09-29-2005
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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all
how can can remove the underscore from this number in this series
_1234567.abc
_1234567.abcd
I was trying mv _1234567* 1234567
but did not work ?
thanks
s (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: simon2000
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi friends,
I writing a script to psot dataset to ceratin server.....while doing ftp I have to rename the file while which is in present server like
present :test server
filename data.097878.
ftp server: it sholu be renamed as data.097878.zip
thanks,
The thing is that while... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Nagabhushan
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I've already search for this issue but I found different scripts for rename files, but I don't know how to customize it for my needs.
Here's what I want to do:
I have a lot of files inside many directories, like this:
/aa/01.txt
/aa/02.txt
/ab/01.txt
/ab/02.txt
I want all those files... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: piltrafa
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi,
im doin an assignment which requires you to build a shell script to do the MS DOS style equivilant (sp?) of the rename function. What i have to do is a loop which checks the following rules and output messages (same):
Can't have anything after target
Can't have more than one dot
Can't... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: bohoo
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
hi guys i am writing a script to change the filename which is enterered as input to lower case letter even if one letter is upper case i have to change it to lower case
i get the input and use
sed comand should i use like that
sed/s/a-z/A-Z/d
will it be like that can u please help me (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: farhan_t49
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am new to Unix and i have a requirement where i need to write a shell script where i have to loop through various files present in a directory and rename them based on below criteria.
Files in the folder are in the following format. _YYYYMMDD.dat]
SDL_V1_20100530.dat... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: bishoo
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
how to rename a file if I don't know file location ?
Can we below command :
$ find / | mv file1.txt
I am not sure........can any1 help me out ?
Thanks,
Tushar Joshi:mad: (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: tusharjoshi
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello, all
I have following files:
file_1 file_2 file_3 ... file_9
Now I want to rename them as:
file_001 file_002 file_003 ... file_009
how to use function 'rename' to accomplish this task? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: littlewenwen
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I want to rename files
Files show like this
1977SSD_rsdtst.pdf
1976SDP_rstdtsr.pdf
1943FDT_rstdsrt.pdf
1996DFF_stdstrd.pdf
I want to introduce _ after the year, and move the characters to the end
to get
1977_rsdtst_SSD.pdf
1976_rstdtsr_SDP.pdf
1943_rstdsrt_FDT.pdf... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Renaming files using rename on the following files
rename 's/.99999/.99999.sac.pzs/g' *.99999
sac_pzs_iv_esml_hhz__2013.074.10.18.23.0000_2599.365.23.59.59.99999
sac_pzs_iv_favr_hhe__2010.187.00.00.00.0000_2599.365.23.59.59.99999... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: kristinu
1 Replies
RENAME(3) 1 RENAME(3)
rename - Renames a file or directory
SYNOPSIS
bool rename (string $oldname, string $newname, [resource $context])
DESCRIPTION
Attempts to rename $oldname to $newname, moving it between directories if necessary. If $newname exists, it will be overwritten.
PARAMETERS
o $oldname
-
Note
The old name. The wrapper used in $oldname must match the wrapper used in $newname.
o $newname
- The new name.
o $context
-
Note
Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to "Streams".
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.1 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) can now rename files across drives in |
| | Windows. |
| | |
| 5.0.0 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) can now also be used with some URL |
| | wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols and Wrap- |
| | pers" for a listing of which wrappers support |
| | rename(3). |
| | |
| 4.3.3 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) may now be able to rename files across |
| | partitions on *nix based systems, provided the |
| | appropriate permissions are held. Warnings may be |
| | generated if the destination filesystem doesn't |
| | permit chown() or chmod() system calls to be made |
| | on files -- for example, if the destination |
| | filesystem is a FAT filesystem. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Example with rename(3)
<?php
rename("/tmp/tmp_file.txt", "/home/user/login/docs/my_file.txt");
?>
SEE ALSO
copy(3), unlink(3), move_uploaded_file(3).
PHP Documentation Group RENAME(3)