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How do I recursively go through directories and name a file after the directory?
What I am attempting to do is combine all of the files within a subdirectory into a new file, and give the new combined file the same name as the subdirectory, and I have no idea how to do this in ...
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Using excel, how to make a “closed form solution” [closed]
I know the starting and ending point of a curve but i don't know how the curve is exactly. I want to build a closed form solution in excel in order to solve this problem (i have to use a certain ...
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qsub -hold_jid -afterok loop not starting
I am trying to run a series of jobs submitted to the cluster, one after the other, by suplpying the following .sh script:
Annotation_Loop.sh :
#!/bin/bash
job=`qsub run_IntersectBed_1.sh 0`
for i ...
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bash: run command multiple times with list of values
I need to run a command several times, each time with a new value:
grep VALUE0 myfile.txt
grep VALUE1 myfile.txt
grep VALUE2 myfile.txt
Because the grep command is "crafted" ad hoc ...
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Word macro that loops through a table and stops at the end
I have movie scripts. First column is time code, second column is speaker, third column is dialog.
I want to loop through the entire script, but only doing something to the third column (dialog).
I ...
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repeat command until process start or timeout unix
Is there anyway to check the number of file in a directory, if the number of files is correct, say 5 files, zip the files with zip -r total.zip. If the number of files is wrong, wait 3 seconds, and ...
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In bash, how do I pass the while loops input to the cut command?
How do I pass the $line to the cut command properly in this loop?
while read line
do
login= $(cut -d : -f 1)
done < /etc/passwd
I can't do $(cut -d : -f 1 $line) so what is the correct way?
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Windows XP stuck in loop
I've an old PC, which was used in dual-Boot with Linux Mint. I removed the Linux Mint partitions and an old data partition and enlarged the Windows XP partition. After starting, I got the grub not ...
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How to mount an old encrypted disk on Ubuntu
I've got an old hard disk, containing an encrypted partition with a file system on it. It was created (and used) several years ago, the way it was done back then was using losetup with the twofish ...
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batch - copy files to few computers over lan
I would like to copy \some\files to \computer1 \computer2 and \computer3 or better to c:\computerlist.txt
How to do some loops in batch files?
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setting up a mouse loop mac server, dual monitor client
I'm trying to set up Synergy 1.4 in a format that resembles:
Win7Client monitor 1 | MacServer Monitor | Win7Client monitor 2
Is this possible? I was able to set it up in the past with Windows being ...
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Move a list of files(in a text file) to a directory?
I have a list of files, with their full paths, one per line in a file "files.txt"
I was trying to move all of those files from their original location to a new directory.
I CDed into the directory ...
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Excel List: How to Populate a column function of several others looping until a value is found
I'm using Excel 2010, I have a mysql query that populate a list. I think my scenario is quite classic.
In one column I have a label: SPEC, SWD, PRD, CLOSURE... etc Then I have 10 columns that have ...
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loop a command with a changing variable in Windows command line
I'm a noob trying to figure out how to simplify this .bat file I'm creating (sorts out movies into another alphabetized folder) so that it will have far fewer lines. I want to get it to use loop(s) ...
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How can I get the latest files from a Unix server to another Unix server?
How can I get the only the latest files from a Unix server to another Unix server?
I have connected via SFTP to server 2 and trying to apply a for loop to check the time stamp, which is not working:
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Excute for loop in subfolder
I have this command :
for i in $(svn st | grep \! | awk '{print $2}'); do svn delete $i; done
I would like to execute it to a subfolder without making a cd command.
Is it possible ?
Thanks !
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Exit loop in AutoHotKey
I have a simple AHK script as follows:
Loop, 10
{
Click 745,664
SetMouseDelay, 100
Click 345,635
SetMouseDelay, 25
Click 878,471
SetMouseDelay, 25
Click 772,557
...
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Bash script 'while read' loop causes 'broken pipe' error when run with GNU Parallel
According to the GNU Parallel mailing list this is not a GNU Parallel-specific problem. They suggested that I post my problem here.
The error I'm getting is a "broken pipe" error, but I feel I ...
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Ubuntu mounts ISO but some files are unreadable
I'm new to Linux and just installed ubuntu 12.04 amd64 this month. I had failed to install Texlive with texlive2012 iso image.
I used the recommended command to mount:
mount -t iso9660 -o ...
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Bash - use loop to make backup script more efficient
I've a backup script (bash). Part of it is shown below. This script does a 14 day rotation of the backup. If I want to change this to say 30 days, I'd have to write out 30 such if-then blocks. I'm ...
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Loop over a range of numbers to download with wget
How can I write a bash script that is going to do the following:
URL = "example.com/imageID="
while (1..100)
wget URL + $i #it will wget example.com/imageID=1, than 2, than 3 and so on
done
So I ...
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Loops in Bash for creating sequentially numbered folders
How would I write a BASH script that creates directories test0-test63?
I'm thinking something along the lines of:
for x in range (64)
mkdir ./test'x'
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Run Command Set In Each Subdirectory
I have the following commands that I would like to run inside each subdirectory of the current working directory. Here are the commands:
OUTPUTFN=`basename $PWD`
cat *.xml > $OUTPUTFN.txt
mv ...
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How could I easily pack a directory to an ext4 loop partition image?
I would like to pack the content of a directory into an ext4 partition image easily, without mounting a loop device.
Background: I am building a version of Android which will mount system partitions ...
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Loop mount file available through FTP
Using curlftpfs, is it possible to mount a file available through FTP on a loop device? I get a Permission denied error when I try it:
$ sudo losetup /dev/loop0 FTPMount/BigFile
losetup: failed to ...
