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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Copy all the files with time stamp and remove header,trailer from file Post 302128278 by ksrams on Monday 23rd of July 2007 09:21:37 PM
Old 07-23-2007
Thanks for quick reply Shell_Life.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shell_Life
Ksrams,
Please give us more information, such as sample of file name with the
timestamp and the expected output.
Here is the info.
Input file(s) located under directory /input and file names are:
1) input1_20070723_171556.txt
2) input2_20070723_171556.txt
3) input3_20070723-171556.txt
input1_20070723_171556.txt sample data:

HEADERRECORD 20070723 DESC
aaa 111 222 333 bbb
bbb 222 111 444 ccc
ccc 333 444 111 ddd
TRAILERRECORD 3

I want the do the following process in one script..
a) First thing is i want to copy all the files into /ouput directory
b) rename the files under /out directory to
1) rename input1_20070723_171557.txt file to input1.txt and also remove HEADERRECORD 20070723 DESC(header record i.e always first line) and TRAILERRECORD 3(Detail record i.e always last line in file) from input1.txt
input1.txt file data should be:

aaa 111 222 333 bbb
bbb 222 111 444 ccc
ccc 333 444 111 ddd

2) rename input2_20070723_171557.txt to input2.txt and also remove first and last lines from input2.txt
3) rename input3_20070723_171556.txt to input3.txt and also remove first and last lines from input3.txt

I hope this is much better compare to my previous post.
I would appreciate if you guide me on this..

Thanks in advance..
 

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ECACCESS-FILE-MOVE(1p)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    ECACCESS-FILE-MOVE(1p)

NAME

       ecaccess-file-move - Move or Rename ECaccess Files

SYNOPSIS

       ecaccess-file-move -version|-help|-manual

       ecaccess-file-move [-debug] source-ecaccess-file target-ecaccess-file

DESCRIPTION

       Allow moving an ECaccess File. When the move occurs within the same ECaccess File System then it is a rename. When the move occurs across
       two different ECaccess File Systems then first a copy is done and then a delete of the original file is done (e.g. similar to ecaccess-
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       The source-ecaccess-file and target-ecaccess-file are in the form [domain:][/user-id/]path. Please read the "Shell commands -> File
       Management" section of the "ecaccess" guide for more information on the ECaccess File System.

ARGUMENTS

       source-ecaccess-file
	       The source ECaccess File name.

       target-ecaccess-file
	       The target ECaccess File name.

OPTIONS

       -version
	       Display version number and exits.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -manual Prints the manual page and exits.

       -debug  Display the SOAP messages exchanged.

EXAMPLES

       ecaccess-file-move ec:test1.txt ec:test2.txt

       Rename the test1.txt file in the ECFS directory of the authenticated user in test2.txt.

       ecaccess-file-move ec:test1.txt home:test2.txt

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