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Thank you so much for this tidbit. I modified what should be line number nine in the excerpt below which eliminated two lines of code that I came across elsewhere. Below is an excerpt of the shell...

Thanks so much. I tried both methods and they worked. Unfortunately, I forgot to take into account that the particular field within the file where the string is extracted from the space(s) that...

Greetings. I am working in a Linux environment and am trying to figure out a way to rename files in a directory by appending a unique strings that appears within a certain area in those files. I...

There's a file whose date format for the year 2012 are currently in mddyyyy format that we are trying to change to mmddyyyy. Presuming that the grep command in the excerpt below is accurate, it...

I misinterpreted the brackets as parentheses (although the command worked despite not using the brackets) - oops! Thanks so much for the explanation!

Thanks so much, Jean-Pierre!!! Just wondering, what exactly does the parentheses surrounding the variable do?

I came across the command string on https://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/141885-awk-removing-data-before-after-pattern.html which was what I was looking for to be able to remove data...

I'm working with a set of files where I'm trying to remove a set of characters from specific fields. The files are comma-delimited, and the characters I want to remove include:
- open parentheses -...

I would like to put together something that will use the mentioned criteria, and have a specific prefix be appended to the beginning of the filename if it contains the particular string of text I am...

Thank you! It works like a charm. Thanks again!

I am trying to grep for filenames containing a specific value within a particular segment. The lines containing the segment I'm looking through reads like "HL^1^^1^1", "10^9^9^0", and "HL^11^4^8^1"....

Is there a command that will only remove the specified prefix?? That's the only place I'm stuck at.
The examples provided were just examples to help paint the picture of what I was trying to do. ...

Hi. Thanks for your help. I should've mentioned that the string of text after the ALPHANUM phrase are not extensions. They have their own extensions actually, like .txt. Sorry for not specifying...

I think
ls -gt
would be one way of doing it. This will give a shortened version of the long list with the oldest files being listed in the end of the list. This should list them by the timestamp...

Thank you. I would like to use the bash shell though. Is there a website containing the differences between the shells, and specify which variable / command relates to the other, etc.? Also, the...

I'm trying to put together a shell script that will append specific prefixes based on the content of filenames. I think I have this part down. However, I want to append before that part a process...

Thanks!!! It looks like Cygwin's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again!

I ran a search for "Unix Dos" in the search field box and checked a few pages' results but did not find what I was looking for. I am trying to find out if there are choices of applications that...

RTM, neither of the commands worked using the find/A prefix. The result I get is find: cannot open /A: No such file or directory.

I tried it using a lowercase a after the /.

Thanks.

:confused:
ls -dlRr
I've tried different combinations of the ls command using the above-mentioned options but none of them are giving me the output I am looking for.

Objective: To get a...

Well, thanks so much for posting the link! I really enjoy typing and I'm liking just about everything I'm encountering in Unix at this elementary stage that I'm at. I have added the link as a...

Thanks! I copied and pasted the contents of the script and tested it out with several d*o*t* files I touched, and had fun with it. Thanks!

I do have several questions though ...
1) Can the...

Guess what I'll be reading while I'm online this weekend?! =) Thanks so much!

Can this be posted also in the beginners / newbies section as well?

Thanks again!

I just did a quick search for 'script' and browsed the Shell Programming and Scripting Q & A category, but didn't spot a thread that might help me.

I'm wanting to get into shell programming and...

Can you explain the different components of the script? I'm trying to make sense of it (interpreting the script's contents to English) but I'm having trouble understanding it. Also, what are the...