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Special Forums UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers Appending file extensions to filenames in bash scripts Post 302422273 by ladyAnne on Tuesday 18th of May 2010 02:49:13 AM
Old 05-18-2010
Hi

Thanks for your reply. It looks like a relatively easy task, however, it doesn't work on my side.

Here is my code:
First I remove the old file extension
Code:
filename=${cfile%%.*}

Then I append the new extension
Code:
 mv $filename $filename.dsx

And echo the filename to see that our new file has the correct name
Code:
echo ${filename##*/}

This is my output:
Code:
$ ./Import_PlannedBSC.sh -b
mv: cannot stat `/var/local/dsx/csv/ds_pl_bsc_tester': No such file or directory
ds_pl_bsc_tester
mv: cannot stat `/var/local/dsx/csv/rnChk_pos_bsc_orig_001': No such file or directory
rnChk_pos_bsc_orig_001

 

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