1. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello chiefs, So i wanna outcomment several lines, but i dont want to start each line with #-sign. Once i saw it in use, but dont remember the syntax. It should work with sh or ksh. regards congo (3 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I am trying to rename bulk files however i dont think the rename/mv command is giong to help me here. here is a quick snapshot of the files I need to rename: 75008040 -rw-r----- 1 root root 8716 May 8 05:00 10.9.144.2 75008041 -rw-r----- 1 root root 11700 May 8 05:00 10.9.160.2... (10 Replies)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all - I'm trying to rename a large number of files all at once and need some help figuring out the command line syntax to do it. I've already done quite a bit of research with the rename and mv commands, but so far haven't found a solution that seems to work for me. So: The files exist... (10 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

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)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, I have 500 directories each with multiple data files inside them. The names are sort of random. For example, one directory has files named e_1.dat, e_5.dat, e_8.dat, etc. I need to move the files to a single directory and rename them all in numerical order, from 1.dat to 1000(or some... (1 Reply)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All after looking around the website and various other resources I become stuck. I'm trying to rename directories from Firstname Initial Lastname to lastname,_firstname_initial so far ive got for f in {./} do rename -n 'y/A-Z/a-z/' * rename -n 's/\ /_/g' * ... (2 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, Am using sftp (dsa method) to transfer 20 files from one server(sftp) to another (local). After the transfer is complete the files in the sftp server has to be renamed from .txt extension to .done extension ( aa.txt to aa.done, bb.txt to bb.done and likewise...). I tried rename command... (4 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi, I have a bunch of files which are named something like: Company Name~1234~X1234~X1-123.pdf I need to get them renamed something like: Company Name~1234(X1234)X1-123.pdf Once I have the X1234 inside () I have a piece of software which can use the X1234 bit. I will be receiving... (7 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi I have the following file structure and I want to rename all the abc.jar files to abc_backup.jar rock@server:~/rakesh> ls -R .: test1 test2 test3 ./test1: abc.jar ./test2: abc.jar ./test3: abc.jar (2 Replies)

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

so lets say I have a process in cron that writes to a particular directory /var/tmp/EXAMPLEA so, from time to time, say every couple of months, an upgrade is made. and here's how the upgrade works: 1. move the existing directory /var/tmp/EXAMPLEA somewhere else and name it differently...i.e.... (6 Replies)