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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting renaming files globally Post 302443618 by vedder191 on Monday 9th of August 2010 02:56:55 PM
Old 08-09-2010
renaming files globally

I am attempting to use a shell script to append the string "AAA" to the beginning of over 400 files and I am just missing that little piece to finish.

I am still a newbie and I am still learning scripting. This is what I have so far:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/ksh


find /home/vedder191/AAA_revised -type f -name "*.pdf" | while read oldname
do
newname=`echo $oldname >> AAA <---- Knowing that this won't work
mv $oldname $newname
done

So basically I am trying to append the AAA to the beginning of the name of all pdf's in the AAA_revised directory.

Last edited by pludi; 08-09-2010 at 04:01 PM.. Reason: code tags, please...
 

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GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG.3(October 1, 1997)									     GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG.3(October 1, 1997)

NAME
GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG - copy a physical segment from an instance in the current figure SYNOPSYS
#include <genlib.h> void GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG(oldname, insname, newname) char *oldname, *insname, *newname; ORIGIN
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/ E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr PARAMETERS
oldname Name of the segment in the instance insname Name of the instance in the which the segment is to be searched for newname Name to be given to the segment in the current figure DESCRIPTION
COPY_UP_SEG adds a segment in the current layout cell. All the segment's attributes are copied from the first found segment called oldname in the instance insname. The new segment is given the name newname. The main purpose of this function is to rename a segment, so it can be used later, when extracting a layout. ERRORS
"GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG impossible : missing GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG" No figure has been yet specified by a call to DEF_PHFIG. So it isn't possible to place a segment inside it. you must call DEF_PHFIG before any other layout action. "illegal getphins : instance insname does not exist" The instance called insname does not currently belong to the figure. "GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG impossible : segment segname does not exist" The segment segname does not exist in the model of the instance insname. EXAMPLE
#include <genlib.h> main() { /* Create a figure to work on */ GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG("cell"); GENLIB_PLACE("z2l_y", "r1", NOSYM, 23L, 54L); /* Put a segment */ GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG("mux0_s", "r1", "out_s"); /* Save that on disk */ GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG(); } SEE ALSO
genlib(1), GENLIB_DEF_PHFIG(3), GENLIB_SAVE_PHFIG(3), GENLIB_PHSEG(3), GENLIB_THRU_H(3), GENLIB_THRU_CON_H(3), GENLIB_THRU_V(3), GEN- LIB_THRU_CON_V(3), GENLIB_WIRE1(3), GENLIB_WIRE2(3), GENLIB_WIRE3(3). BUG REPORT
This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory. We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools. PROCEDURAL GENERATION LANGUAGE
ASIM/LIP6 GENLIB_COPY_UP_SEG.3(October 1, 1997)
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