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OSX / Unix: move odd or even numbered files
I have a folder with a range of numbered files (camera images) and I'd like to move every other image into a different folder, so either all the odd numbered images, or all the even ones. How can I do ...
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How do I actually open a program from a batch file? All it does is open a command prompt with that file name [duplicate]
I'm currently trying to learn Batch file scripting so maybe I'm just not seeing what I'm doing wrong but I am just making a very simple batch file that opens up a text file.
Here is the code I am ...
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How to create a batch file that will run cmd and a exe with parameters
How to create a batch file that do following:
For example program name is hi.exe will do the following:
Run hi.exe in cmd with arguments hi.exe -f%l%.
Instead of %1% I want user to input the ...
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Edit files from a batch script
How would I edit a file from a .bat file that changes the contents of a file located somewhere on the hard drive.
For example there is a file on my desktop, can I make a .bat script that will add a ...
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Open file with default program from command line
If I click on a file in a GUI file explorer, a default program is used to open it. This is useful for files which I don't know how to open from the command line.
Is there a way to open a file with ...
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How can I see which files are opened by a command?
I know lsof, which shows me the files opened by a running process, but if I launch a command, like calendar, that terminates immediately.
How can I see what config files are read?
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What's the quickest way to count the number of each character in a file?
I want to count the A's T's C's G's N's and "-" characters in a file, or every letter if needed, is there a quick Unix command to do this?
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How to copy all files of a certain type into a folder from command prompt?
I want to copy all files of a certain type (like .docx, .pdf, etc) on my PC into a folder. How can I do that?
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Batch files: Outputting into txt file
I'm trying to output the dir c:/[x:x etc list into a text file as well with the following code DIR >"Input Data".txt
The above works but it doesn't display exactly what is output onto command ...
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copy list of video file names to text file along with their runtime?
Copy list of file names to text file?
I am linking the above page because of its relevance to my question.
Is there anything similar that can be done to output a 'plain' looking text file (or xml or ...
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How to open a file from bash command line in the already open Emacs instead of a new instance?
How to open a file from bash command line in the already open Emacs instead of a new instance? When I type
$ emacs file.txt
it opens a new Emacs instance, instead of opening the file in the ...
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Concatenating many files into one
I currently have this command:
copy /b *.txt newfile.txt
But I want to include all files with folders as well.
How can I do this? Is it possible to add this to Apache Ant as well?
I also ...
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Recursive extracting of tree structure of included text file documents from command line?
I often find myself needing this:
Say you have a test.c file; it includes other files, say:
#include <stdio.h>
#include "mylib.h"
#include "../mylib_extra.h"
#include "../mylib_bonus.h"
...
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How to remove “System File” attribute form a file without Command Prompt?
Is it possible to take away a file's system file status without using command prompt? Basically, I want to do this:
attrib "folder" -s
attrib "file" -s
without using command prompt, or a batch ...
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How to delete file that has invalid name? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Files with illegal filenames
I've accidentally created -?.tgz file on my NTFS hdd (working under linux). And I'm just curious is it possible to delete it under Windows 7 ...
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What command sequence can I use to delete directories but not their files?
How do I delete directories but not the files inside them? I have tried the following:
rm -di /Users/arthur/Desktop/MyFolder
remove /Users/arthur/Desktop/MyFolder? y
rm: ...
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split a large file with mac in command line by context
I have been trying to split a large file (some GB) into pieces, I need to chunk the file by linenumber (say, containings about 1M lines each).
How could I do?
csplit does not work, goes out of ...
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CMD does and doesn't see this file?
I'm having a lot of problems with a particular file, LockupSystem.MDB . It doesn't help that there are lots of files with similar names.
I tried to dir to find the file but I couldn't find it. After ...
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Count all files without using find
How can I count all files without using find and only grep? I tried using ls recursively but how can I pipe that to grep and count files?
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2answers
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Delete locked file/folder from command line
It is easy to delete file or folder from a command line.
It is easy to delete locked file or folder from a nice GUI tools like Unlocker.
But is there a way to delete locked file/folder from a command ...
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Windows: List files and their permissions (access) in command line
In linux, ls -l lists files permissions, like this:
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 924 2011-07-01 20:23 test.txt
In Windows, commands tree and dir don't have the options to list permissions. How is ...
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How to remove files that start with 2011XXXX
I have a bunch of files i need to delete, they all start with 2011XXXX. How would i delete them. So far i have this command:
ls | grep 2011 | xargs rm
And it works, but is there a better way to ...
