Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All,

I want to Rename/Convert all the .doc files in to .pdf format.
I am using the following Script. But the final output is not proper.

##########################################
cd /u13/prepaid/ftpdata/INfiles/sap/

for name in `ls *.doc`
do
name1=`echo $name | sed -e 's/^\(.*\)\.doc$/\1\.pdf/g'`
mv $name $name1
done

##########################################

Please give me the suggestion to convert files into .pdf format.


Regards
Hanuma

Try this...

Code:

for name in `ls -1 *.doc`
do
        mv $name ${name%.doc}.pdf
done

Or even this:

Code:

for name in *.doc ...

---------------------- Failed Output-------------------------
bash-2.05$ cat HelloPDF.sh

cd $HOME

for name in `ls -1 *.doc`
do
mv $name ${name%.doc}.pdf
done

bash-2.05$ sh HelloPDF.sh
HelloPDF.sh: bad substitution
------------------ Failed Output---------------------------

Are you sure you're using bash?

Code:

$ $0 --version
GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release (sparc-sun-solaris)
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
$ f=name.doc
$ echo ${f%doc}pdf
name.pdf

I think you're using the old plain sh:

Code:

$ ps -p $$
   PID TTY      TIME CMD
 19211 pts/1    0:00 sh
$ f=name.doc
$ echo ${f%doc}pdf
bad substitution

Try changing the first line of your script:

Code:

#! /bin/bash

bash-2.05$ ps -p $$
PID TTY TIME CMD
6934 pts/51 0:00 bash

Still it will give the same error message (: bad substitution)..

Could you post the output of the following command:

Code:

bash -c 'x=OK.;echo ${x%.}'