08-31-2013
Script for renaming multiple scripts
Hi There
I am looking at writing a script that I can run from a cron job (say every month) that will copy my existing scripts to another folder, then in THAT new folder, append them all with the extension of .txt
I have the cp command down pat (cp /existing_folder /new_folder)
however I am stuck on the rename part.
All of the searching that I have found has examples of renaming files with an extension on them (rename file1.bak file2.txt)
what command can I use to rename all files in the new_folder that DO NOT have an extension on them to a file with the same file name but ending with .txt. I have files simply called news (no extension) and I am hoping to rename them (via a script) from news to news.txt
The reason for the renaming is to make it easier to share them via the web (for reading and editing off-site)
Some files have existing extensions (file.conf or file.sh) however the majority of my scripts do not have an extension on the end of the file....
I hope this makes sense - I have searched this pretty hard and tried many ideas, however nothing seems to work
Many thanks for taking the time to read my question
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COPY(3) 1 COPY(3)
copy - Copies file
SYNOPSIS
bool copy (string $source, string $dest, [resource $context])
DESCRIPTION
Makes a copy of the file $source to $dest.
If you wish to move a file, use the rename(3) function.
PARAMETERS
o $source
- Path to the source file.
o $dest
- The destination path. If $dest is a URL, the copy operation may fail if the wrapper does not support overwriting of existing
files.
Warning
If the destination file already exists, it will be overwritten.
o $context
- A valid context resource created with stream_context_create(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.4 | |
| | |
| | Changed the $context parameter to actually have |
| | an effect. Previously, any $context was ignored. |
| | |
| 5.3.0 | |
| | |
| | Added context support. |
| | |
| 4.3.0 | |
| | |
| | Both $source and $dest may now be URLs if the |
| | "fopen wrappers" have been enabled. See fopen(3) |
| | for more details. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
copy(3) example
<?php
$file = 'example.txt';
$newfile = 'example.txt.bak';
if (!copy($file, $newfile)) {
echo "failed to copy $file...
";
}
?>
SEE ALSO
move_uploaded_file(3), rename(3), The section of the manual about handling file uploads.
PHP Documentation Group COPY(3)