Hi there,
I hope someone can help me with this problem :
I have a directory (/var/www/file/imgprofil) which contains about 10000 JPG files. They have a naming convention thus :
prefix-date-key-suffix.jpg
they all have the prefix p-20050608-
then AAAA is a 4 letter code
the suffix is... (7 Replies)
Hi,
I am getting a file name from a remote server thru ftp and storing this filename in a variable. I am doing this in ftp mode.
for ex: the filename is like emp_010208.
This file name has to be changed to emp.
Can you please let me know how we can do this while we are in ftp mode.
thanks,... (0 Replies)
I'm looking to determine if I can use a grep command to read file and rename the file based on the first 3 characters of the data in the file.
An example is:
Read FileA
If the first 3 positions of the data in the file are "ITP", then rename the file as FileA_ITP, else if the first 3... (3 Replies)
Hello all.
I am new to this forum (and somewhat new to UNIX / LINUX - I started using ubuntu 1 year ago).:b:
I have the following problem that I have not been able to figure out how to take care of and I was wondering if anyone could help me out.:confused:
I have all of my music stored in... (7 Replies)
dear all,
i have case with this:
i have file 20110601.txt so i want to auto rename this file like this 20110601_20110602.txt
actual this rename will create if 20110601 came in date 20110602(date from system unix)
so this will be using
#!/bin/bash
folder='/home'
desti='/home/desti'... (2 Replies)
how to rename a file if I don't know file location ?
Can we below command :
$ find / | mv file1.txt
I am not sure........can any1 help me out ?
Thanks,
Tushar Joshi:mad: (1 Reply)
Hi,
i have a file with some data ..look for some specific value in the file and if found that value rename the file with the value found in the file..
ex..
File.txt
1236 43715825601ANDERSSON,
1236 437158256031963040120060901200609010000000
1236 43715825604123 MCCL AVE UPPER
1236 ... (11 Replies)
I have one input file ABC.txt and one output DEF.txt. After the ABC is processed and created output, I want to rename ABC.txt to ABC.orig and DEF to ABC.txt. Currently when I am doing this, it does not process the input file as it cannot read and write to the same file. How can I achieve this?
... (12 Replies)
I have a specific set (all ending with .bam) of downloaded files in a directory /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/API/2-15-2016. What I am trying to do is use a match to $2 in name to rename the downloaded files. To make things a more involved the date of the folder is unique and in the header of name... (1 Reply)
In the below bash I am trying to copy the only text file (always only one) in /home/cmccabe/Desktop/list/QC/metrics.txt and rename each of the 3 text files according to /home/cmccabe/Desktop/test/list.txt using lines 3, 4 ,5. This format (that is list.txt) is always 5 lines. Thank you :).
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
date
DATE(1) General Commands Manual DATE(1)NAME
date - print or set the date and time
SYNOPSIS
date [-qsu] [[MMDDYY]hhmm[ss]] [+format]
OPTIONS -q Read the date from stdin
-s Set the time (implicit for -q or a date string)
-u Print the date as GMT
-t Use this number of seconds instead of current time
EXAMPLES
date # Print the date and time
date 0221921610 # Set date to Feb 21, 1992 at 4:10 p.m.
DESCRIPTION
With the -q flag or a numeric argument, date sets the GMT time and date. MMDDYY refers to the month, day, and year; hhmmss refers to the
hour, minute and second. Each of the six fields must be exactly two digits, no more and no less. date always display the date and time,
with the default format for the system. The -u flag request GMT time instead of local time. A format may be specified with a + followed
by a printf-like string with the following options:
%% % character
%A Name of the day
%B Name of the month
%D mm/dd/yy
%H Decimal hour on 2 digits
%I Decimal hour modulo 12 on 2 digits
%M Decimal minute on 2 digits
%S Decimal seconds on 2 digits
%T HH:MM:SS
%U Decimal week number, Sunday being first day of week
%W Decimal week number, Monday being first day of week
%X Same as %T
%Y Decimal year on 4 digits
%Z Time Zone (if any)
%a Abbreviated name of the day
%b Abbreviated name of the month
%c Appropriate date & time (default format)
%d Decimal day of the month on 2 digits
%e Same as %d, but a space replaces leading 0
%h Same as %b
%j Decimal dey of the year on 3 digits
%m Decimal month on 2 digits
%n Newline character
%p AM or PM
%r 12-hour clock time with AM/PM
%s Number of seconds since the epoch
%t Tab character
%w Decimal day of the week (0=Sunday)
%x Same as %D
%y Decimal year on 2 digits
SEE ALSO time(2), ctime(3), readclock(8).
DATE(1)