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Old 03-19-2010
Rename file from data in file

Smilie
I have this script to read a file from a directory,
for FILE in `ls -1 ../dir` ;do
echo Renaming $FILE


with a filename TRO029274465.txt now i want to rename this file to a certain string found inside this textfile.

For example this
TRO029274465.txt contains
H20090812982009081211021025301000000012689925
T200908129820000105700668330000000126899250000000214600004
...

i want to get the string in 9-16
"9820090812"
so that my new file name would be 20090812.98

Been trying on some commands but it seems that i dont get the right format for this one.
pls help. I'm a linux newbieSmilie

Thanks,
-dying octuposSmilie
 

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ECACCESS-FILE-DIR(1p)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     ECACCESS-FILE-DIR(1p)

NAME
ecaccess-file-dir - List ECaccess Directory Contents SYNOPSIS
ecaccess-file-dir -version|-help|-manual ecaccess-file-dir [-debug] [-long] [ecaccess-file] DESCRIPTION
List information about ecaccess-file (the $HOME directory by default). Sort entries alphabetically. The ecaccess-file is in the form [domain:][/user-id/]path. Please read the "Shell commands -> File Management" section of the "ecaccess" guide for more information on the ECaccess File System. ARGUMENTS
ecaccess-file (optional) The name of the ECaccess File/Directory to retrieve the details. OPTIONS
-long Print detailed information about each file. -version Display version number and exits. -help Print a brief help message and exits. -manual Prints the manual page and exits. -debug Display the SOAP messages exchanged. EXAMPLES
ecaccess-file-dir List information about each ECaccess File in the $HOME directory of the authenticated user. ecaccess-file-dir home:/xyz/bin List information about each ECaccess File in the $HOME/bin directory of the user xyz. ecaccess-file-dir 'home:/xyz/*.txt' List information about each ECaccess File ending with ".txt" in the $HOME/bin directory of the user xyz. SEE ALSO
ecaccess-file-delete, ecaccess-file-get, ecaccess-file-mget, ecaccess-file-modtime, ecaccess-file-mput, ecaccess-file-rmdir, ecaccess-file- copy, ecaccess-file-chmod, ecaccess-file-mdelete, ecaccess-file-mkdir, ecaccess-file-move, ecaccess-file-put, ecaccess-file-size and ecaccess. perl v5.14.2 2012-04-16 ECACCESS-FILE-DIR(1p)
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