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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Rename Files Post 302516159 by PG3 on Thursday 21st of April 2011 09:08:53 PM
Old 04-21-2011
Rename Files
Hi all,
I am newbie and Im trying to rename a set of files & there are over 2900 of them. So, the best way I thought was through a script and here is what I got & it doesnt work.

Im not sure as how to figure this out.

Thanks
Gonzalez

Here is what I have -

Code:
-a:~/Users/GonzaPue/ls -altr
total 24
-rw-r--r--    1 GonzaPue     staff     30 Apr 21 17:14 ABCD_201103027_11fh
-rw-r--r--    1 GonzaPue     staff     30 Apr 21 17:14 ABCD_201103028_11fv
-rwx------    1 GonzaPue     staff    515 Apr 21 17:33 Script.sh
drwxr-xr-x    5 GonzaPue     staff    170 Apr 21 17:33 .

-a:~/Users/GonzaPue/ls ABCD_* | awk -F"_" '{print $1"_"$2"_"'`date +%H%M%S`'"_Log" ".txt"}'

ABCD_201103027_195051_Log.txt
ABCD_201103028_195051_Log.txt
ABCD_201103028_195051_Log.txt
ABCD_201103028_195051_Log.txt

I cant seem to put the above line into a script and when I did, it errors out. Here is what I have in the script.

<
Code:
#!/bin/sh

for file in $(ls ABCD_*)
do

File_New=echo "$file" | awk -F"_" '{print $1"_"$2"_"'`date +%H%M%S`'"_Log" ".txt"}'

sleep 1

mv File_New $file

done

>

When I run the above script, it gives me this error -
Code:
ABCD_201103028_11fv: command not found


Please help.

thanks,
Gonzalez.
Last edited by pludi; 04-22-2011 at 04:06 AM..
 

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locale::codes::script

Locale::Codes::Script(3pm)				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				Locale::Codes::Script(3pm)

NAME

       Locale::Codes::Script - standard codes for script identification

SYNOPSIS

	  use Locale::Codes::Script;

	  $script  = code2script('phnx');		      # 'Phoenician'
	  $code    = script2code('Phoenician'); 	      # 'Phnx'
	  $code    = script2code('Phoenician',
				 LOCALE_CODE_NUMERIC);	      # 115

	  @codes   = all_script_codes();
	  @scripts = all_script_names();

DESCRIPTION

       The "Locale::Codes::Script" module provides access to standards codes used for identifying scripts, such as those defined in ISO 15924.

       Most of the routines take an optional additional argument which specifies the code set to use. If not specified, the default ISO 15924
       four-letter codes will be used.

SUPPORTED CODE SETS

       There are several different code sets you can use for identifying scripts. A code set may be specified using either a name, or a constant
       that is automatically exported by this module.

       For example, the two are equivalent:

	  $script = code2script('phnx','alpha');
	  $script = code2script('phnx',LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA);

       The codesets currently supported are:

       alpha, LOCALE_SCRIPT_ALPHA
	   This is a set of four-letter (capitalized) codes from ISO 15924 such as 'Phnx' for Phoenician.  It also includes additions to this set
	   included in the IANA language registry.

	   The Zxxx, Zyyy, and Zzzz codes are not used.

	   This is the default code set.

       num, LOCALE_SCRIPT_NUMERIC
	   This is a set of three-digit numeric codes from ISO 15924 such as 115 for Phoenician.

ROUTINES

       code2script ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       script2code ( NAME [,CODESET] )
       script_code2code ( CODE ,CODESET ,CODESET2 )
       all_script_codes ( [CODESET] )
       all_script_names ( [CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Script::rename_script  ( CODE ,NEW_NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Script::add_script  ( CODE ,NAME [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Script::delete_script  ( CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Script::add_script_alias	( NAME ,NEW_NAME )
       Locale::Codes::Script::delete_script_alias  ( NAME )
       Locale::Codes::Script::rename_script_code  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Script::add_script_code_alias  ( CODE ,NEW_CODE [,CODESET] )
       Locale::Codes::Script::delete_script_code_alias	( CODE [,CODESET] )
	   These routines are all documented in the Locale::Codes::API man page.

SEE ALSO

       Locale::Codes
	   The Locale-Codes distribution.

       Locale::Codes::API
	   The list of functions supported by this module.

       http://www.unicode.org/iso15924/
	   Home page for ISO 15924.

       http://www.iana.org/assignments/language-subtag-registry
	   The IANA language subtag registry.

AUTHOR

       See Locale::Codes for full author history.

       Currently maintained by Sullivan Beck (sbeck@cpan.org).

COPYRIGHT

	  Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe (CRE).
	  Copyright (c) 2001-2010 Neil Bowers
	  Copyright (c) 2010-2012 Sullivan Beck

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.16.2							    2012-10-11						Locale::Codes::Script(3pm)
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