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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. HP-UX
Hello All,
I am trying to connect to ftp server and get the files. Also i need to rename the file in other ftp dir.
rename method is not allowing me to rename the file in other dir. When i tried copy command by using net::FTP:FILE then perl says it is not installed.
Can some body help me to... (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/usr/bin/perl
$FL="ch.txt";
$CFL="mytext.txt";
print "This script will rename textfiles.";
mv $FL $CFL;
print "Done.";
perl file.pl
Error:
Can't locate object method "mv" via package "ch.txt" (perhaps you forgot to load "ch.txt"?) at file.pl line 7. (5 Replies)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm looking to determine if I can use a grep command to read file and rename the file based on the first 3 characters of the data in the file.
An example is:
Read FileA
If the first 3 positions of the data in the file are "ITP", then rename the file as FileA_ITP, else if the first 3... (3 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
i have a file, which i want to rename, from my current directory to a backupdirectory. My perl code is below
rename($s_filename,$backup.$s_filename ) all my variables are defined. but the rename failed. the file permission my file is "-rw-rw-r--". could this be a problem?
I tried to use the... (9 Replies)
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use POSIX qw(strftime);
$PID = strftime "%Y%m%d%H%M%S", localtime;
$filename = "original.list";
rename($filename,$filename.$PID)|| print "rename failed\n";
print $filename;The above code has no syntax error. But the renaming does not work. Anybody got a clue? (1 Reply)
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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
the suffix is... (7 Replies)
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