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Old 06-16-2015
Need help in scripting

Hi,

We have a requirement,client will post the file into ftp server with name as "prior-product-purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt".One copy should be in this FTP server. After that we need to eliminate some part of the string in the filename "prior-product-purchase" and post the filename as this "productpurchase001_20150608.txt".

Thx in aadvance
# 2  
Old 06-16-2015
Help in scripting

HI,

client is dropping a file in daily basis e.g., "prior-product-purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt" and need to eliminate some part of the string in filename and make it as "productpurchase001_20150608.txt".

Could you please help me in advance. How to achieve this.

Thx
# 3  
Old 06-16-2015
Hello lkeswar,

If file's format will be always prior-product-*_date.txt, then following may help you in same.
Code:
 for i in prior-product-*
 do
     echo ${i##*-}
 done

Let me know if you have any queries on same.


Thanks,
R. Singh

Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 06-16-2015 at 12:19 PM..
# 4  
Old 06-16-2015
The problem is the usual one, how to handle the file if you catch it during upload.

Can the client move the file after upload? Something like

Code:
PUT prior-product-purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt /path/to/somewhereelse/prior-product-purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt

RENAME /path/to/somewhereelse/prior-product-purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt /destination/folder/prior-product-purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt

That way, files will always appear in /destination/folder whole and complete, and you can just run this occasionally:

Code:
for FILE in /destination/folder/prior-*
do
        mv "$FILE" "${FILE/prior-product-purchase/}"
done

# 5  
Old 06-16-2015
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# 6  
Old 06-17-2015
Hi Ravinder,

Code:
filename=prior-product-purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt
echo ${filename##*-}

output it is displaying : purchaseproductpurchase001_20150608.txt

but we need output should be

Code:
productpurchase001_20150608.txt

thx in advance

Last edited by Corona688; 06-17-2015 at 11:59 AM..
# 7  
Old 06-17-2015
Hello lkeswar,

Following may help you in same.
Code:
 for i in prior-product-*
do
     echo ${i#*purchase}
done

Hope this helps.


Thanks,
R. Singh
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