08-11-2011
filename manipulation using "sed"
Dear all,
I need to manipulate some filenames (dump.1, dump.2, etc.) and feed them to another command. For this purpose I am using sed and because my last COMMAND needs to receive files one-by-one I am using xargs:
>> ls dump.* | xargs sed -n 's/expression1/expression2/' | COMMAND
The problem I have is that sed opens dump.* files and does the change on the files not filenames.
if you type:
>> echo "dump.*" |xargs sed 'expression'
the change will occur on filename, so i guessed probably this will work:
>> ls dump.* | xargs echo {} | xargs sed -n 'expression'
but it didn't. still opens dump.* files.
Any ideas?
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SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1) GNU Portable Shell Tool SHTOOL-SUBST.TMP(1)
NAME
shtool-subst - GNU shtool sed(1) substitution operations
SYNOPSIS
shtool subst [-v|--verbose] [-t|--trace] [-n|--nop] [-w|--warning] [-q|--quiet] [-s|--stealth] [-i|--interactive] [-b|--backup ext]
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DESCRIPTION
This command applies one or more sed(1) substitution operations to stdin or any number of files.
OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
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Display some processing information.
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Enable the output of the essential shell commands which are executed.
-n, --nop
No operation mode. Actual execution of the essential shell commands which would be executed is suppressed.
-w, --warning
Show warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change on every file. The default is to show a warning on substitution
operations resulted in no content change on all files.
-q, --quiet
Suppress warning on substitution operation resulting in no content change.
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Stealth operation. Preserve timestamp on file.
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Enter interactive mode where the user has to approve each operation.
-b, --backup ext
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