01-11-2014
Help in UNIX shell to copy part of file name to new file name
Hi,
I want to do the following in a Unix shell script and wonder if someone could assist me?
I want to take files in a specific directory that start with the name pxpur012 and copy them to the same directory with the file name not containg pxpur012. For example, I have files like pxpur012_1.html, pxpur012_10.html, pxpur012_20.html, etc. . I want to take these file and copy each to the same directory but minus the pxpur012. The end result will be new files named as follows:
1.html, 10.html, 20.html.
I may also want to add a character to the name, but not sure yet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Linda
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mcd(1) General Commands Manual mcd(1)
Name
mcd - change MSDOS directory
Note of warning
This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the
end of this man page for details.
Description
The mcd command is used to change the mtools working directory on the MS-DOS disk. It uses the following syntax:
mcd [msdosdirectory]
Without arguments, mcd reports the current device and working directory. Otherwise, mcd changes the current device and current working
directory relative to an MS-DOS file system.
The environmental variable MCWD may be used to locate the file where the device and current working directory information is stored. The
default is `$HOME/.mcwd'. Information in this file is ignored if the file is more than 6 hours old.
Mcd returns 0 on success or 1 on failure.
Unlike MS-DOS versions of CD, mcd can be used to change to another device. It may be wise to remove old `.mcwd' files at logout.
See Also
Mtools' texinfo doc
Viewing the texi doc
This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some
items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate repre-
sentation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you
to use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo doc.
* To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands:
./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
* To generate a html copy, run:
./configure; make html
A premade html can be found at `http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html'
* To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:
./configure; make info
The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the
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