There's no need for the echo command substitution and the first asterisk in your parameter substitution is meaningless since it's a shortest match (% instead of %%). Also, the filenames in question have spaces (perhaps that info was added after you had read the post), so the expansions need to be double quoted to protect them from field splitting.
A slightly simpler version of your approach: ---------- Post updated at 04:43 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:40 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by daflore
Is there an easy way to strip off a filename's extension?
...<snip>...
Thanks. I have a directory full of filenames that need to be manipulated in this way.
If it's possible that striping the file extension from file1 can match an existing file, file2, and if you don't want file2 clobbered, you'll want to test for the existence of file2 before doing the mv.
Hi (warning: newbie question),
I am writing a script to run a series of tests on a program, which involves a line:
for file in `ls test_suite/*.args`
but later I want to send the output to file.out. But I need to separate the filename and extension somehow...Also $file contains... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
i need to change the filename extension. For simplicity, we can assume that the extension after '.' is 3 characters only... but the filenames can vary.
eg. changing from abc.doc to abc.dxs
can i have a oneline command to achieve this (3 Replies)
I am running my script from "/abc/" this path and it has no ".csv files" but has a ".txt" files namely temp1.txt
My script goes as below, wherein it is suppose to find files with *.txt extension and *.csv extension in another path namely "/abc/xyz/":
#!/bin/ksh
PATH1="/abc/xyz/"
value="*.csv... (1 Reply)
I need a small script (sh) to remove in a variable the filename extension.
Example:
f = "testfile.txt"
and I need a $a with "testfile".
Some one a idea? (4 Replies)
Hi Experts,
need one help.. m writing a shell script for which i need the entire path of the file but without its extension.
running the below script gives error at the statement DIR = `dirname $FILE` --command not found.
#!/bin/bash
jar xvf *jar
for FILE in `find . -name "*.class"`
... (3 Replies)
Hi all,
I have a folder with a bunch of files in them, and I would like to add an extension (.mp3)to all these filenames. The folder has only files that I'd like .mp3 added to.
It looks something like this:
Intput:
File1
File2
File3Output:
File1.mp3
File2.mp3
File3.mp3Thanks in... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have files with filenames as below.
SGM Daily Sales Email-en-us-05312012.xlwa
I want to rename it in .xls. I am writing a script to change this, as there can be multiple files in subfolders.
I have the following script.
#!/bin/ksh
for oldfile in $(find... (1 Reply)
Hello.
I would like to know how to do this in bash script :
A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.0.100.40.123"
NEW_WORD=remove_last_ext("A_WORD")
NEW_WORD --> ABCD_EFGH.0.100.40
A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.0.50.3"
NEW_WORD=remove_last_ext("A_WORD")
NEW_WORD --> ABCD_EFGH.0.50
A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.3.100.50."
... (2 Replies)
I need to write a shell script to display the output of ls command like this
ls -ltr *txt
I get this
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 51912704 Dec 11 10:27 /usr/local/sam/test12112012101247AM.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 7 Dec 11 11:58 /usr/local/sam/test.txt
but I just need the latest... (7 Replies)
Heyas
As i often have decide things upon a filename its extension, i thought i'd write a script:
Just wondering if there would be a more efficent way?
out=""
FN=$( echo "$1" | sed s," ","",g) # Remove any spaces and make it a single string
for chance in $(echo "$FN"|sed s,"\."," ",g) # Use... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: sea
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LEARN ABOUT MINIX
diff
DIFF(1) General Commands Manual DIFF(1)NAME
diff - print differences between two files
SYNOPSIS
diff [-c | -e | -C n] [-br]file1 file2
OPTIONS -C n Produce output that contains n lines of context
-b Ignore white space when comparing
-c Produce output that contains three lines of context
-e Produce an ed-script to convert file1 into file2
-r Apply diff recursively to files and directories of
EXAMPLES
diff file1 file2 # Print differences between 2 files
diff -C 0 file1 file2
# Same as above
diff -C 3 file1 file2
# Output three lines of context with every
diff -c file1 file2 # Same
diff /etc /dev # Compares recursively the directories /etc and /dev
diff passwd /etc # Compares ./passwd to /etc/passwd
DESCRIPTION
the same name, when file1 and file2 are both directories" difference encountered"
Diff compares two files and generates a list of lines telling how the two files differ. Lines may not be longer than 128 characters. If
the two arguments on the command line are both directories, diff recursively steps through all subdirectories comparing files of the same
name. If a file name is found only in one directory, a diagnostic message is written to stdout. A file that is of either block special,
character special or FIFO special type, cannot be compared to any other file. On the other hand, if there is one directory and one file
given on the command line, diff tries to compare the file with the same name as file in the directory directory.
SEE ALSO cdiff(1), cmp(1), comm(1), patch(1).
DIFF(1)