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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions Simple 'date' to 001 scheme script Post 302958107 by rbatte1 on Monday 19th of October 2015 11:37:01 AM
Old 10-19-2015
Dear pasc,

I have a few to questions pose in response first:-
  • Is this homework/assignment? There are specific forums for these.
  • What have you tried so far?
  • What output/errors do you get?
  • What OS and version are you using?
  • What are your preferred tools? (C, shell, perl, awk, etc.)
  • What logical process have you considered? (to help steer us to follow what you are trying to achieve)
Most importantly, What have you tried so far?

Assuming that you have less than 1000 files, you could:-
  • Set up a three digit counter padded with leading zeros
  • List the files sort in date order, oldest first (reversed to normal date order) using ls -1rt
  • Use this list as input to a loop to rename each source file in turn to the appropriate numbered file
  • Increment the counter and go round the loop to the end of the list.

There are probably many ways to achieve most tasks, so giving us an idea of your style and thoughts will help us guide you to an answer most suitable to you so you can adjust it to suit your needs in future.


We're all here to learn and getting the relevant information will help us all.


Kind regards,
Robin
Last edited by rbatte1; 10-19-2015 at 12:38 PM.. Reason: Polite closing and clarity
 

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NAME

       ecaccess-association-list - List your ECtrans Associations

SYNOPSIS

       ecaccess-association-list -version|-help|-manual

       ecaccess-association-list [-debug] [-gateway name] [association-name]

DESCRIPTION

       List all your ECtrans Associations. When an association-name is specified then the details for this Association is displayed.

ARGUMENTS

       association-name (optional)
	       The name of the Association to retrieve the details.

OPTIONS

       -gateway name
	       This is the name of the ECaccess Gateway where the Associations are installed.  It is by default the Gateway you are connected to.
	       In order to get the name of your current Gateway you can use the ecaccess-gateway-name command. When using the commands at ECMWF
	       the default Gateway is always "ecaccess.ecmwf.int".

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EXAMPLES

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       List all your Associations on your default Gateway.

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       List the details of the Association ginko on the ecaccess.ecmwf.int Gateway.

SEE ALSO

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