I need to move a bunch of files into folders that have the same name. I wanted to either do this with some filter command or some type of batch file that I could save that would already include all of the mv commands since I will have to do this process often. Whatever method you think is easier.
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I am trying to create files with special characters in its filenames for testing purposes. This is on a Linux RHEL4 but this should also be applicable on a Unix shell.
I am able to create files with special characters in the filenames...e.g.
cp -pv foo.gif \*special.gif
cp -pv foo.gif \... (6 Replies)
Hi All
I need a script to manipulate files based on a filename:
example filename: 66600_042706.pdf
the script will create a directory 66000 only if this directory is not existing. If that directory is existing it will just move the file to 66000/666000_042706.pdf
in addition, i want to... (4 Replies)
hi,
i am new to linux and stuck to moving files according to filename.
i have PDF files, named like 20110131_125023.pdf (YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.pdf)
i want to move those files to the subfolders YYYY/MM/ on monthly basis.
thanks for any help... (2 Replies)
Hi,
My Requirement is to read the filenames which possess space charatcer in it and pass the same file name to the other shell script as input parameter.
Please provide your valuable suggestion. (5 Replies)
Howdy,
I am trying to search for a string within a directory, and then return the filename only, without the directory itself.
I am using korn shell and the command
x=$(find /XXXXX/XXXXX/XXXXX/I2 -exec grep -c "$line" {} /dev/null \;)
which returns the directory and the filename:
... (4 Replies)
Hi there,
I am having trouble with a script I have written, which is designed to search through a directory for a header and payload file, retrieve a string from both filenames, compare this string and if it matches make a backup of the two files then move them to a different directory for... (1 Reply)
Well.
I would love to have a way to:
1.) search a folder, lets say: X:\Files
for any file that contains a "Conflict" in its filename (only!)
(recursively so it searches the whole contents of the folder)
2.) Move all files to another Folder.
All this under DOS.
Any help... (6 Replies)
Hello,
I do have folders containing having funny strings in their names and one space.
First, I do remove the funny strings and replace the space by an underscore.
find . -name '* *' | while read file;
do
target=`echo "$file" | sed 's/... (2 Replies)
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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 v5.12.4 2011-08-10 RENAME(1)