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Move all files in sub-directories to current directory?
I've got files in a bunch of subdirectories, and I'd like to flatten them out and move them all to the current directory.
I found this question, but adapting the answer to:
mv * .
didn't work. I ...
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How to copy one file into multiple subfolders at once on a Linux server?
I have a folder on a Linux server with 35+ subdirectories, along the lines of:
aa.foo.bar.baz
ab.foo.bar.baz
..
bp.foo.bar.baz
I have a file that I want to copy into each of those subdirectories. ...
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Windows 7 command prompt: rename files located on a network path (UNC path)
In the command prompt, I need a way up rename a file on a remote server. Conceptually, this is what I am looking for:
ren \\servername\folder\file.txt \\servername\folder\file2.txt
Aside from using ...
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How do I delete directory trees via console on Windows 7?
I want to delete the whole content of a specified folder on Windows 7 via batch file. My problem is, that 'del' or 'erase' only deletes the files, not the folders and 'rmdir' or 'rd' Always deletes ...
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How to re-save web.config using command prompt
I'm using a simple cmd batch file to deploy my Asp.net MVC web application to server network share.
The problem I'm having is that my DLLs can't be simply replaced by new files since existing ones ...
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attrib -s-r C:\<folder path>/d/s Just wont work?
I'm trying to change a file within a game I have installed on my computer, but the read only attribute won't change. I've researched this and found a way using the Command Prompt where I can change ...
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Inserting multiple files to mysql on command line
I am using ubuntu and mysql.
I have a list of many .sql files, like 1.sql, 2.sql, 3.sql ... 100000.sql
I need to insert them into the database
mysql mydb < *.sql
Gives me:
-bash: ...
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How to prepend 8 bytes of data to a binary file in Linux?
I would like to add 8 bytes of data to the beginning of a binary file.
Is there a Linux command for this?
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4answers
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Bash command for full path to a file
I would like an easy way to get the full path to a file. I currently type this:
echo `pwd`/file.ext
Trying to shorten it, I made a bash alias:
alias fp='echo `pwd`/'
But now if I type "fp ...
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5answers
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Recursively count all the files in a directory [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I count the number of folders in a drive using Linux?
I have a really deep directory tree on my Linux box. I would like to count all of the files in that path, ...
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combine text files using command line script in Windows
Do you know somehow to achieve this in Windows?
I am thinking about a few commands that will combine all the txt files in a directory into a single one.
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how to change ext of a file in Windows?
I downloaded a perl file from some webpage by opening it in my browser and saving it. But the saved file has a file name xxx.pl.txt. How can I save it into a file with pl as its ext?
Also how to ...
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command line utility for changing file labels
is there a command line utility for changing the color label of files in macosx?
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If I receive files over the FTP command line, where will they be saved?
If I receive files over the FTP command line, where will they be saved?
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How to append to a file as sudo? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
sudo unable to write to /etc/profile
I want to do:
echo "something" >> /etc/config_file
But, since only the root user has write permission to this file, I can't ...
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How to distinguish folders from files in a batch script? (Or how to copy & rename-timestamp them indiscriminately?)
I want to create a batch file to copy files or folders in a specified directory and append the date and time to their names.
Here's my actual code:
@echo off
Set _bpath=T:\Backup\
if [%1]==[] goto ...
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A way to find newest files in a directory, including subdirectories
I'm looking for a way in Windows to list all files in a given directory and its subdirectories, sorted so that the newest files are on top. Is there any easy way to do this? I'd also settle for a Perl ...
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CMD Cannot find file, but it exists [closed]
I am trying to start an old DOS game (SimFarm) however it says that it cannot find the file. However the file is in the directory, and it exists. When I click on it, gives the same error.
I tried ...
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locate/updatedb like tool (Linux CLI) for CDs/DVDs
I am looking for a Linux tool to search for files on offline media like CDs and DVDs. I know there are a lot of "cataloging" tools, but those are all graphical and I want a command line program. Ideal ...
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Modification of files with 777 permissions but not with 755 permissions?
I can modify the files with 777 permissions, but not with 755. I do it by sourcing some sed commands. I find it odd because I can modify the files with even 700 permissions in Vim.
Why is it not ...
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How can I mass rename files from the command line or using a 3rd party tool?
I've got a bunch of files named with a the pattern 99 - DescriptiveName.txt and I'd like to remove the number from the front so I just have DescriptiveName.txt.
How can I do this? Can I do it from ...
