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jeffhhs76-msh's avatar
jeffhhs76-msh
Level 3
3 years ago

Longshot ask but can anyone recognize this file from its contents?

All,

I found a file on my BYO NetBackup Linux Master server whos name was simply a comma. The contents of the file is as follows.. Can anyone identify this file from its contents? File was found in a users home directory.

Thanks in advance

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  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    3 years ago

    Hi jeffhhs76-msh 

    It's almost certainly the result of a mistake with the options to an "awk" command. The file is what is created by awk when you use the "-d" option (dump variables).

    What the user was trying to do, is another matter. They could have been intending to use cut rather than awk (i.e. cut -d,) to filter some output but typed awk instead, or use the -d option thinking it has the same meanaing with awk as it does for cut. etc.....

    Definitely not worth worrying about (unless you want to educate your users) and not from NetBackup.

    Cheers
    David

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    3 years ago

    Agree with David, Stefanos and Jeff. Looks like a file created by a misbehaving script.

    /Nicolai

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  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    3 years ago

    Agree with David, Stefanos and Jeff. Looks like a file created by a misbehaving script.

    /Nicolai

  • Nicolai's avatar
    Nicolai
    Moderator
    3 years ago

    hi jeffhhs76-msh 

    The files doesn't have a Veritas look and feel look to it. What was the file called in the users home directory ?

    /Nicolai

    • jeffhhs76-msh's avatar
      jeffhhs76-msh
      Level 3
      3 years ago

      I agree.. The filename was a comma Nicolai.. Just a comma.. Nothing else. I have deleted the file already but took a screenshot of the contents before I did. I can see awk related entities in there and I'm wondering if this is a file that may have been placed to set variables to another script that may be parsing the messages file.

  • StefanosM's avatar
    StefanosM
    Level 6
    3 years ago

    well , I'm used to find strange files to my servers.
    Some times I make typo errors to my scripts and send the output to files with funny names. Like @," etc...

    • jeffhhs76-msh's avatar
      jeffhhs76-msh
      Level 3
      3 years ago

      Same here Stefanos.. Done that myself. I don't think this is anything to be concerned with but I would just like to make sure.

      • davidmoline's avatar
        davidmoline
        Level 6
        3 years ago

        Hi jeffhhs76-msh 

        It's almost certainly the result of a mistake with the options to an "awk" command. The file is what is created by awk when you use the "-d" option (dump variables).

        What the user was trying to do, is another matter. They could have been intending to use cut rather than awk (i.e. cut -d,) to filter some output but typed awk instead, or use the -d option thinking it has the same meanaing with awk as it does for cut. etc.....

        Definitely not worth worrying about (unless you want to educate your users) and not from NetBackup.

        Cheers
        David