I want to write a shell script that will rename all the file names to today's date attached to it..
so for example i have a file names like
file1.sales.20081201.txt.c
zbrs.salestxtn.20091101.txt.inn
then it will rename both the files with todays date to it so the file names get changed... (1 Reply)
I have a file that looks like this
2 4 10 500 tim9
5 8 14 700 tim9
3 5 15 432 john1
1 4 12 999 ellen2
So basically what i want to do is fine duplicate names on column 5 and rename it with an extention (i.e. tim9_1 and tim9_2).
so the output file will look like this
2 4 10 500 tim9_1... (1 Reply)
I have to rename a large number of files so that the name of each file corresponds to a code number that is given side by side in a list (textfile).
The list contains in column A the filename of the actual files to be renamed and in column B the name (a client code, 9 digits) that has to be... (7 Replies)
I haven’t used Unix in over 25 years … and so I am at a loss for something that should be very simple. I have a lot of jpeg files (i.jpg) of students in a yearbook.. I also have an array name(i) of their names. I need to rename each “i.jpg” to “name(i).jpg”. I believe the ksh script... (11 Replies)
I have 7 files with 7 different names coming into a specified folder on weekly basis, i need to pick a file one after another and load into oracle table using sql loader. I am using ksh to do this. So in the process if the file has error records and if sql loader fails to load into oracle tables,... (2 Replies)
Hi there,
Firstly, I have no experience with shell scripts so would really appreciate some help.
I have the following shell script that is causing some problems:
moveit()
{
&& set -x
if
then
DOUBLE_DELIVERY=$(grep... (6 Replies)
I have hundreds of files with weird names, something like this:
I was wondering how can I rename them all keeping the sampleid and the last extension, something like this:
Any help will be greatly appreciated. (5 Replies)
Hi Team,
I'm new to Unix shell scripting .
I've the following requirement
A folder contains the list of files with the following format
ab.name.11.first
ab.name.12.second
ab.name.13.third
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I have to rename the above file to like below
... (6 Replies)
Data files coming in different names in a file name called process.txt.
1. shipments_yyyymmdd.gz
2 Order_yyyymmdd.gz
3. Invoice_yyyymmdd.gz
4. globalorder_yyyymmdd.gz
The process needs to discard all the below files and only process two of the 4 file names available
... (1 Reply)
Hi, I have about 60 files in a directory and need to rename those files. For example the file names are
i_can_phone_yymmdd.txt (where yymmdd is the date. i.e 170420 etc)
i_usa_phone_1_yymmdd.txt
i_eng_phone_4_yymmdd.txt
The new file names should be
phone.txt
phone_1.txt
phone_4.txt
I am... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: naveed
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
rename
RENAME(3) 1 RENAME(3)rename - Renames a file or directorySYNOPSIS
bool rename (string $oldname, string $newname, [resource $context])
DESCRIPTION
Attempts to rename $oldname to $newname, moving it between directories if necessary. If $newname exists, it will be overwritten.
PARAMETERS
o $oldname
-
Note
The old name. The wrapper used in $oldname must match the wrapper used in $newname.
o $newname
- The new name.
o $context
-
Note
Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to "Streams".
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.1 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) can now rename files across drives in |
| | Windows. |
| | |
| 5.0.0 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) can now also be used with some URL |
| | wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols and Wrap- |
| | pers" for a listing of which wrappers support |
| | rename(3). |
| | |
| 4.3.3 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) may now be able to rename files across |
| | partitions on *nix based systems, provided the |
| | appropriate permissions are held. Warnings may be |
| | generated if the destination filesystem doesn't |
| | permit chown() or chmod() system calls to be made |
| | on files -- for example, if the destination |
| | filesystem is a FAT filesystem. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Example with rename(3)
<?php
rename("/tmp/tmp_file.txt", "/home/user/login/docs/my_file.txt");
?>
SEE ALSO copy(3), unlink(3), move_uploaded_file(3).
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