I have created a script to rename all files in a directory by appending the file name with username (who created the file), the date it was created. For example, "apple.doc" should be renamed to "johnFeb23apple.doc" where "john" is the owner and "Feb23" is file created date. It works fine with file names without spaces. but there are few issues I don't know how to fix.
First, Here's my script:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
for i in *
do
newname=$(ls -l ${i} | awk '{ print $3 $6 $7 $9 }')
mv $i $newname
done
1. When it met a file with spaces, e.g. like "fff eee.xls" it gives the following error and won't rename that file:
Code:
ls: cannot access fff: No such file or directory
ls: cannot access eee.xls: No such file or directory
mv: cannot stat `fff': No such file or directory
2. I need to run this script in the parent directory (it's sub directory contains all files to be renamed). How do I make that change in my script? (adding path of sub directory where all files stored)
script is in "/tommy/" directory and files in "/tommy/data/" directory
Please help me. Thanks in advance...
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LEARN ABOUT FREEBSD
sticky
STICKY(7) BSD Miscellaneous Information Manual STICKY(7)NAME
sticky -- sticky text and append-only directories
DESCRIPTION
A special file mode, called the sticky bit (mode S_ISTXT), is used to indicate special treatment for directories. It is ignored for regular
files. See chmod(2) or the file <sys/stat.h> for an explanation of file modes.
STICKY DIRECTORIES
A directory whose `sticky bit' is set becomes an append-only directory, or, more accurately, a directory in which the deletion of files is
restricted. A file in a sticky directory may only be removed or renamed by a user if the user has write permission for the directory and the
user is the owner of the file, the owner of the directory, or the super-user. This feature is usefully applied to directories such as /tmp
which must be publicly writable but should deny users the license to arbitrarily delete or rename each others' files.
Any user may create a sticky directory. See chmod(1) for details about modifying file modes.
HISTORY
A sticky command appeared in Version 32V AT&T UNIX.
BUGS
Neither open(2) nor mkdir(2) will create a file with the sticky bit set.
BSD June 5, 1993 BSD
02-24-2012
Bash script to rename files in a directory
