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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
In the below bash I am trying to copy the only text file (always only one) in /home/cmccabe/Desktop/list/QC/metrics.txt and rename each of the 3 text files according to /home/cmccabe/Desktop/test/list.txt using lines 3, 4 ,5. This format (that is list.txt) is always 5 lines. Thank you :).
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a specific set (all ending with .bam) of downloaded files in a directory /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/API/2-15-2016. What I am trying to do is use a match to $2 in name to rename the downloaded files. To make things a more involved the date of the folder is unique and in the header of name... (1 Reply)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have one input file ABC.txt and one output DEF.txt. After the ABC is processed and created output, I want to rename ABC.txt to ABC.orig and DEF to ABC.txt. Currently when I am doing this, it does not process the input file as it cannot read and write to the same file. How can I achieve this?
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4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
i have a file with some data ..look for some specific value in the file and if found that value rename the file with the value found in the file..
ex..
File.txt
1236 43715825601ANDERSSON,
1236 437158256031963040120060901200609010000000
1236 43715825604123 MCCL AVE UPPER
1236 ... (11 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I just can't figure it out , so please just give me a pice of advise how to:
The existing Linux program foo2bar takes as its only argument the name of a single foo file and converts it to an appropriately-named bar file. Provide a script that when executed will run foo2bar against all foo... (4 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
dear all,
i have case with this:
i have file 20110601.txt so i want to auto rename this file like this 20110601_20110602.txt
actual this rename will create if 20110601 came in date 20110602(date from system unix)
so this will be using
#!/bin/bash
folder='/home'
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello all.
I am new to this forum (and somewhat new to UNIX / LINUX - I started using ubuntu 1 year ago).:b:
I have the following problem that I have not been able to figure out how to take care of and I was wondering if anyone could help me out.:confused:
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm looking to determine if I can use a grep command to read file and rename the file based on the first 3 characters of the data in the file.
An example is:
Read FileA
If the first 3 positions of the data in the file are "ITP", then rename the file as FileA_ITP, else if the first 3... (3 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a shell script that is run by user x on daily basis, which attempts to rename one file that is created by user y and user y have changed the mode of the file to 777, so that means user x have all the previlages to modify that file.
But the problem is that whenever user x try to... (2 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi there,
I hope someone can help me with this problem :
I have a directory (/var/www/file/imgprofil) which contains about 10000 JPG files. They have a naming convention thus :
prefix-date-key-suffix.jpg
they all have the prefix p-20050608-
then AAAA is a 4 letter code
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