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Bash Script for loop that is breaking lines up instead of using the whole line
I am writing a very simple script and I'm getting stuck on something stupid. Basically I have text file in which each line is comprised of 3 words separated by a space. When you cat the file it ...
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Bash: reading input within while read loop doesn't work
Reading input within a while read loop does not seem to work
while read line
do
echo "get some input from the user"
read response
done < some_file.txt
execution does not pause like it would ...
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Output filenames with for loop in a batch file
I want to rename files with a batch command and capture the original and renamed files in a list in order to provide a cross reference (doing a DIR /OS >file both before and after the batch file is ...
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Loop through several servers, find specific dlls , get the dll version, internal filename and path?
I am new to Powershell, and using PS v2. I can see the massive potential it has, but I just can't get the following code to work fully. I am trying to end up with a csv file that contains the wild ...
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Check for only numerical input in batch file
In the Windows NT-based command line (mostly for XP or higher), is there a way to verify if a switch being provided is a number only? Depending on the number, I want it to loop through the code x ...
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PC won't power on due to graphics card loop
One day when I decided to turn on my PC, something strange happened. All the fans were running, but I had a blank screen. I then heard my graphics card's (ATi 5770) fan go in to a loop, turning on for ...
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Bash Loops and Text Editors
I've got a handful of servers which have a log file I'd like to monitor. Because the project is new and most of the errors so far have been unique, I'd like to monitor these logs manually for a while. ...
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Loop a single track/element in a XSPF playlist using VLC
I've googled a lot, but I haven't found a solution yet.
Is it possible to loop a single track in the XSPF playlist?
In terms of a pause, we can do it in a xspf playlist as follows:
<track>
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Assigning values to Variable variables
I'm having troubles with a for loop, similar to below:
for VARIABLE in alpha bravo charlie; do
$VARIABLE=`sed -n '/$VARIABLE/s///gp;' $FILE`
done
$FILE might contain something like
alpha sandy
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Loop until user presses 'C' in sh file
What I want is as follows:
At first when user runs .sh file it displays following:
Review id:
You id is:XXX000YYY
Do you want to change it?[Press Y to change, C to continue]:
Now If user presses Y ...
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bash loop in an increasing sleep time?
I would like to have a while loop in bash like this:
while read i
do
~/bin/submit_job $i
sleep N
done
But I would like N in sleep N to be short at the beginning, then progressively increase ...
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HP laptop boot loop & black screen
After loading a driver for an external usb wifi adapter, this laptop is having issues booting.
Symptoms are:
Boots up but loops after 15 seconds or so, don't know if it is actually posting
Black ...
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Loop through a directory unix shell programming
Use a for loop to go through the filenames in the directory. In this version, only loop through the filenames that do not have a ".old" extension
Inside the loop, rename the file to the new name.
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Bash Shell Scripting - How to iterate through files and directories, and copy and rename files?
I have a directory setup as follows:
/Group1/audiofile1.wav
/Group1/audiofile2.wav
/Group1/audiofile3.wav
/Group1/audiofile4.wav
/Group2/audiofile1.wav
/Group2/audiofile2.wav
/Group3/audiofile1.wav
...
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My laptop won't load Vista, and is instead stuck in a loop
my Sony VAIO laptop with Windows Vista (VGN-NR260E) won't allow me to login to Windows, and instead is stuck in a loop or cycle. There are many different screens that appear, depending on what I ...
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PC booting and rebooting repeatedly without completing POST
I have a custom build PC:
Corsair HX620 PSU
Intel 6870 C2D
Geforce 8800GT
Asus P5Q-E
I've recently moved from the UK to Canada, upon plugging my UK built PC into the wall socket it gets stuck in an ...
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(PAUSE) and (LOOP) code for “Terminal” needed
I'm trying to create an Automator app to include a workflow that will play a sound in a loop preceded by a 1 min pause.
I want to do this without using elements from the "actions" library, but writing ...
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How to iterate over all pair combinations in a list in bash?
I define a list in bash like this:
list="element1 element_2 my_element_3 element04"
and I want to do a loop where I iterate through all possible pair combinations. In Perl, I would use a ...
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Windows 7 + Deep Freeze - I'm stuck in an endless reboot loop
I have the following setup:
Windows 7 Ultimate
Deep Freeze
I "thawed" my machine last night and performed a Windows Update. The update is having issues (it gets stuck at 32%, fails, and restarts ...
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In a for loop, how do I echo only the current file on a single(updating) line instead of EVERY file which will produce a list?
My first question on this stackexchange, and I am sure there will be more as I venture farther into the world of what is Linux...
I have a for-loop in a shell-script that batch renames all files to a ...
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Error on loop disk in Ubuntu
I had a disk, but unfortunately it had errors from a hard reset on the laptop power.
How do I know?
$ file cache.disk
cache.disk: Linux rev 1.0 ext3 filesystem data, ...
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managing ssh command in a bash loop
i've done a bash script like this
while read site address
do
ssh $address "df -k"
done
to repeat the remote command few times, but the loop works just once.
Any idea on the reason of this ...
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Allowing users to mount /dev/loop0
I have a following problem. I need to let normal users mount device /dev/loop0 to a predefined directory /mnt/data. The filesystem of the device is unknown and is to be defined when mount command is ...
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Permanently change ownership of loop devices
How could I let normal user become the owner of the loop devices?
I tried with chown, but whenever the device is being detached with losetup -d if afterward being created then again automatically ...
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losetup -d not always works
My OS is Slackware 13.1(2.6.33.4-smp).
I'm running losetup -d $dev in my custom script as the last line to free some loop device created in it. However, it not always works saying that the device is ...
