I am trying for loop to rename file extension from .txt to .html :
as below :
for i in *.txt; do mv "$i" `basename $i`.html; done
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But this renames a file file1.txt as file1.txt.html
anyone know how get avoid .html added after .txt ?
it... (4 Replies)
Hi guys,
i had many files like filename.20110520_20110519_050030
i have to rename the file by removint the last numerics ..
i.e filename.dat
i tried with cut command and removed the numerics but i'm not able to add .dat to the files.
is there any command insted of cut command to... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am trying to make all file in the directory uppercase but not their extension (ex: image.jpg becoming IMAGE.jpg)
here is code i am trying.
$ ls | while read file
do
name=${file%%.*}
newfilename=$(echo $name | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')
mv $file $newfilename
done
any suggestions of... (4 Replies)
I have a list file that contains names of many files. I am reading one file name at a time using for loop
Then I like to create one more list file but with the file extension changed to "ctl".
Note: The file name can have any number of dots ".". But the extension after the last dot should be... (4 Replies)
Hello,
I have multiple files named rscclog_2013-03-25.txt;3 in a directory, where 2013-03-25 is the previous day's date and the number after extension .txt preceded by a ';' is any number which i do not know beforehand.
Now, i have to rename all such files as rscclog_2013-03-25.txt
thus,... (2 Replies)
I am using bash to prompt a user for a choice using: where a "y" response opens a menu with available panels that can be used.
while true; do
read -p "Do you want to get coverage of a specific panel?" yn
case $yn in
* ) menu; break;;
* ) exit;;
* ) echo... (6 Replies)
I am trying to rename all text files in a directory that match a pattern. The current command below seems to be using the directory path in the name and since it already exists, will not do the rename. I am not sure what I am missing? Thank you :).
Files to rename in... (3 Replies)
In the bash below I am trying to create sub-directories inside a directory from files with specific .bam extensions. There may be more then one $RDIR ing the directory and the .bam file(s) are trimmed (removing the extension and IonCode_0000_) and the result is the folder name that is saved in... (2 Replies)
I am trying to mv each of the .vcf files in the variants folder to the folder in /home/cmccabe/f2 that the .vcf id is found in file. $2 in file will always have the id of a .vcf in the variants folder. The line in blue staring with R_2019 in file up to the -v5.6 will always be an exact match to a... (4 Replies)
In the portion of bash below I am using rename to match the $id variable to $file and when a match (there will alwsys be one) is found then the $id is removed from each bam and bam.bai in $file and _test is added to thee file name before the extension. Each of the variables is set correctly but... (3 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
gvfs-rename
gvfs-rename(1) User Commands gvfs-rename(1)NAME
gvfs-rename - change the name of a file or directory using the VFS system
SYNOPSIS
gvfs-rename source-URI new-name
DESCRIPTION
gvfs-rename changes the name of a file or directory, using the virtual file system.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
source-URI Specifies the source file location in standard URI format.
new-name Specifies the new name for file or directory.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Rename a Local HTML File
example%
gvfs-rename file:///home/user/index.html file:///home/user/index.html.old
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.
EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gvfs-rename Executable to rename a file using the GVFS library
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-gvfs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO gvfs-cat(1), gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-move(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1)gvfs-monitor-dir(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1),
gvfs-mount(1), gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-open(1), gvfs-rm(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5)NOTES
Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.
SunOS 5.11 30 May 2008 gvfs-rename(1)