The problem is a general misconception about how the commandline is evaluated. an asterisk ("*") is evaluated to a list of files by the shell! So, if there are the three files you mentioned in the directory what the mv command will get is (i skip the directories as they are not relevant):
mv package1.ps package2.ps package3.ps *.xps
As "*.xps" cannot be evaluated (by the time you issue the command there are no files named "*.xps") the error occurs. And even if it wouldn't occur (suppose you would have some *.xps files in the directory) the result would probably not be what you wanted to achieve. What you really want to do is:
Guys, i need to replace a particular pattern in lots of files in a folder with another pattern . Is there any command line script I can use to do the functionality.
Eg: aalex > ls
green_1234_colour.max
red_1234_pen.max
yellow1234flower.max
Need to replace the 1234 in the file name with 9876... (4 Replies)
I splited a file into parts, then i wrote a script to convert the format of the file names to this: part1.dat part2.dat
but I wonder why part.dat is also created knowing that the k variable starts from 1
rm -f part*
$(split -b $1 file.1 part_)
set k = 1
for i in $(ls part_*)
do
mv -f... (1 Reply)
Hi ,
Need help to rename the files in a folder. The .xml needs to be removed from the middle and appended to the end as in the example shown .
Example From:
TestMessage.xml2010-10-19_20_21_08
TestMessage.xml2010-10-20_20_21_09
TestMessage.xml2010-10-21_20_21_08... (4 Replies)
Hi All
I have a folder that contains hundreds of file with a names
3.msa
4.msa
21.msa
6.msa
345.msa
456.msa
98.msa
...
...
...
I need rename each of this file by adding "core_" in the begiining of each file such as
core_3.msa
core_4.msa
core_21.msa (4 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to change the XML filename in a folder to the rootelement in the XML file.
Example: TestMsg2010-10-19_20_20_54.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<R1Msg TimeStamp="2010-10-19T08:49:08.000000Z>
<TestRec>
<ID>1000</ID>
</TestRec>
</R1Msg>
Wanted to extract the... (8 Replies)
Hello,
I want to rename more than 100 files. These files have "?" in there existing file name but I want to rename files to there first part before "?" token. I have tried using for loop but it isn't working so help following is the sample filename and for loop that am trying to use:
example of... (3 Replies)
Hi, Hope someone can help... I'm pretty much new to unix and can only do basic commands.
I have an issue where by every day I need to schedule a job to look in a folder with a name format of .IP. will be different each day (when the day is over the folder extension changes), and rename any... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have 1000 *.txt files in a folder and I would like to rename them data1.txt through data1000.txt. The order does not matter or the names of the initial input files. How would I go about doing that? Thanks! (1 Reply)
hello
does someone want to help me for this one ?
i want to rename files & a folder according to the similarities in filenames
for example :
the file with the good name
cglogo tougl1953 dgmel bogd 01 -- ttgductoog ggdté gollogtd.ext1the others files needed to be renamed
cglogo... (5 Replies)
set -vx
for i in ~/Shell_Practice/rename/*.txt
do
t=`(echo $i | awk gsub("file","newfile"))`
mv $i $t
done
while running the above code getting below error.Please help.
atomic@atomic-VirtualBox:~/Shell_Practice/rename$ ./rename.sh
for i in ~/Shell_Practice/rename/*.txt ... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: nag_sathi
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LEARN ABOUT OSF1
rmf
rmf(1) General Commands Manual rmf(1)NAME
rmf - remove folder (only available within the message handling system, mh)
SYNOPSIS
rmf [+folder] [-help] [-[no]interactive]
OPTIONS
Prints a list of the valid options to this command. Asks for confirmation before deleting a folder. By default, rmf deletes a folder and
its messages without asking for confirmation. If you specify the -interactive option, rmf asks if you are sure before deleting the folder.
You are advised to use this option, since when rmf deletes a folder its contents are lost irretrievably.
DESCRIPTION
The rmf command removes all of the messages within the current folder, and then removes the folder itself. If there are any files within
the folder which are not part of MH, they are not removed, and an error message is displayed.
You can specify a folder other than the current folder by using the +folder argument. If you do not specify a folder, and rmf cannot find
the current folder,rmf asks you whether you want to delete +inbox instead.
If the current folder is removed, it makes +inbox current.
Note that the rmf command irreversibly deletes messages that do not have other links, so use it with caution.
If the folder being removed is a sub-folder, the parent folder becomes the new current folder, and rmf tells you that this has happened.
This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list and returning to the current
folder from which the list was extracted.
Using rmf to delete a read-only folder deletes the private sequence and current message information from the file, without affecting the
folder itself. If you have sub-folders within a folder, you must delete all the sub-folders before you can delete the folder itself.
PROFILE COMPONENTS
Path: To determine the user's Mail directory
EXAMPLES
This example shows how rmf asks for confirmation when the -interactive option is used: % rmf -interactive +test Remove folder "test"? y
FILES
The user profile.
SEE ALSO rmm(1)rmf(1)