12-01-2010
Split and Rename files using Terminal and bin/bash
I have a file named Me_thread_spell.txt that I want to split into smaller files. I want it to be split in each place there is a ;;;. For example,
blah blah blah ;;;
blah bhlah hlabl
awasnceuir
asenduhfoijhacseiodnbfxasd;;;
oabwcuhaweoir;;;
This full file would be three separate files (separated into files by the ;;
.
Then I want to rename the resulting files with "comment" and then a series of numbers, such as comment1.txt, comment2.txt, comment3.txt... etc. up to comment2500.txt.
I've been working on splitting and renaming in Terminal and this is all I have come up with so far (below), and it doesn't split the files correctly and it doesn't rename the files. Please help!
split -p ';;;' Me_thread_spell.txt FILE && for file in FILE*; do mv $comment "$(sed '0-9')".txt; done
I'm pretty much lost at this point. I am running Mac OS X with bin/bash. I've been told a script would be easier, but I am not sure how to make one.
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flow-split
flow-split(1) General Commands Manual flow-split(1)
NAME
flow-split -- Split flow files into smaller files.
SYNOPSIS
flow-split [-gGhn] [-b big|little] [-C comment] [-d debug_level] [-N nflows] [-o outfile_basename] [-T nseconds] [-z z_level]
DESCRIPTION
The flow-split utility will split a flow file into smaller files based on the the number of flows or the ammount of time that has passed.
OPTIONS
-b big|little
Byte order of output.
-C Comment
Add a comment.
-d debug_level
Enable debugging.
-g Split on source tag.
-G Split on destination tag.
-h Display help.
-n Use symbols for tag field in filename.
-N nflows Split after processing nflows.
-o outfile_basename
The basename of the resulting files.
-T nsecond
Split after processing an interval of nseconds flows.
-z z_level
Configure compression level to z_level. 0 is disabled (no compression), 9 is highest compression.
EXAMPLES
Create 1 minute flow files from the flow archive in /flows/krc4. Store the results in /flows/krc4.split
flow-cat /flows/krc4 | flow-split -T60 -o /flows/krc4.split/1min.
BUGS
None known.
AUTHOR
Mark Fullmer maf@splintered.net
SEE ALSO
flow-tools(1)
flow-split(1)