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Operating Systems Linux Fedora Concatenate Numerous Files Post 302723181 by sudon't on Monday 29th of October 2012 03:04:46 PM
Old 10-29-2012
I knew that, eventually, someone reading this thread would get frustrated and whip up a script to solve all my problems. It must be the same feeling I get when I meet someone who can barely read or write. Script writing is so far beyond my capabilities that it feels like cheating, somehow. ; )
The way they have the files set up might be a problem for your script. Indeed, it is thee problem.
Code:
-bash $ cat OTfilelistsorted.txt
.....
./01_Old Testament/01_Genesis/Genesis8.txt
./01_Old Testament/01_Genesis/Genesis9.txt
./01_Old Testament/01_Genesis/Genesis10.txt
./01_Old Testament/01_Genesis/Genesis11.txt
.....

Each book constitutes a directory, while each chapter constitutes a numbered file. Genesis, for instance, is broken up into fifty separate files. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like your script is expecting each book to be one file. Could your embedded list contain a wildcard character? Even so, it seems to me we still have the problem of sorting. As you can see, they used single digit enumeration. But I'm going to try to fix the actual filenames, first.

---------- Post updated at 03:04 PM ---------- Previous update was at 02:36 PM ----------

OK, found out that rename is a perl script someone made up. Downloaded the code, et voila!
Code:
-bash $ ls
Genesis1.txt	Genesis19.txt	Genesis28.txt	Genesis37.txt	Genesis46.txt
Genesis10.txt	Genesis2.txt	Genesis29.txt	Genesis38.txt	Genesis47.txt
Genesis11.txt	Genesis20.txt	Genesis3.txt	Genesis39.txt	Genesis48.txt
Genesis12.txt	Genesis21.txt	Genesis30.txt	Genesis4.txt	Genesis49.txt
Genesis13.txt	Genesis22.txt	Genesis31.txt	Genesis40.txt	Genesis5.txt
Genesis14.txt	Genesis23.txt	Genesis32.txt	Genesis41.txt	Genesis50.txt
Genesis15.txt	Genesis24.txt	Genesis33.txt	Genesis42.txt	Genesis6.txt
Genesis16.txt	Genesis25.txt	Genesis34.txt	Genesis43.txt	Genesis7.txt
Genesis17.txt	Genesis26.txt	Genesis35.txt	Genesis44.txt	Genesis8.txt
Genesis18.txt	Genesis27.txt	Genesis36.txt	Genesis45.txt	Genesis9.txt
-bash $ ls | rename 's/(?<=[a-z])(?=[0-9]\.txt)/0/g'
-bash $ ls
Genesis01.txt	Genesis11.txt	Genesis21.txt	Genesis31.txt	Genesis41.txt
Genesis02.txt	Genesis12.txt	Genesis22.txt	Genesis32.txt	Genesis42.txt
Genesis03.txt	Genesis13.txt	Genesis23.txt	Genesis33.txt	Genesis43.txt
Genesis04.txt	Genesis14.txt	Genesis24.txt	Genesis34.txt	Genesis44.txt
Genesis05.txt	Genesis15.txt	Genesis25.txt	Genesis35.txt	Genesis45.txt
Genesis06.txt	Genesis16.txt	Genesis26.txt	Genesis36.txt	Genesis46.txt
Genesis07.txt	Genesis17.txt	Genesis27.txt	Genesis37.txt	Genesis47.txt
Genesis08.txt	Genesis18.txt	Genesis28.txt	Genesis38.txt	Genesis48.txt
Genesis09.txt	Genesis19.txt	Genesis29.txt	Genesis39.txt	Genesis49.txt
Genesis10.txt	Genesis20.txt	Genesis30.txt	Genesis40.txt	Genesis50.txt
-bash $

This should give us properly sorted lists. Now, a little find/replace to eliminate spaces.... I am now having fun.
 

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ecaccess-file-move

ECACCESS-FILE-MOVE(1p)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    ECACCESS-FILE-MOVE(1p)

NAME

       ecaccess-file-move - Move or Rename ECaccess Files

SYNOPSIS

       ecaccess-file-move -version|-help|-manual

       ecaccess-file-move [-debug] source-ecaccess-file target-ecaccess-file

DESCRIPTION

       Allow moving an ECaccess File. When the move occurs within the same ECaccess File System then it is a rename. When the move occurs across
       two different ECaccess File Systems then first a copy is done and then a delete of the original file is done (e.g. similar to ecaccess-
       file-copy ... -erase).

       The source-ecaccess-file and target-ecaccess-file are in the form [domain:][/user-id/]path. Please read the "Shell commands -> File
       Management" section of the "ecaccess" guide for more information on the ECaccess File System.

ARGUMENTS

       source-ecaccess-file
	       The source ECaccess File name.

       target-ecaccess-file
	       The target ECaccess File name.

OPTIONS

       -version
	       Display version number and exits.

       -help   Print a brief help message and exits.

       -manual Prints the manual page and exits.

       -debug  Display the SOAP messages exchanged.

EXAMPLES

       ecaccess-file-move ec:test1.txt ec:test2.txt

       Rename the test1.txt file in the ECFS directory of the authenticated user in test2.txt.

       ecaccess-file-move ec:test1.txt home:test2.txt

       Copy the test1.txt file from the ECFS directory of the authenticated user to the test2.txt file in the $HOME directory of the authenticated
       user, then delete the test1.txt file from ECFS.

SEE ALSO

       ecaccess-file-delete, ecaccess-file-get, ecaccess-file-mget, ecaccess-file-modtime, ecaccess-file-mput, ecaccess-file-rmdir, ecaccess-file-
       copy, ecaccess-file-dir, ecaccess-file-mdelete, ecaccess-file-mkdir, ecaccess-file-chmod, ecaccess-file-put, ecaccess-file-size and
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