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IF statement for different lines [closed]
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How to copy a folder containing absolute symlinks and preserve their relative targets
Suppose I have a folder: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wxcrafter containing some library files and their corresponding symlinks, e.g: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wxcrafter/lib1.so.0 -> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wxcrafter/lib1.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wxcrafter/lib2.so.0 -> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/…
Grep for String and open at the corresponding line
I’m having several occurrences of a specific string over several files in several lines obtained with grep. I’d like to open these files sequencially on the corresponding lines. I tried to do it with vim, but so far no success when it comes to open the line. Mustn’t be vim or grep, but IR…
How to pass run time arguments to a function in c through a shell script
I have a shell script which has to take arguments from the command line and pass it to a function in C. I tried to search but didn’t find understandable solutions. Kindly help me out. Should the arguments be passed via an option as a command in the shell script? I have a main function like this: How to …
rpm -q -> query only the descripton
I can query the informations about a rpm-package with Example-Result of a Query: But I only want to query the Description. Is that possible? The reason for that is that I want to process this information (the Description) in a C++ Program (I do this with popen()). Maybe something like this: Answer This is the…
Why does the permission expression 653 mean rw- r-x -wx [closed]
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How to specify more inputs as a single input in Linux command-line?
I searched online but I didn’t find anything that could answer my question. I’m using a java tool in Ubuntu Linux, calling it with bash command; this tool has two paths for two different input files: What I’d like to do is for example, instead of specify the path of a single FASTQ, specify t…
Deleting files after 7 days not working
I am trying to delete all files that are older than 7 days. The command is working but not correctly. It does delete files but it’s not accurate. The find does delete files, but when I run the ls command does contain files that should be deleted. For example today is November 7th. The find should delete…
Using grep to match where two tokens occur on the same line
I am reading the man page, and found this blog post, and both seem to say the same thing, but it does not work. I have a project where I need to batch replace lines like into but I do not want to match lines like : i.e. : only “imports” from the base dir /modules. I have tried but