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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Rename scripts using xargs/sed Post 302769395 by Grueben on Tuesday 12th of February 2013 05:58:48 AM
Old 02-12-2013
Rename scripts using xargs/sed
Morning all

I've got loads of scripts but the names are too long! I've stuck the list in a flat file (names) and I'm trying to read that in line by line and create the new names (in to directory new) from the list. It looks like this:

Code:
 xargs -n1 -I{} <names cat {} | sed 's/scr99000001/scr991/g' >new

I can't get it to write the new files out seperately. It just plows them all into one file.

Any help much appreciated

PS - I also suspect if it does work it will just replace 99000001 with 99100001 !
Last edited by joeyg; 02-12-2013 at 07:39 AM.. Reason: Please wrap commands and data within CodeTags
 

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DH_DI_NUMBERS(1)						     Debhelper							  DH_DI_NUMBERS(1)

NAME

       dh_di_numbers - install numbered scripts into package build directories

SYNOPSIS

       dh_di_numbers [debhelper options] [dir [...] dest]

DESCRIPTION

       dh_di_numbers is a debhelper program that installs directories of numbered scripts into package build directories.

       Within each directory, there should be a "_numbers" file in which each line contains at least two space-separated fields. The first field
       in each line is a two-digit number, which will be prefixed to the entry name to provide ordering within the directory; the second is the
       entry name, which must correspond to a file or directory alongside the "_numbers" file; and the third field, if present, is another two-
       digit number which identifies another entry with the same entry name to which this entry should be a symlink.

       Any additional directory names specified as parameters will be installed in the package build directory of the first package dh_di_numbers
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       debhelper(7)

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