Questions tagged [script]
An automated series of instructions carried out in a specific order, such as a Windows script created to launch a specific program on startup.
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Delete all login.keychain files
Does anyone know a way to script the deletion all login.keychain files from all user directories on Mac OS X? This is a lab environment bound to AD, and when a user changes their password, without ...
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find command with exec sh doesn't work in shell script but in commandline (raspberrypi)
I want to find "old" folders in /volume1/photo/ipcam which are named like "????-??-??" and move corresponding folders within dropbox (with the same directory structure /ipcam/...) to the subfolder /...
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Search for a directory and delete it
I want to search the c: drive for the existence of directory called XYZ. Then I want to delete it and all of it's contents. There will be multiple directories named XYZ at different levels in the ...
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How to run a batch script which is on a server, but it should be run on a PC remotely
There are many batch scripts on one of our servers that are shared to everyone. These are scripts like Robocopying, portable apps, etc.
I am in tech support, and when someone asks me (for example) "I ...
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Check for syntax of BSUB in bash script
I am trying to submit a job via bsub linux utility using this bash script titple launchparse.sh:
#!/bin/bash
#BSUB -W 80:0
#BSUB -R rusage[mem=4000]
#BSUB -J "myarray[101-150]"
filenumber=$(($...
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How to automate Checkpoint firewalls rules implementation?
I HATE CP with a passion beyond belief...
I mean, why, WHY you couldn't include a command line interface that allows me to grep a CSV file in which I'm requested rules, format them properly and then ...
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Automate file upload in FileZilla using a script [duplicate]
Consider:
D:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\filezilla.exe -c 0/GG/DG/ -a "K:\YY\XXXXX\AAAA\BB\idS.txt"
This code doesn't work as it says:
"PATH NOT FOUND" K:\YY\XXXXX\AAAA\BB\idS.txt
However
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How can I run a batch file only one time per comptuer?
I have a batch file that I want to push out to make some changes, but the changes take a while and only need to be done one time, how can I manage this?
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Robocopy From Folder A - Only differences between Folder A and Folder B, to Folder C?
I have a system setup where 2 folders on separate drives / locations are normally mirrored via DFRS. This works perfectly and I have no issues with this.
However, the system that owns these files (a ...
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Linux firing subshell and stopping whole script
How to make it work?
#!/bin/csh
newgrp user_grp2
echo ok
"echo ok" is not executed until I write exit in the console. This is sample code.
How to make it work?
I ask in another way: when i run some ...
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How to interrupt my script?
I use the following script (which I start from at command) as an alarm:
#! /bin/sh
set -m
while true; do
paplay /usr/share/sounds/phone.wav
done &
I want to bind a key to stop this alarm. Please ...
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Using START /wait with MozBackup batch scripts
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
I have three batch files.
FirefoxBackup.bat
ThunderbirdBackup.bat
Firefox_Thunderbird_Backup.bat
The script inside Firefox_Thunderbird_Backup.bat is shown below:
@echo off
@...
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Rename a dynamic folder in Windows using batch script
C:\Users\xxxx\Downloads\CarepointServiceR2_CarepointServiceR2_**109**_artifacts
The Number which is highlighted is dynamically changed each and every day. I have to rename this like ...
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BGinfo not updating desktop
I have attempted every method of automating bginfo to run at logon unsuccessfully on my Windows 2012 R2 server. I though it was a scripting issue until I manually specified the path to write the image ...
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Is it possible to execute scripts on embedded linux devices (i.e: DSL routers)?
Folks,
I wanna find a generic way to run a (simple bash) script on boot sequence of a router with embedded Linux. I have read about ways to do this on devices like:
DD-WRT
OpenWRT
any NAS like D-Link ...
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In Html What is the difference between the "id" and "name" of an element? [closed]
I would have posted this to StackOverflow but I'm currently unable to post questions there so I was wondering what is the difference between the ID section and the Name section on tags such as:
<...
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How can I swap a file in and out of a directory, in windows 7?
My brother and I play this game on the same computer, but we have different in-game configs
Our in-game key binds and some other settings are different, and the game does not support separate ...
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Modify URL Before It Is Loaded On Google Chrome
Every time I load a YouTube video, I find myself first appending &hd=1 to the end of the URL so that the video plays in HD automatically. Over time, this gets annoying, so I would like it to be ...
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Powershell: how to get logged-in users list in active directory?
I need to generate this table:
Computer | User | last log in date(never)
This one asks for username for each user account and returns only ad server name against which the user was last ...
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How to make PuTTY's font automatically change color (while connected to a Linux server) as I did with Windows cmd.exe using a background batch script?
I was able to create a Windows Command Prompt that automatically changes its text color on a white background every ~1.5 seconds, thanks to the help of @dbenham and @Woody. I also use PuTTY every day, ...
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Autoit: run a program selected with FileOpenDialog?
I need to make a script that allows a user to run a software with certain parameters (that should be typed in).
So, first step, select the exe. Second, a text input box should allow the user to enter ...
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How to refer to a file in %APPDATA%\Folder in AutoIt?
I need to refer to a file in AutoIt, let's call its location %APPDATA%\folder\file.txt
How can I call to it in AutoIt? I've seen %APPDATA% referred as @AppDataCommonDir in it, but I can't get the ...
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Save session using shell command in KDE
I can save my KDE session using the KDE start menu. But how could I achieve to save my session by shell command ?
