1. Shell Programming and Scripting

we are ftping zipped up files from the development server to the production server daily.The files are in this format filename.dat.20061231.12131.gz I have to unzip the file (i can do that with gunzip) and then strip out the timestamp after the .dat extension. I can do something like this ... (4 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have two variables to be dynamically defined in my shell script variable1= myfile.txt variable2= myfile The second variable depends on the first ( i mean , it is a part of the first variable) Now, I need to strip out the ".txt" part from the first variable how do i do that in a shell script. (2 Replies)

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have written a shell script and in my script i have a variable filename=myfile.txt now, i want another variable to be defined for which i have to strip out the extension fo the file name, i.e. newvariable= myfile how do i strip out the ".txt" part from my first variable. Any kind of help... (4 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

This command gives me just the filename without any extension: evrvar =`echo filename.tar | sed 's/\.*$//'` I am trying to make a change to this command... to make it work for... filename.tar.gz to get just the filename.... currently the command gives me filename.tar by removing only gz... I... (9 Replies)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I posted this already in another thread, but was told that I should create a seperate thread for the following question: How do I strip the extension when the delimiter might occur multiple times in the filename? For example: I have 2 files as input for my script. test.extension... (8 Replies)

6. Homework & Coursework Questions

Well my last assignment came and i tried some things but i guess it's pretty puzzling for me to figure out all the points of the problem. I was able to achieve something but it's not complete. 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: Write a bash program which strips the... (5 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Dear experts, my problem is pretty tricky. I want to change a file (see attached input.txt), according to another file (help.txt). The output that is desired is in output.txt. The example is attached. Note that -dashes should not be treated specially, they are considered normal characters,... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all, I didn't use SED for 20 years and was never an expert. So my current knowledge is about zero. Please be patient with me. I'm neither a native speaker. I have a huge dictionary file and want the rest of the lines stripped. Everything after (and including) the "/" should be stripped. I... (2 Replies)