Try ls -i to get the inode of the file. This will uniquely identify it without depending on the filename. Then you can give that inode to find and have it feed the filename into mv for you.
Remove the 'echo' once you've tested and are sure it finds the file you want.
I want to replace a string which contains "/" in vi but what is the escape character for forward slash?
e.g. I have a text file with the contents below and I want to replace "/Top/Sub/Sub1" with "ABC".
/Top/Sub/Sub1
The replace command I am using is ... (4 Replies)
Hi
I'm trying to split a dir listing
eg
/home/foo1/foo2
I'm using ksh
I've tried
dir=/home/foo1/foo2
splitit=`echo $dir | awk -F '\/' '{print $1}'`
echo $splitit
nothing is output!
I have checked the escape character. The only one I have found is \
BTW `pwd` | awk -F \/... (8 Replies)
Hi ,
I want to change space to ' in my script.
I tried doing this,
sed 's/ /\'/g' filename
but i could not get it.
can some one help me please.
Thanks,
Deepak (4 Replies)
Hello,
I wanted to display command with echo like this in tcsh.
output should be "//'test.test1.test2'"
(" at both ends also required in output)
Please help me. (1 Reply)
Hi All,
How do i write in sed for the 6th and 7th field of etc/passwd file as it involves "/" character?
Does mine below is correct? It's incomplete script as i need help with syntax as i always getting may errors :(
Example of etc/passwd file:
blah:x:1055:600:blah... (6 Replies)
All ,
i have input line as below .
abc\ , ewioweioi \,
and want the output as below removing the "\"
abc , ewioweioi ,
could anyone help me out (2 Replies)
i have string as below
str=".<date>"
in which i need to replace < with /< , when i tried with sed , got the output.
--> echo $str | sed 's/</\\</g'
.\<date>
when i tried to assign it to a variable , i am not getting the same
--> a=`echo $str | sed 's/</\\</g'` ; echo $a... (4 Replies)
friends,
I have a situation where i am using a $RANDOM function along with the filename, I want this to be escaped by the OS in the first assignment (works as expected) and executed in the second assignment (does not execute $RANDOM)
filename1=filename1_\$RANDOM
echo $filename1... (3 Replies)
Hi ,
I am looking for a function which will do the following.
1. I have a variable which will hold few special chracter like
SPECIAL_CHARS="& ;"2. I have an escape character.
ESCAPE_CHAR="\"3. Now when I passed some string in the function it will return the same string but now it will... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Anupam_Halder
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combine
COMBINE(1)COMBINE(1)NAME
combine - combine sets of lines from two files using boolean operations
SYNOPSIS
combine file1 and file2
combine file1 not file2
combine file1 or file2
combine file1 xor file2
_ file1 and file2 _
_ file1 not file2 _
_ file1 or file2 _
_ file1 xor file2 _
DESCRIPTION
combine combines the lines in two files. Depending on the boolean operation specified, the contents will be combined in different ways:
and Outputs lines that are in file1 if they are also present in file2.
not Outputs lines that are in file1 but not in file2.
or Outputs lines that are in file1 or file2.
xor Outputs lines that are in either file1 or file2, but not in both files.
"-" can be specified for either file to read stdin for that file.
The input files need not be sorted, and the lines are output in the order they occur in file1 (followed by the order they occur in file2
for the two "or" operations). Bear in mind that this means that the operations are not commutative; "a and b" will not necessarily be the
same as "b and a". To obtain commutative behavior sort and uniq the result.
Note that this program can be installed as "_" to allow for the syntactic sugar shown in the latter half of the synopsis (similar to the
test/[ command). It is not currently installed as "_" by default, but you can alias it to that if you like.
SEE ALSO join(1)AUTHOR
Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Licensed under the GNU GPL.
moreutils 2012-04-09 COMBINE(1)