I think both forms of the loops are choking because the whitespace in the file names. The shell uses the value of IFS to break apart fields, and this is usually a white space. Using a shell 'for' loop in the form of
Code:
for file in $( ls Illustrator* ) #modern form of: for file in `ls Illustrator*`
will break all the files names apart on white spaces (or more accurately on the values in $IFS). You will get the error of "[utility]: No such file or directory [file fragment]"
the other 'for' loop form of:
Code:
for file in '$( ls Illustrator* )' #or for file in "$( ls Illustrator* )"
also does not work because the shell loop returns a single monolithic paragraph with ALL the files names in it.
You can a) rename all the files with no white space, or b) use a form of loop that can use asciz strings for the loop, c) use Perl.
The general form of loop 'b' that can use ASCIZ strings in the loop is like this:
Code:
find [directory] -type f [-maxdepth X] -print0 | while read -d $'\0' file
do
#rename the files
done
Note the "-print0" and the "while read -d $'\0'". The first reads the file names and puts them in a string that is terminated by a ASCII NUL; the second sets a while loop that reads the list with NUL terminators...
Hi,
can anyone have a ksh script to rename multiple files (ie to remove .Z extension of the files)
can someone correct this?
for i in *.Z
do
var1 = substr($i, 1,at(".Z",$i)-1)
mv $i $var1
done
Thanks..
Antony (13 Replies)
Hey Guys....
Just need some help as I am not proficient in Unix shell script...
Doubt:
---------------
Suppose there will be some of the following files inside a directory called OUT ...
Path: - /appdb1/product/batch/rms/OUT
files inside OUT directory:-
POSU_75002_20090127_20090129035442... (4 Replies)
Hi, i need a bit of help writting a tcsh script which renames all ascii text files in the current directory by adding a number to their names before the extension
so for example, a directory containing the files
Hello.txt
Hello.t
Hello
should have the following changes,
Hello.txt... (2 Replies)
Hello,
I am having 1800 files in a directory with a specified format, like
amms_850o_prod.000003uNy
amms_850o_prod.000003u8x
amms_850o_prod.000003taP
amms_850o_prod.000003tKy
amms_850o_prod.000003si4
amms_850o_prod.000003sTP
amms_850o_prod.000003sBg
amms_850o_prod.000003rvx... (12 Replies)
Hi
I need to reanme the multiple file using unix script
I have multiple file
like:
sample_YYYYMMDD.xls
test new_YYYYMMDD.xls
simple_YYYYMMDD.xls
I need to rename this file
sample.xls
testnew.xls
SIMPLE.xls
thanks (8 Replies)
Hi,
In my directory I have many files, for e.g.
file_123
file_124
file_125
file_126
file_127
Instead of renaming these files one by one, I would like to rename them at a same time using same command... they should appear like
123
124
125
126
127
What command(awk or ls or... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I want to rename several files like this:
example:
A0805120817.BHN
A0805120818.BHN
.....
to:
20120817.0805.N
20120818.0805.N
......
How can i do this via terminal or in shell bash script ?
thanks, (6 Replies)
Hey guys,
I have wrote the following script to apply a module named "trinity" on my files. (it takes two input files and spit a trinity.fasta as output)
#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH -p node
#SBATCH -A <projectID>
#SBATCH -n 16
#SBATCH -t 7-00:00:00
#SBATCH --mem=128GB
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL... (1 Reply)
#!/bin/sh
sqlplus -s "/ as sysdba" << EOF
SET HEADING OFF
SET FEEDBACK OFF
Select
pt.user_concurrent_program_name , OUTFILE_NAME
FROm
apps.fnd_concurrent_programs_tl pt,
apps.fnd_concurrent_requests f
where
pt.concurrent_program_id = f.concurrent_program_id
and pt.application_id =... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: usman_oracle
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9
break
break(1) User Commands break(1)NAME
break, continue - shell built-in functions to escape from or advance within a controlling while, for, foreach, or until loop
SYNOPSIS
sh
break [n]
continue [n]
csh
break
continue
ksh
*break [n]
*continue [n]
DESCRIPTION
sh
The break utility exits from the enclosing for or while loop, if any. If n is specified, break n levels.
The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosing for or while loop. If n is specified, resume at the n-th enclosing loop.
csh
The break utility resumes execution after the end of the nearest enclosing foreach or while loop. The remaining commands on the current
line are executed. This allows multilevel breaks to be written as a list of break commands, all on one line.
The continue utility continues execution of the next iteration of the nearest enclosing while or foreach loop.
ksh
The break utility exits from the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop, if any. If n is specified, then break n levels. If n is
greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be exited.
The continue utility resumes the next iteration of the enclosed for, while, until, or select loop. If n is specified then resume at the n-
th enclosed loop. If n is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the outermost enclosing loop shall be used.
On this man page, ksh(1) commands that are preceded by one or two * (asterisks) are treated specially in the following ways:
1. Variable assignment lists preceding the command remain in effect when the command completes.
2. I/O redirections are processed after variable assignments.
3. Errors cause a script that contains them to abort.
4. Words that follow a command preceded by ** that are in the format of a variable assignment are expanded with the same rules as a vari-
able assignment. This means that tilde substitution is performed after the = sign, and also that word splitting and file name genera-
tion are not performed.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO csh(1), exit(1), ksh(1), sh( 1), attributes(5)SunOS 5.10 17 Jul 2002 break(1)