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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Rename files - need help with array? Post 302269921 by lamano on Friday 19th of December 2008 05:49:29 AM
Old 12-19-2008
I don't see any reason for keeping directories and files separated, as you are mapping one file to each directory in a one-to-one correspondence. You could create two arrays and then access the items as you like, but I think a simpler and straightforward way for doing this could be just creating a list of files including the full path. You could loop through your list of files like this:

#!/usr/xpg4/bin/sh
#
#
MAINDIR=/apps/main1
FILECOMP=/apps/scripts/rename.txt
SCPINFO=box1:/path/to/location

theFilesList='Test1/Ready/file1.csv Test2/Ready/file2.csv Test3_Part3/Ready/file3.csv ....'

umask -S
# Dates the log file
echo "" >>$LOGDIR 2>&1
`/usr/bin/date >>$LOGDIR 2>&1`

# ------- START PROCESSING ---------
for i in $theFilesList
do
FNAMETMP=/usr/bin/find . -name *.txt -newer $FILECOMP 2>>$LOGDIR
# Rename
mv $FNAMETMP $i 2>>$LOGDIR
# Move to archive
mv $FNAMETMP archive 2>>$LOGDIR
# SCP to another server
scp $i $SCPINFO 2>>$LOGDIR
# Update the File for comparison
touch $FILECOMP
done
exit


If you are interested in using arrays, then you can define two arrays like:
set -A theDirectories Test1/Ready Test2/Ready ....
set -A theFiles file1.csv file2.csv ...

To access an array element:
${Directories[_position_of_the_item]}

To loop through an array:
for i in ${theFiles[@]}
do
echo $theFiles
done

To get the number of elements:
${#theFiles[@]}

That is using the Korn Shell though...
 

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merge

merge(1)						      General Commands Manual							  merge(1)

NAME

       merge - three-way file merge

SYNOPSIS

       file1 file2 file3

DESCRIPTION

       combines  two  files  that are revisions of a single original file.  The original file is file2, and the revised files are file1 and file3.
       identifies all changes that lead from file2 to file3 and from file2 to file1, then deposits the merged text into file1.	If the	option	is
       used, the result goes to standard output instead of file1.

       An  overlap  occurs  if both file1 and file3 have changes in the same place.  prints how many overlaps occurred, and includes both alterna-
       tives in the result.  The alternatives are delimited as follows:

	      lines in file1
	      lines in file3

       If there are overlaps, edit the result in file1 and delete one of the alternatives.

       This command is particularly useful for revision control, especially if file1 and file3 are the ends of two branches that have file2  as  a
       common ancestor.

EXAMPLES

       A typical use for is as follows:

	      1.   To  merge  an  RCS branch into the trunk, first check out the three different versions from RCS (see co(1)) and rename them for
		   their revision numbers: 5.2, 5.11, and 5.2.3.3.  File 5.2.3.3 is the end of an RCS branch that split off the trunk at file 5.2.

	      2.   For this example, assume file 5.11 is the latest version on the trunk, and is also a revision  of  the  "original"  file,  5.2.
		   Merge the branch into the trunk with the command:

	      3.   File  5.11  now  contains  all  changes  made on the branch and the trunk, and has markings in the file to show all overlapping
		   changes.

	      4.   Edit file 5.11 to correct the overlaps, then use the command to check the file back in (see ci(1)).

WARNINGS

       uses the ed(1) system editor.  Therefore, the file size limits of ed(1) apply to

AUTHOR

       was developed by Walter F. Tichy.

SEE ALSO

       diff3(1), diff(1), rcsmerge(1), co(1).

																	  merge(1)
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