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Shell script file with multiple commands

I want to make shell script file in windows and linux with multiple commands inside it. E.g run.sh and run.bat with the below commands run.bat or run.sh When I run my run.bat file it only executes first command mvn clean but it do not execute other commands. How to make shell-script file with multiple command…

In bash got unwanted newlines after sed and cat >>

I’m trying to substitute some lines in /etc/hosts file with my script here: It searches e.g. for lines like and replaces the line (if it’s found) with a sed command to nothing, but adds afterwards e.g. to I’m having to do (?) this because my LAN network addresses are changing very often (exa…

optimize xargs argument enumeration

Can this usage of xargs argument enumaration be optimized better? The aim is to inject single argument in the middle of the actual command. I do: or I get: which is what I need but I wondered if loop and temporary variable could be avoided? Answer Try without xargs. For most situations xargs is overkill. Depe…

Delete all files except a few using bash command

I have a directory containing lot of files in different formats. I would like to know how I can delete all files with specific format (Lets say *.dat) except a few files in a same format (e.g. A.dat and B.dat). Please advise! Answer I’d write a little script (as a command-line one-liner it is slightly t…