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@juzz4fun, if you are using a for loop, then there is no need to use ls command inside.

That useless of ls (http://partmaps.org/era/unix/award.html#ls) command. You can simply use the variable: i...

If you want to rename the files as well, we can incorporate Yoda's logic into a script..


#!/bin/bash
for i in *.txt
do a=`ls $i | awk -F"_" 'length($(NF-1))!=8{$(NF-1)="20"$(NF-1)}{print}'...

@PikK45
Psychic post. You must know the O/P's directory structure.

A small correction to the end would help.


find /dir/subdir -type f -name 'abc_*' -size +0 -exec mv {} target_dir \;

read repl < file2.txt; sed 's/idle\.txt/mike_'"$repl"'/g' file1.txt

Hey mate, try it this way. Add all the pattern in a file called pattern.


$ cat pattern
A756
B234
C987



#!/usr/bin/bash

# script will check for the file pattern in "File" and if...

If u know the position of the char then cut will do. But still not clear whether you would be looking at the 3 patterns or more.


mv File.txt File_`egrep 'A756$|B234$|C987$' File.txt | cut -c...