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Is Dropbox a good place for my shell scripts? [closed]
I know the "official" place for my own shell scripts is the $HOME/bin folder. But i would like to use a Dropbox folder instead and then just simply append it to my $PATH. Something like $HOME/Dropbox/...
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automatically launch/open a file when it changes
OS: OS X Lion
Shell: zsh
I'd like to automatically launch/open a file when it changes.
Background: i'm working on a windows vm, generating pdfs. Syncing via dropbox and when a file changes on ...
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Log IP address obtained by DHCP Server-Ubuntu Desktop
Would there be a way I could write a script that records the dhcp IP's that the computer running Ubuntu obtains everytime it obtains a new IP?
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Keep music library (apple lossless) in sync and converted as another format (flac)
My music library is arranged like:
/data/music/Artist_-_Album[alac]/*.m4a
I need to be able to keep a copy of these in another format (apple lossless) and I'd want that like:
/data/music/Artist_-...
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Bash two text files comparision script
Given two files, I want to write a shell script that reads each line from file1 and checks if it is there in file2. If a line is not found in file2 it should keep it lets say in a table TAB1. Also, if ...
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"Listen to device" Autohotkey need advice to finish
In all honesty I have no idea what I'm doing and I could really use some help
I'm trying to turn "Listen to microphone" on and off with the use of the "end" key and have a desktop shortcut. I've done ...
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How to Add Scripts to Path?
I've stored commonly used powershell scripts at %USERPROFILE%\Bin. I created a USER_BIN environment variable which I added to the user PATH environment variable via Control Panel > System and ...
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Set IP Address based on User Name
So I have a script from my old XP installation that sets the IP address based on what the username is. Here is the script:
'Get Username
set objNetwork = wscript.CreateObject("wscritp.network")
User=...
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Send HTTP request to website with password and username, then record results
I need to record certain numbers (temperature and others) from a web-based monitoring service (LaCrosse Alerts). However, you must login to use this service. I have an account, and am starting to ...
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Simple bash gpg update script
I have a text file in which I save all my important personal data like all my accounts' passwords and my credit cards' PINs in case I forget those. Obviously, that file needs to be encrypted, so I ...
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Script to copy text including today's date into clipboard
I'd like to know if its possible in Windows for a script (or similar) to be written that will copy today's date and specific text into the clipboad, in the following format:
dd/mm/yy - xx - xxx
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Create script to login and change time on unix Darwin
I work for a non-profit and recently had to take on some sysadmin responsibilities, and and it is a new area for me.
We have a Apple X Server that is running Darwin, and from time to time, especially ...
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How can a PowerShell script be automatically run on startup?
I have a PowerShell script to monitor an image folder. I need it to run automatically on startup.
I tried to use MSConfig, but I could not find it in that list.
How can I have the script ...
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How to let any user without root change specific network(qdisc) settings?
I have made a simple router from a Linux PC, for the purpose of simulating poor network conditions using qdisc (netem and tbf).
Now, I want to allow any user to activate specific presets that I have ...
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How can I run a command at login?
I would like to run a command at login on my Fedora 19 GNU/Linux system. What is the best way to do this?
Note: i am using the GUI. Thus, I could not simply place the commands in my .zshrc file. They ...
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How to log output of a part of a shell script
I'm looking for a concise solution for logging the output of a part of a shell script to a file. Additionally, I still want to be able to follow the life output on screen.
From the man pages of "bash"...
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Script to run after joining domain
Is there a possibility to do this? I want to run a script that defines my network drivers and runs an .exe after it joined the domain.
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Trying to make a symbolic link to a Powershell script
I'm trying to create a symbolic link with mklink through a Powershell script to a Powershell script on a remote server. this link should come on the desktop of all users.
if(!(test-path -path \$...
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Automatically mounting an encrypted USB disk at boot
I've followed these steps to set up an encrypted USB hard disk on Lubuntu 13.10, and these to unlock it with a keyfile instead of a passphrase. I now have a disk /dev/disk/by-uuid/32f692ec-e22c-49d3-...
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How can I run a command after boot?
I would like to run the simple shell command echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq at each boot, to enable the sysrq keys. When in boot should this be done, and where should I put a script to do it?
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if find ext then cp parent dir else echo not found
So far I have come up with this.
if ls -1 ~/Downloads/*.mkv >/dev/null 2>&1
then
echo 1
else
echo 0
fi
But what I would like to do is to then copy the parent dir of the ...
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change a .bat file to omit extensions when listing files in win 7
dir /b > filenames.txt Re named to .bat gives me file names with ext, I want to list without extensions, Any ideas anybody
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How to convert image text to normal text with a tool or a script
I would like to know whether is there any tool or a script to recognise the text which is in .png format and get the output as a plain text.
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ubuntu script no such file /etc/init.d/ script
i'm trying to run this script at start up but this is constantly giving me error that /etc/init.d/put_ubuntu_users: 14: /etc/init.d/put_ubuntu_users: cannot open ~/data.txt: No such file
This is my ...
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windows script to copy text from one file into a new file
I am noob at coding! I am trying to create a windows script that I can copy text from one file into another. My main goal is to find lines in the text with "started processing" and "file". I am hoping ...
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Simplest setup on Windows to send HTTP request, get and apply regex to response, and write match(es) to output file
I'd like to write a script that records the size of the close votes review queue on SO (currently ~95.5k), polling just a few times an hour, so I could plot a general trend. I know what I'm going to ...
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How to add a network (IP) printer using command line or a script?
My company will be deploying a bunch of laptops that will be used during a seminar for people to sign up for services on our website. At the end of the signup process they will need to print out a ...