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How to run java service as a non-root user on CentOs 6

I have a script that starts a Java application as a service on CentOS 6: #!/bin/sh # chkconfig: - 80 20 SERVICE_NAME=cn4server PATH_TO_JAR=/usr/local/share/myserver/cn4server.jar ...
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Why isn't this XMLStarlet Query Working?

I'm trying to write a simple bash script that parses price info from the ebay developer API search results. Here's an example of XML search results for "Detective Comics 700": ...
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Is it possible triggering a script with a change of amount of files in a directory? [duplicate]

Is it possible to create some kind of directory watcher and trigger a script when the folder is not empty? I have a CentOS machine with jenkins CI on it. i would like to create a job that will move ...
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Can Start Service With init.d script, however doing service <SERVICE_NAME> start does not work

I am running CentOS 6 and I am trying to get my Oracle database to run at startup. I have been following these steps: ...
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Differences between %pre and %post in Kickstart on CentOS?

I have been setting up machines with Kickstart on CentOS and I am unsure about the differences between the %pre and %post sections of the kickstart .cfg file. The CentOS Documentation for the ...
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Why does AWK not like dots in one of two substitutions?

I'm trying to use AWK in a bash script to look for a placeholder string in a template file and replace it with the contents of a variable that (can) contain various special characters. Example: ...
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Similar method to /etc/init.d

I have set my script to run using the /etc/init.d method. All works good. The problem is that my script does packet capturing and when it restarts the machine after say the crond is loaded then it ...
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Commands for determining level of usage of server

I am scripting a new program that will connect to a cluster of machines in a VM park, and hopefully check their level of usage. The VM clients are a combination of RHEL and CentOS, and runs on ...
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What's the equivalent to && when writing a bash script?

I apologize in advance if this is a duplicate question. I did make an effort to search/check before asking here. I'm comfortable with writing one-liners like this: foocommand && ...
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Script for courier maildir folders on CentOS LAMP environment

I'm looking for resources to help me build a script to do monthly maintenance of maildir folders for a typical CentOS LAMP VPS hosting environment. I would like to run a script that runs from a ...