Folks, the
is most portable (Posix shells).
But in this case please make it better readable: scriptscript has all my sympathy, because obviously is moving from Linux to Unix
I have many files with duplicate names spread out over several tens of directories. I would like to mv them to the parent directory, but to avoid conflicting filenames I'd like to prefix each filename with the name of the directory it was in.
For example, if this is my directory structure:... (2 Replies)
suppose i have a few file like "a b c.txt" , "hello world.c" etc...(files that have space between them in their filenames).
how do i change their filenames to "a_b_c.txt" and "hello_world.c" respectively?
heres what i have tried...but failed
$ find -name "*" -exec mv "{}" "`echo {} | tr "... (4 Replies)
So I am not sure if this should go in the shell forum or in the beginners. It is my first time posting on these forums.
I have a directory, main_dir lets say, with multiple sub directories (one_dir through onehundred_dir for example) and in each sub directory there is a test.txt. How would one... (2 Replies)
I had mount from server A to server B. I am able to access the files present under server B. I can create new files on server B, but i am not able to edit the files which are already present. When i saw the permissions on those files it is 777.
can some one tell me why i am not able to edit... (2 Replies)
# ls -l
total 10
-rw-r--r-- 1 dummy2 other 140 Jun 19 21:37 local.cshrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 dummy2 other 136 Jun 19 21:37 local.cshrc~
-rw-r--r-- 1 dummy2 other 157 Jun 19 21:37 local.login
-rw-r--r-- 1 dummy2 other 178 Jun 19 21:37 local.profile... (6 Replies)
Hello,
I would like to rename all available files in a directory from Filename to Filename_Normal.
I tried to use below script but it is giving some error:
#!/bin/sh
for i in `ls`
do
echo Changing $i
mv $i $i_Normal
done
Error received:
Usage: mv src target
or: mv ... (10 Replies)
Hi,
My requirement is,there is a directory location like:
:camp/current/
In this location there can be different flat files that are generated in a single day with same header and the data will be different, differentiated by timestamp, so i need to verify how many files are generated... (10 Replies)
Hi
I am unable to find files, those are present anywhere in the same directory tree, based on the creation date. I need to find the files with their path, as I need to create them in another location and move them. I need some help with a script that may do the job.
Please help (2 Replies)
Below is the script i have but i would like simplified but still do the same job.
I need a script to copy files not directories or sub-directories into a existing or new directory. The files, if have the same name but different extension; for example 01.doc 01.pdf then only copy the .doc file. ... (1 Reply)