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# 1  
Old 06-10-2009
Argument list too long - SSH
Hi

I executed the code



Code:
for file in `ls pdb*.ent`
do
   new_name=`echo $file | sed 's/^pdb//;s/.ent/.txt/'`
   mv $file $new_name
done

Its giving error at ' ls pdb*.ent' argument list too long

i have around 150000 entries

please help

Thank you
Last edited by radoulov; 02-15-2012 at 06:12 PM.. Reason: Code tags!
# 2  
Old 06-10-2009
why exactly do you need an 'ls' there?
Wouldn't the following be sufficient?
Code:
for file in pdb*.ent

# 3  
Old 06-10-2009
i have the files in this format

Code:
pdb1i0t.ent
pdb1lv7.ent
pdb1pp6.ent
pdb1tj2.ent
pdb1xg2.ent
pdb2b4b.ent
pdb2ewe.ent


Now i have to remove the prefix pdb from all the files and also i need to change the extension of .ent to .txt

The new file should look like this

Code:
1iot.txt
1lv7.txt
1pp6.txt

Last edited by radoulov; 02-15-2012 at 06:13 PM.. Reason: Code tags!
# 4  
Old 06-10-2009
What exactly isn't working in your script and what have you tried to remedy that?
# 5  
Old 06-10-2009
Code:
[gandrap@regen pdb]$ ./change.sh
./change.sh: line 5: /bin/ls: Argument list too long


That is the error i am getting while running the list...
Last edited by radoulov; 02-15-2012 at 06:13 PM..
# 6  
Old 06-10-2009
Can we see the content of the 'change.sh' script please?
You did modify it as suggested previously, didn't you?
# 7  
Old 06-10-2009
hey it worked perfectly fine... thanks a lot...
 
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