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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I do have folders containing having funny strings in their names and one space.
First, I do remove the funny strings and replace the space by an underscore.
find . -name '* *' | while read file;
do
target=`echo "$file" | sed 's/... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: tempestas
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello.
I would like to know how to do this in bash script :
A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.0.100.40.123"
NEW_WORD=remove_last_ext("A_WORD")
NEW_WORD --> ABCD_EFGH.0.100.40
A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.0.50.3"
NEW_WORD=remove_last_ext("A_WORD")
NEW_WORD --> ABCD_EFGH.0.50
A_WORD="ABCD_EFGH.3.100.50."
... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: jcdole
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi, I have quite a bunch of files with annoyingly long filenames. I wanted to cut the range of characters from 9-18 and just retain the first 8 characters and the .extension. any suggestion how to do it. thanks much.
original filename: 20000105_20000105_20100503.nc.asc
output filename:... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: ida1215
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Good evening,
I have a file and wish to replace the 8th and 9th characters on the first line only no matter what they are with 44 and the file permanantly changed.
e.g. file example.txt before change:
123456789123456
hi how are you
blah
blah
file example.txt after change:
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: GarciasMuffin
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need help removing the last character of every line if it is a certain character. For example I need to get rid of a % character if it is in the last position.
Input:
aaa%
%bbb
ccc
d%dd%
Output should be:
aaa
%bbb
ccc
d%dd
I tried this but it gets rid of all of the % characters.... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: raptor25
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there an easy way to strip off a filename's extension?
For example, here's a filename:
blahblahblah.thisisok.thisisnotok
I want to get rid of .thisisnotok from the filename, so that what's left is
blahblahblah.thisisok
Thanks. I have a directory full of filenames that need to be... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: daflore
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
I have 3 files (say) in a folder as in the example below
abc_01012011.csv
def_01012011.csv
xyz_01012011.csv
I need to move these files to a different folder as follows
abc.csv
def.csv
xyz.csv
I am trying to put together a script with a for loop which reads the source filenames... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: bobsn
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
It's my first time here... anyways, I have a simple problem with these filenames. This is probably too easy for you guys:
ABC_20101.2A.2010_01
ABD_20103.2E.2010_04
ABE_20107.2R.2010_08
Expected Output:
ABC_20101
ABD_20103
ABE_20107
The only pattern available are the ff:
1) All... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: Joule
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I have a Folder (myfile) which contain the following files:
P$12789865KR +N+01+OM+16102009165416.nu
P$M1-508962GD +N+01+ALP+14102009094417.nu
Is there a sed command(s) that will loop through this folder
and remove the spaces that exists in the filename?
Any help would be... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Fishn
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there a simple way to replace the 9th character of every line in a text file?
Right now it is a space and instead I want to stick in a 0, every line is the same.
Is there a quick way to do this in Unix? (Solaris) (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: LordJezo
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