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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting File Renaming and Moving Post 302596540 by cburgoyne on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 05:23:19 PM
Old 02-07-2012
File Renaming and Moving using AWK

Hello,

I need some help with a script. I have a file that I need to move and rename into the new directory. I am pretty new to shell scripting and have been trying to us awk with out success.

The file I will be getting is based in this format “Recipient_<ClientId>_<CampaignId>_<PSIJobCode>_<CPACId>.<BatchNumber>.pdf”

I need to pull out the <CampaignId> and the <CPACId> of the file to rename the file to <CPACId> and put the file into a newly created directory with the <CampaignId> as the name.

Currently I have been trying to use the following code
Code:
#!/bin/sh

# lood in common functions
scriptPath=$(dirname $0)
. $scriptPath/common.sh.lib

# requires 2 arguments
if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    echo "Usage: `basename $0` full_file_path external_path"
    exit 1
else
    # get filename without extension
    fileName=$(getFileName $1 'yes')
    
    new_name=`awk -F"_" '{print $5}' $fileName`
    CampaignId=`awk -F"_" '{print $3}' $fileName
    
    # move file
    createDir "//Web1/Proofs/$CampaignId"
    mv $fileName $new_name
    
fi

exit 0

The common.sh.lib was created by a developer who no longer works at my company but the following code should include all the calls that work in other scripts that we are using

Code:
# Get filename function
# arg1 $1 [required] - full path of file
# arg2 $2 [optional] - yes, strip off the file extension
getFileName() {
    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
        echo "Need to provide the full file path..."
        exit 1
    else
        if [ "$2" = "yes" ]; then
            # get filename without extension
            basename $1 | sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/'
        else
            # get filename
            basename $1
        fi
    fi
}

# Get file path function
# arg1 $1 [required] - full path of file
getFilePath() {
    if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
        echo "Need to provide the full file path..."
        exit 1
    else
        # get path only
        dirname $1
    fi
}

# Create directory function
# arg1 $1 [required] - path to directory
createDir() {
    if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
        echo "Need to provide path to directory..."
        exit 1
    else
        # check if directory exist, if not create it
        if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
            # make directory
            mkdir -p $1
        fi
    fi
}

# Check if file exist
# arg1 $1 = full path to file to test
fileExist() {
    if [ ! -f $1 ]; then
        echo "File does not exist..."
        exit 1
    fi
}

Any help would be much appreciated !!

Last edited by cburgoyne; 02-07-2012 at 06:32 PM.. Reason: updating title
 

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File::Basename(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				       File::Basename(3pm)

NAME
File::Basename - Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix. SYNOPSIS
use File::Basename; ($name,$path,$suffix) = fileparse($fullname,@suffixlist); $name = fileparse($fullname,@suffixlist); $basename = basename($fullname,@suffixlist); $dirname = dirname($fullname); DESCRIPTION
These routines allow you to parse file paths into their directory, filename and suffix. NOTE: "dirname()" and "basename()" emulate the behaviours, and quirks, of the shell and C functions of the same name. See each function's documentation for details. If your concern is just parsing paths it is safer to use File::Spec's "splitpath()" and "splitdir()" methods. It is guaranteed that # Where $path_separator is / for Unix, for Windows, etc... dirname($path) . $path_separator . basename($path); is equivalent to the original path for all systems but VMS. "fileparse" my($filename, $directories, $suffix) = fileparse($path); my($filename, $directories, $suffix) = fileparse($path, @suffixes); my $filename = fileparse($path, @suffixes); The "fileparse()" routine divides a file path into its $directories, $filename and (optionally) the filename $suffix. $directories contains everything up to and including the last directory separator in the $path including the volume (if applicable). The remainder of the $path is the $filename. # On Unix returns ("baz", "/foo/bar/", "") fileparse("/foo/bar/baz"); # On Windows returns ("baz", 'C:fooar', "") fileparse('C:fooaraz'); # On Unix returns ("", "/foo/bar/baz/", "") fileparse("/foo/bar/baz/"); If @suffixes are given each element is a pattern (either a string or a "qr//") matched against the end of the $filename. The matching portion is removed and becomes the $suffix. # On Unix returns ("baz", "/foo/bar/", ".txt") fileparse("/foo/bar/baz.txt", qr/.[^.]*/); If type is non-Unix (see "fileparse_set_fstype") then the pattern matching for suffix removal is performed case-insensitively, since those systems are not case-sensitive when opening existing files. You are guaranteed that "$directories . $filename . $suffix" will denote the same location as the original $path. 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