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# 8  
Old 09-15-2013
hi,
If your OS is Linux, you can try:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
find . -type d -name "p*" | while  read i
do
        read d1 d2 < <(echo "$i" | sed 's/ //g;s/.*(\([0-9.]\+\)-\([0-9.]\+\))/\1 \2/;s/\./:/g')
        m1=$(date --date="$d1 10 minutes ago" "+%H.%M")
        m2=$(date --date="$d2 10 minutes ago" "+%H.%M")
        d1=${d1/:/.}
        d2=${d2/:/.}
        j=$(echo "$i" | sed 's/\(.*( *\)'$d1'\( *- *\)'$d2'\( *)\)/\1'$m1'\2'$m2'\3/')
        echo mv "$i" "$j"
done

PS: This script no execute mv but print the command.

Regards.
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# 9  
Old 09-15-2013
If you don't have GNU date available, this might work
Code:
#!/bin/bash
find . -type d -name "p*" | 
awk    '    {printf "%s \"%s\" ", "mv", $0
             $2 = sprintf ("%4.2f", $2-(($2==int($2))?0.5:0.1))
             $4 = sprintf ("%4.2f", $4-(($4==int($4))?0.5:0.1))
             printf "\"%s\"\n", $0
            }
       ' > tmpscript.sh
. ./tmpscript.sh
rm tmpscript.sh

Last edited by RudiC; 09-15-2013 at 04:38 PM..
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# 10  
Old 09-15-2013
Code:
 > tmpscript.sh
. ./tmpscript.sh
rm tmpscript.sh

is about the same as
Code:
 | sh

Verbose dry-run:
Code:
 | sh -nv

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# 11  
Old 09-15-2013
Absolutely. Didn't think of that!
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# 12  
Old 09-15-2013
@Rudic: Maybe, it's not important, but not work with (example) p1( 00 - 02.05 )

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# 13  
Old 09-16-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by disedorgue
hi,
If your OS is Linux, you can try:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
find . -type d -name "p*" | while  read i
do
        read d1 d2 < <(echo "$i" | sed 's/ //g;s/.*(\([0-9.]\+\)-\([0-9.]\+\))/\1 \2/;s/\./:/g')
        m1=$(date --date="$d1 10 minutes ago" "+%H.%M")
        m2=$(date --date="$d2 10 minutes ago" "+%H.%M")
        d1=${d1/:/.}
        d2=${d2/:/.}
        j=$(echo "$i" | sed 's/\(.*( *\)'$d1'\( *- *\)'$d2'\( *)\)/\1'$m1'\2'$m2'\3/')
        echo mv "$i" "$j"
done

PS: This script no execute mv but print the command.

Regards.
awesome and brilliant . thx alot man .
could you explain a bit about i sed in your script i know what they do bu t i want to know about g;s \2/ and '\3/' .g;s/.*(\([0-9.]\+\)

Code:
sed 's/ //g;s/.*(\([0-9.]\+\)-\([0-9.]\+\))/\1 \2/;s/\./:/g'

and
Code:
sed 's/\(.*( *\)'$d1'\( *- *\)'$d2'\( *)\)/\1'$m1'\2'$m2'\3/'

---------- Post updated 09-16-13 at 01:49 AM ---------- Previous update was 09-15-13 at 10:34 PM ----------

i have a another problem with this kind of directories

Code:
P3 ( 9 - 10 ) = 111
P2 ( 13 - 11 ) = 112
P3 ( 4 - 8 ) = 114

script does not work for this kind of folder .
Last edited by Scott; 09-16-2013 at 05:04 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags...
# 14  
Old 09-16-2013
Ok,
In first time, the script should work fine if you replace:
Code:
sed 's/ //g;s/.*(\([0-9.]\+\)-\([0-9.]\+\))/\1 \2/;s/\./:/g'

by
Code:
sed 's/ //g;s/.*(\([0-9.]\+\)-\([0-9.]\+\)).*/\1 \2/;s/\./:/g'

Explanation:
g ==> global, so with command s, the replace is global instead of only first occurence.
\(....\) => catch arguments and \1 reference argument 1,\2 argument 2,...
[0-9] => number 0 to 9
\+ => 1 or more the left character class so [0-9]\+ ==> 1 number or more number.

Regards.
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