Hi, all:
I've got two folders, folder A contains some image files (say, 100 files) in .jpg format;
folder B contains all description files (say, 500 files) in .txt format.
All image files in folder A are able to find their corresponding description files in folder B.
That is to say,... (3 Replies)
Guys, i need to replace a particular pattern in lots of files in a folder with another pattern . Is there any command line script I can use to do the functionality.
Eg: aalex > ls
green_1234_colour.max
red_1234_pen.max
yellow1234flower.max
Need to replace the 1234 in the file name with 9876... (4 Replies)
I splited a file into parts, then i wrote a script to convert the format of the file names to this: part1.dat part2.dat
but I wonder why part.dat is also created knowing that the k variable starts from 1
rm -f part*
$(split -b $1 file.1 part_)
set k = 1
for i in $(ls part_*)
do
mv -f... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I've got files with names like this :
_Some_Name_178_HD_.mp4
_Some_Name_-_496_Vost_SD_(720x400_XviD_MP3).avi
Goffytofansub_Some name 483_HD.avi
And iam trying to rename it with a regular pattern. My gola is this :
Ep 178.mp4
Ep 496.avi
Ep 483.avi
I've tried using sed with... (8 Replies)
Hi All,
I am trying to change the XML filename in a folder to the rootelement in the XML file.
Example: TestMsg2010-10-19_20_20_54.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<R1Msg TimeStamp="2010-10-19T08:49:08.000000Z>
<TestRec>
<ID>1000</ID>
</TestRec>
</R1Msg>
Wanted to extract the... (8 Replies)
Hello,
I want to rename more than 100 files. These files have "?" in there existing file name but I want to rename files to there first part before "?" token. I have tried using for loop but it isn't working so help following is the sample filename and for loop that am trying to use:
example of... (3 Replies)
Hi, Hope someone can help... I'm pretty much new to unix and can only do basic commands.
I have an issue where by every day I need to schedule a job to look in a folder with a name format of .IP. will be different each day (when the day is over the folder extension changes), and rename any... (5 Replies)
Hi,
I have 1000 *.txt files in a folder and I would like to rename them data1.txt through data1000.txt. The order does not matter or the names of the initial input files. How would I go about doing that? Thanks! (1 Reply)
Hello All
A similar question like this was asked before but I need to change part of the question.
I've two folders, Folder A contains some image files in 150 subfolders;
Folder B contains text files in 350 subfolders.
All image files in Folder A have the same filename as the text... (5 Replies)
Entry level scripter. Any help appreciated.
for file in *; do rename '4321_' '' $file ; done
Doesn't work for files with spaces in between
FOr eg
4321_1004.dat is renamed to 1004.dat but
4321_1004 2008.dat stays the same (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: davnavin
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explain_rename_or_die
explain_rename_or_die(3) Library Functions Manual explain_rename_or_die(3)NAME
explain_rename_or_die - change the name of a file and report errors
SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/rename.h>
void explain_rename_or_die(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_rename_or_die function is used to call the rename(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr,
obtained from explain_rename(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example:
explain_rename_or_die(oldpath, newpath);
oldpath The oldpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call.
newpath The newpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call.
Returns:
This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits.
SEE ALSO rename(2)
change the name or location of a file
explain_rename(3)
explain rename(2) errors
exit(2) terminate the calling process
COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52
Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller
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