07-20-2008
Thanks for continuing to help me on this! Here's what uname tells me:
Linux host.XXX.com 2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Feb 27 10:11:19 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a shell script to find files older than 'X' days ($2) in directory path ($1) and delete them.
Like this:
my_file_remover.sh /usr/home/c 90
Now, I need to modify this script and add it in CRON, so that it checks other directories also.
Like:
my_file_remover.sh /usr/home/c... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: guruparan18
3 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
We are moving from an OpenVMS server to a Unix server and I have a problem with ftp'ing files.
When I ftp the VMS server from the Unix server, I need to "mget" some files, for example "mget test_file*.txt;". The semicolon is necessary because OpenVMS has multiple versions of the file (eg... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cdines
5 Replies
3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
So I am not sure if this should go in the shell forum or in the beginners. It is my first time posting on these forums.
I have a directory, main_dir lets say, with multiple sub directories (one_dir through onehundred_dir for example) and in each sub directory there is a test.txt. How would one... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: robotsbite
2 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
I have 500 directories each with multiple data files inside them. The names are sort of random. For example, one directory has files named e_1.dat, e_5.dat, e_8.dat, etc. I need to move the files to a single directory and rename them all in numerical order, from 1.dat to 1000(or some... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: renthead720
1 Replies
5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all, thanks for your time (and this forum, what an awesome resource for newbs like myself!)
Anyways, I've been given the task of importing content from a directory of about...7000 HTML files. They are all named appropriately and broken down by name depending on what book they belong too.... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: gratefulhokie
8 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi ,
I have certain files at the same path with differeent extensions like .dat , .txt etc ...........i need to rename them with extension .found at the same path with the help of loop....
also the files names will be like this ;
abc_2010_c1.dat
abc_2010_c2.dat
xyz_2010_c1.txt (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: amitpta
2 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi i have a folder full of files. some of the names are quite off because the dimensions were the same and i had to put a 'b' after the initial number so that it didnt overwrite. what i want is a script in unix to overwrite the filwe name leaving some of the title intact, e.g. below are some... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: shabs1985
3 Replies
8. OS X (Apple)
I have just purchased my first ever Apple computer - and am therefore new to UNIX also.
I would like to create a simple "batch file" (apologies if this is the wrong terminology) to do the following:
When I plug my camera into the MAC it automatically downloads photos and videos into a new... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mm0mss
1 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I have the following file structure and I want to rename all the abc.jar files to abc_backup.jar
rock@server:~/rakesh> ls -R
.:
test1 test2 test3
./test1:
abc.jar
./test2:
abc.jar
./test3:
abc.jar (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rakeshkumar
2 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have some 50+ files in the following format :
abcd_vish_running_ZEBRA_20140818.dat_08-14-2014_23:08:23
abcd_vish_running_ZEB-RA_20140818.dat_08-14-2014_23:08:35
abcd_vish_running_ZEB_RA_20140818.dat_08-14-2014_23:08:37
abcd_vish_running_RI-NG_20140818.dat_08-14-2014_23:08:42... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: SriRamKrish
5 Replies
LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
prename
RENAME(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide RENAME(1)
NAME
rename - renames multiple files
SYNOPSIS
rename [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -f ] perlexpr [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
"rename" renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified as the first argument. The perlexpr argument is a Perl expression
which is expected to modify the $_ string in Perl for at least some of the filenames specified. If a given filename is not modified by the
expression, it will not be renamed. If no filenames are given on the command line, filenames will be read via standard input.
For example, to rename all files matching "*.bak" to strip the extension, you might say
rename 's/.bak$//' *.bak
To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use
rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Verbose: print names of files successfully renamed.
-n, --no-act
No Action: show what files would have been renamed.
-f, --force
Force: overwrite existing files.
ENVIRONMENT
No environment variables are used.
AUTHOR
Larry Wall
SEE ALSO
mv(1), perl(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
If you give an invalid Perl expression you'll get a syntax error.
BUGS
The original "rename" did not check for the existence of target filenames, so had to be used with care. I hope I've fixed that (Robin
Barker).
perl v5.14.2 2014-09-26 RENAME(1)