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how to get exit status from the command before the last [duplicate]
I have solaris machine ( solaris 10 )
please Look on the following simple commands (haconf -makerw | grep -iq "Cluster already writable")
# haconf -makerw
VCS WARNING V-16-1-10364 Cluster ...
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Make copies of a single directory to multiple directories with different names
I'm trying to replicate a single directory (with sub-directories) to a bunch of new directories based on a list. For example I can:
mkdir Fred Barney Thelma Louise Foo Bar
How would I copy a premade ...
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Test command in unix doesn't print an output
When I type this in the terminal
test 4 -lt 6
I don't get any output. Why not? I need that 0 or 1
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3answers
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Split command output by linebreak?
I have a command returning multiple lines. For further processing I need to process each single line of those lines.
My current code works by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator):
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1answer
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Git auto-complete
I am using Git as many of you do. Also, I don't use any GUI for that — just CLI. So I was wondering: are there any way to make Git commands (git status, git checkout etc.) complete themselves when ...
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Why does this compound command report errors when copying directories? [duplicate]
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Why does this compound command report errors when copying directories?
if one executes the following two commands in one line, as follows,
rm -rf dir ; cp -r dir2 ...
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Why does this compound command report errors when copying directories?
if one executes the following two commands in one line, as follows,
rm -rf dir ; cp -r dir2 dir
it may complain that cp can not create directory dir/subdir: File exists
but if these two commands ...
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1answer
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Check if the command exists in bash
I want to check if a given command exists in bash and I care only about the native commands of the bash and not the scripts written by the user. When I refer to native commands I mean all those ...
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1answer
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Make awk use bash with the system() command
Is there a way to make awk use bash instead of sh when running system commands using the system() call?
I want to use some bash-specific features such as [[ ]] and < > string comparison operators:
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