If you are willing to extract the datefield enclosed in the file name, here is a solution:
I suppose my other mates will give you a sed version very shortly...
Hi.. this is working but what if my filename is below :
myfile.onlytesting.200902270000.txt
but I only want 20090227 to be extracted.. and omit the 0000. How do I do this? Thanks again
hello,
can anyone tell me how to rename a filename in a script to contain the current date?
i have searched for the answer but with little success!
many thanks
rkap (4 Replies)
Anyone who can assist :
I am trying to pass the group vairiable to a filename:
rpt_tsavegrp=/export/legato/scripts/$group_savegrp_rpt.$dat
It will not pass to variable.
Anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong here.
Thanks
# This script sends email that save group completed.... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I want to concatenate the filename with the current date using the get command in ftp.
for ex:
<filename><date>
emp101_20080526
Can you please let me know the command for this.
thanks,
Aswarth. (9 Replies)
Hi all
I have the following question:
With this command, I get the latest file in a directory.
lastfile =`ls -1tr | tail -n 1`
echo $lastfile
The output is then:
partner131210.txt (meaning 13th December 2010)
My goal is to get the date into a variable and to obtain a final variable... (4 Replies)
I am using ksh93 on Solaris.
Ok, this may seem like a simple request at first. I have a directory that contains sets of files with a YYYYMMDD component to the name, along with other files of different filespecs. something like this:
20110501_1.dat
20110501_2.dat
20110501_3.dat... (2 Replies)
Hi
i want to list files based on date and change the date alone in the files in a directory
abc20120101.txt
xyzxyxz20120101.txt
ccc20120201.txt
ddd20120301.txt
In the above i want to select only files having date 20120101 and rename the date for those files like below
abc20111231.txt... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I'd like to write a monthly archive script that archives some logs. But I'd like to do it based on yesterday's date. In other words, I'd like to schedule the script to run on the 1st day of each month, but have the archive filename include the previous month instead.
Here's what I... (5 Replies)
Suppose i have a list of files in a directory as mentioned below
1. Shankar_04152019_ny.txt
2. Gopi_shan_03122019_mi.txt
3. Siva_mourya_02242019_nd.txt
..
.
.
.
.
1000 . Jiva_surya_02282019_nd.txt
query : At one shot i want to modify the above all filenames present in one path with... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Shankar455
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unix2dos
unix2dos(1) General Commands Manual unix2dos(1)NAME
unix2dos - UNIX to DOS text file format converter
SYNOPSYS
unix2dos [options] [-c convmode] [-o file ...] [-n infile outfile ...]
Options:
[-hkqV] [--help] [--keepdate] [--quiet] [--version]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents unix2dos, the program that converts text files in UNIX format to DOS format.
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
-h --help
Print online help.
-k --keepdate
Keep the date stamp of output file same as input file.
-q --quiet
Quiet mode. Suppress all warning and messages.
-V --version
Prints version information.
-c --convmode convmode
Sets conversion mode. Simulates unix2dos under SunOS.
-o --oldfile file ...
Old file mode. Convert the file and write output to it. The program default to run in this mode. Wildcard names may be used.
-n --newfile infile outfile ...
New file mode. Convert the infile and write output to outfile. File names must be given in pairs and wildcard names should NOT be
used or you WILL lost your files.
EXAMPLES
Get input from stdin and write output to stdout.
unix2dos
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt.
unix2dos a.txt b.txt
unix2dos -o a.txt b.txt
Convert and replace a.txt in ASCII conversion mode. Convert and replace b.txt in ISO conversion mode.
unix2dos a.txt -c iso b.txt
unix2dos -c ascii a.txt -c iso b.txt
Convert and replace a.txt while keeping original date stamp.
unix2dos -k a.txt
unix2dos -k -o a.txt
Convert a.txt and write to e.txt.
unix2dos -n a.txt e.txt
Convert a.txt and write to e.txt, keep date stamp of e.txt same as a.txt.
unix2dos -k -n a.txt e.txt
Convert and replace a.txt. Convert b.txt and write to e.txt.
unix2dos a.txt -n b.txt e.txt
unix2dos -o a.txt -n b.txt e.txt
Convert c.txt and write to e.txt. Convert and replace a.txt. Convert and replace b.txt. Convert d.txt and write to f.txt.
unix2dos -n c.txt e.txt -o a.txt b.txt -n d.txt f.txt
DIAGNOSTICS BUGS
The program does not work properly under MSDOS in stdio processing mode. If you know why is that so, please tell me.
AUTHOR
Benjamin Lin - ( blin@socs.uts.edu.au )
MISCELLANY
Tested environment:
Linux 1.2.0 with GNU C 2.5.8
SunOS 4.1.3 with GNU C 2.6.3
MS-DOS 6.20 with Borland C++ 4.02
Suggestions and bug reports are welcome.
SEE ALSO dos2unix(1)1995.03.31 unix2dos v2.2 unix2dos(1)