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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Bash script to process file without regard for case Post 302410740 by manouche on Tuesday 6th of April 2010 06:11:04 PM
Old 04-06-2010
Bash script to process file without regard for case
Hello,

I have a Bash script that processes a text file so that the existing file will look something like this:

Code:
/www/repository/2010/201002231329532/LTLO_0407.pdf
/www/repository/2010/201002231329532/LTLO_0507.pdf
/www/repository/2010/201002231329532/LTLO_0607.pdf
/www/repository/2010/201002231329532/LTLO_0707.pdf
/www/repository/2010/201002231329532/LTLO_0807.pdf

Then the script uses a 'For-Do' loop to copy the files to another directory. Unfortunately, the original text file did not pay attention to case. So, when the copy takes place, some of the files are not recognized because of case and are not copied. Looking around for a solution, I did find the 'shopt -s nocasematch' and stuck it in my script, but it spits out errors.

Can someone give me an idea of how I might copy these files without regard for the case?


Code:
#!/bin/bash

cd /home/docs/wash_dig_arch

shopt -s nocasematch
sed 's/^\([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]\)/\/www\/repository\/\1\/\1/'g /home/docs/wash_dig_arch/serials_3_2010.txt > /home/docs/wash_dig_arch/Serials.txt

sleep 1
for x in `cat /home/docs/wash_dig_arch/Serials.txt`
do
cp $x /home/docs/wash_dig_arch/NEWDOCS/SERIALS
done
shopt -u nocasematch

Last edited by vgersh99; 04-06-2010 at 07:23 PM.. Reason: code tags, please!
 

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NAME

       cimreparchive - create an archive copy of the CIM Server repository

SYNOPSIS

       cimreparchive archive_file

       cimreparchive --help

       cimreparchive --version

DESCRIPTION

       The  cimreparchive  command creates an archive copy of the CIM Server repository in the specified archive_file. The archive copy is assured
       to contain a consistent repository state even if it is created while the CIM Server is running.

       The archive_file is created using the tar(1) command.  To restore the repository from the archive_file, stop the cimserver, move the active
       repository  files  to a different location, use tar(2) to extract the archived repository files, and restart the cimserver.  (Note that the
       repository location is printed when an archive file is created.)

   Options
       cimreparchive recognizes the following options:

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EXIT STATUS

       When an error occurs, an error message is written to the standard error stream and a non-zero exit status value is returned. The  following
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SEE ALSO

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