UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

#!/bin/bash
for i in *
do
newname=$(ls -l ${i} | awk '{ print $3 $6 $7 $9 }')

    mv $i $newname
done

ls: cannot access fff: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access eee.xls: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `fff': No such file or directory

#!/bin/sh

cd /path/where/I/want/it/to/go

# The filename will get all put into the last variable, I
ls -l | while read A B C D E F G H I
do
        # Remove the 'echo' once you've tested it and found it does what you want.
        echo mv "$I" "$C$F$G$I"
done

$ mkdir emb-ws
$ cd emb-ws
$ echo 'a space' >'a space'
$ echo 'two  space' >'two  space'
$ echo 'a   tab' >'a   tab'
$ echo 'a^Mcarriage-return' >'a^Mcarriage-return'
$  echo 'a
linefeed' >'a
linefeed'
$ ls | while read f; do   echo ">$f<"; done | cat -vte
> )
>a^Itab<$
>a<$
>linefeed<$
>a^Mcarriage-return<$
>a space<$
>two  space<$
$ ls -l |cat -vte
total 20$
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dpickett dpickett  6 Feb 24 15:09 a^Itab$
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dpickett dpickett 11 Feb 24 15:09 a$
linefeed$
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dpickett dpickett 18 Feb 24 15:09 a^Mcarriage-return$
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dpickett dpickett  8 Feb 24 15:09 a space$
-rw-rw-r-- 1 dpickett dpickett 11 Feb 24 15:09 two  space$
$

for i in $(ssh -n hostx 'ls *')

ssh -n hostx 'ls *' | while read i