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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all.. I have several unique files that contain one thing in common, and that is acct#. For all files in the directory, I want to append the 10 characters following the word "ACCOUNT:" to the end of the filename.
for example:
I have file 111_123 that contains ACCOUNT:ABC1234567
The file... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: cinderella1
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a bunch of files, they have spaces! I am working in windows 7, but I am hoping I could install and use cygwin or some other unix platform to rename my files (suggestions welcome).
The files are named:
Wind Attn Vol - 474.wrl
Wind Attn Vol - 475.wrl
Wind Attn Vol - 476.wrl etc..
I... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: d_sai_kumar
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
i want to list files based on date and change the date alone in the files in a directory
abc20120101.txt
xyzxyxz20120101.txt
ccc20120201.txt
ddd20120301.txt
In the above i want to select only files having date 20120101 and rename the date for those files like below
abc20111231.txt... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Dewdrop
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi guys,
I have a variable where i am storing the filename (with full path).
I just need the value before ".txt". But instead of getting the filename i am getting the contents of the filename.
FileName=/appl/data/Input/US/Test.txt
a=`awk -F"." '{print $1}' ${FileName}`
echo $a... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: mac4rfree
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have 100 files in a directory with
a.1
a.2
a.3
a.4
How do i remove a. and i need the file names as
1
2
3
4
please help (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: srichunduru
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am trying to create a script just to study BASH scripting, but I have some problems.
I need to create a script that gets a filename as an argument. The script should behave as follows:
• If the given file name already exists, inform the user and quit.
• If the given file name does... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: I-1
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am trying to write a script that prompts users for date and time, then process the gzip file into awk. During the ksh part of the script another file is created and needs to be processed with a different set of pattern matches then I need to combine the two in the end. I'm stuck at the part... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: timj123
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I'm trying to run a simple shell program to change all the files named *.cvs to *.txt. I am trying to use WHILE and this is what I have so far:
This changes the first file from *.cvs to *.txt, but it is not cycling through the other files.
My suspicion is that I don't have the... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: ScKaSx
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
ok, this one is definitely too hard for my shell-script-skills.
Hopefully, there is somebody who can help me with this:
I have a folder with files in it named
0.ppm
10.ppm
2.ppm
...
5.ppm
50.ppm
55.ppm
...
355.ppm
360.ppm
etc.
As you will notice, the order in which the files are... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: silversurfer202
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I am newbie and hope that you can help me to rename a file
If I have a file name Perform.01222006.12345.Log now I would like to backup another file with another name like perform-20060112.dat
This is a flat file, and I want to collect some field, then put it in a new file from... (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: sabercats
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