to be lack of clarity here and in other forums about why they are both needed. (Example 1, Example 2, Example 3). 2 Answers 2
On SunOS there is pargs command that prints the command line arguments passed to the running process. Is there is any similar command on other Unix environments? 13 Answers 13
I wrote a program for an assignment which is supposed to print its output to stdout. The assignment spec requires the creation of a Makefile which when invoked as make run > outputFile should run the program and write the output to a file, which has a SHA1 fingerprint identical to the one given in … Read more
