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# 1  
Old 07-03-2009
For loop find statement file name manipulation
Code:
for i in `find . -name "*.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY"`;do dir_name=`dirname $i`;file_name=`basename $i`;cd $dir_name;mv $file_name (STUCK HERE) ;pwd;cd $BASE_DIR;done

Okay, so I was able to get to this point. As you can see, I have a small for loop that searches for any files with the string BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY in the file name, it then sets two variables dir_name and file_name, cd's to the dir_name directory, and then this is where I'm stuck. I need to mv $file_name to $filename minus ".BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY.

I'm sure it's something simple, but this is where I'm currently stuck.
# 2  
Old 07-03-2009
what do you mean by $filename "minus"??
is it mv test.txt test-.txt??
# 3  
Old 07-03-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by cbo0485

(Code reformatted for legibility)
Quote:
Code:
for i in `find . -name "*.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY"`


That will fail if any filenames contain spaces. Pipe the output of find into a loop:

Code:
find . -name "*.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY" |
while read file
do
  : do whatever
done

(And your script will be more legible if you use a meaningful variable name for the loop.)
Quote:
Code:
do
  dir_name=`dirname $i`
  file_name=`basename $i`


There is no need for either external command, dirname or basename. The Unix shell can do it internally:

Code:
dir_name=${file%/*}
file_name=${file##*/}

Quote:
Code:
  cd $dir_name
  mv $file_name # (STUCK HERE)


Both the cd and mv will fail if $dir_name contains spaces. Quote variable references:

Code:
  cd "$dir_name"
  mv "$file_name"

Quote:
Code:
  pwd
  cd $BASE_DIR
done

Okay, so I was able to get to this point. As you can see, I have a small for loop that searches for any files with the string BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY in the file name, it then sets two variables dir_name and file_name, cd's to the dir_name directory, and then this is where I'm stuck. I need to mv $file_name to $filename minus ".BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY.

I'm sure it's something simple, but this is where I'm currently stuck.

All you need is:

Code:
find . -name "*.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY" |
while read file
do
  mv "$file" "$file%.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY}"
done

# 4  
Old 07-03-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfajohnson

(Code reformatted for legibility)

That will fail if any filenames contain spaces. Pipe the output of find into a loop:

Code:
find . -name "*.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY" |
while read file
do
  : do whatever
done

(And your script will be more legible if you use a meaningful variable name for the loop.)

There is no need for either external command, dirname or basename. The Unix shell can do it internally:

Code:
dir_name=${file%/*}
file_name=${file##*/}


Both the cd and mv will fail if $dir_name contains spaces. Quote variable references:

Code:
  cd "$dir_name"
  mv "$file_name"


All you need is:

Code:
find . -name "*.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY" |
while read file
do
  mv "$file" "$file%.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY}"
done

I definitely knew I was new to linux scripting, but never realized I was that bad, lol.

Anyways, I think you misunderstood or had a typo, I don't want to add that to my file, I want to remove it.

I have files named:

startServerABC.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY
or
startServer.sh.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY

I need to remove the .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY from the file name, to be left with

startServerABC or startServer.sh
# 5  
Old 07-03-2009
then use the basename only
Code:
basename "$filename" .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY
home> basename startServer.sh.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY
startServer.sh
home>  basename startServerABC.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY
startServerABC

I think you got my point...
# 6  
Old 07-06-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
then use the basename only
Code:
basename "$filename" .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY
home> basename startServer.sh.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY
startServer.sh
home>  basename startServerABC.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY
startServerABC

I think you got my point...
This works perfectly inside my loop.

Thanks
Code:
for i in `find . -name "*.BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY"`;do dir_name=`dirname $i`;file_name=`basename $i`;cd $dir_name;cp $file_name `basename $file_name .BEFORE_DISASTER_RECOVERY`;pwd;cd $BASE_DIR;done

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