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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting AWK how to strip from right hand side Post 302158806 by n1djs on Wednesday 16th of January 2008 10:11:47 AM
Old 01-16-2008
use basename

I assume this is a unix box...
awk is a nuclear bomb, when all you need is a hammer.

Use basename (see example below)

#!/bin/ksh
for i in *.ixf; do
name=$(basename $i .ixf)
echo $name
mv $i $name.WIP
done
 

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basename(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands					      basename(1B)

NAME
basename - display portions of pathnames SYNOPSIS
/usr/ucb/basename string [suffix] DESCRIPTION
The basename utility deletes any prefix ending in `/' and the suffix, if present in string. It directs the result to the standard output, and is normally used inside substitution marks (` `) within shell procedures. The suffix is a string with no special significance attached to any of the characters it contains. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Using the basename command. This shell procedure invoked with the argument /usr/src/bin/cat.c compiles the named file and moves the output to cat in the current direc- tory: example% cc $1 example% mv a.out `basename $1 .c` ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWscpu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
sh(1), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 28 Mar 1995 basename(1B)
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