All I want to do is move a file from my created recycle bin to it's own original path.
My code is as follows:
#!/bin/bash
restore ()
{
base=`basename $restore_file | cut -d"_" -f1`
echo "Your file $base has been restored"
mv deleted/$restore_file /$HOME/$base
}
restore_file=$1
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
echo "You have not entered a file"
elif [ -e deleted/$restore_file ]
then
restore
grep -v $(basename $restore_file) $HOME/.restore.info >> $HOME/.restore.inf o.tmp
cp $HOME/.restore.info.tmp $HOME/.restore.info
rm $HOME/.restore.info.tmp
else
echo "Your file "$restore_file" does not exist"
fi
I'm sure the error is in on line 7, just not sure how to rewrite. Any ideas?
Do you need to put a full path in before deleted?
You don't need the slash before $HOME, but that shouldn't be a problem.
Related
I am trying to design a file watcher solution in which I need to watch a particular folder for different file names everyday, once the file name is found, I need to call a script specific to the file name.
Example:
Watch Folder -
file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
call script.sh abc file1
call script.sh abc file2
call script.sh abc file3
I tried to make use of the inotifywait but have not been able to get it to work. Any help would be appreciated.
sftp_home=/app/public/ent_sftp
script=/app/public/bin
curr_date=$(TZ=":US/Eastern" date '+%Y%m%d')
inotifywait -m $sftp_home -e create -e moved_to |
while read path action file; do
echo "The file '$file' appeared in directory '$path' via '$action'"
if [ "$file" = "file1${curr_date}*.txt" ]; then
echo "file1${curr_date}*.txt was found and process will be initiated"
cd $script
./script.sh file1
elif [ "$file" = "file2${curr_date}*.txt" ]; then
echo "file2${curr_date}*.txtwas found today and process will be initiated"
cd $script
./script.sh file2
fi
done
Thanks,
Kavin
If you want to do glob expansions in the match, you can do that with a case statement:
unset arg
case $file in
file1${curr_date}*.txt)
arg=file1
;;
file2${curr_date}*.txt)
arg=file2
;;
*)
echo No file found >&2
;;
esac
if test -n "$arg"; then
echo "${arg}${curr_date}*.txt was found and process will be initiated"
cd $script
./script.sh "$arg"
fi
I'm trying to make a recycle bin for UNIX, so I have two scripts. 1 to delete the file and move it to the bin, the other script to restore the file back to its original location.
my restore script only works if the person gives the path to the deleted file.
ex: sh restore ~/trashbin/filename
How do I hardcode into my script so that I don't need to give the path to the deleted file it should already know to look in the trashbin for the file. My restore script works only when someone calls in the path to the file.
#!/bin/bash
rlink=$(readlink -e "$1")
rname=$(basename "$rlink")
function restoreFile() {
rlink=$(readlink -e "$1")
rname=$(basename "$rlink")
rorgpath=$(grep "$rname" ~/.restore.info | cut -d":" -f2)
rdirect=$(dirname "$rorgpath")
#echo $orgpath
if [ ! -d "$rdirect" ]
then
mkdir -p $rdirect
#echo $var
mv $rlink $rorgpath
else
mv $rlink $rorgpath
fi
}
if [ -z "$1" ]
then
echo "Error no filename provided."
exit 1
elif [ ! -f "$1" ]
then
echo "Error file does not exist."
exit 1
elif [ -f "$rorgpath" ]
then
echo "File already exists in original path."
read -p "Would you like to overwrite it? (y/n)" ovr
if [[ $ovr = y || $ovr = Y || $ovr = yes ]]
then
echo "Restoring File and overwriting."
restoreFile $1
grep -v "$rname" ~/.restore.info > ~/.restorebackup.info
mv ~/.restorebackup.info ~/.restore.info
fi
else
echo "Restoring file into original path."
restoreFile $1
grep -v "$rname" ~/.restore.info > ~/.restorebackup.info
mv ~/.restorebackup.info ~/.restore.info
fi
When you "remove" the file from the file-system to your trash-bin, move it so that its path is remembered. Example: removing file /home/user/file.txt should mean moving this file to ~/.trash/home/user/file.txt. That way, you'll be able to restore files to the original location, and you'll have auto-complete work, since you can do: sh restore ~/.trash/<TAB><TAB>
I am trying to write a unix command which will write/redirects the output to a file i.e. create a file if there is difference in 2 files else it will not create the file.
I am using the below command but it always creates a file(of 0B if no diff), no matter there is any difference in file or not.
diff -u -w a.txt b.txt > diff.tmp
I am trying to write a single unix command that will create file "diff.tmp" if "a.txt" is not equal to "b.txt" else "diff.tmp" will not be created.
Thanks in advance,
Pritish
In bash you could remove it afterwards:
diff -u -w a.txt b.txt > diff.tmp && if [ -f diff.tmp ] && [ ! -s diff.tmp ]; then rm diff.tmp; fi
Note:
-f: to check if the file exits (-e to check if a file, directory, etc. exists)
-s: to check if the file is non-zero
However can will work for text files ..you can use cmp command as well.
cmp a.txt b.txt > cmp.tmp && if [ -f cmp.tmp ] && [ ! -s cmp.tmp ]; then rm cmp.tmp; fi
you can check return code of diff. From man page:
Exit status is 0 if inputs are the same, 1 if different, 2 if trouble.
So I would write something like:
#!/bin/bash
diff "$1" "$2" 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]];then
echo "No diff found!"
else
echo "Diff saved in file "$3
diff $1 $2 > $3
fi
And then you call it like
./diff.sh a.txt b.txt diff.tmp
Hope it helps!
Bye
Piero
###Takes filenames as arguments and makes those executable
#create file variable
file=$*
chmod 755 $file
if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
echo permission change suceeded
else
echo permission change failed
exit 0
fi
This is my current code - I'm wanting to add an extra echo which will be "already got executable permission" - how would i add a check onto this to check that if it has executable permission or not
if [ -x "$file" ]; then
echo "already got executable permission"
else
....
fi
Check
help test
perm="$(stat -c "%a" $file)"
if [$perm -eq 755]; then
...
else
...
fi
How to write a shell script named "backup.sh" which accepts one parameter, which would be a filename/directory.
Create a backup copy of that with the .bak appended to its name.Show message on success.
If the file/directory does not exist, show a proper message.
i did up to this point.please help me to figure this out
#!/bin/sh
#create_backup.sh
And add a .bak
bak="${backup.sh}.bak"
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]
then
exit 1;
echo "File Succesfully backuped"
fi
cp ${1} "${1}.back"
echo "File is not found "
exit 0
#!/bin/bash -e
directory=$1
cp -r $directory $directory.bak
echo "Success"
obvious caveats with pathing/error codes/etc