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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Have a file in this format This is line one ; line_one
This is line two ; line_two
This is line three ; line_three
This is line four ; line four. I'm trying to make each line a new file called line_one
line_two
line_three
line_four. Tried using split -1 but then I'm back needing to rename... (3 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I'm using Windows 7 ; sed, awk and gnuwin32 are installed.
I have a big text file I need to manipulate.
In short, I will have to split it in thousands of short files, then rename and save in a folder which name is based upon filename.
Here is a snippet of my big input.txt file (this... (4 Replies)
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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
Morning all
I've got loads of scripts but the names are too long! I've stuck the list in a flat file (names) and I'm trying to read that in line by line and create the new names (in to directory new) from the list. It looks like this:
xargs -n1 -I{} <names cat {} | sed... (1 Reply)
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Ubuntu -very new to shell scripts/Linux
I have many pictures with "FAMILY", "family" mixed in the file name and not all in the same directory;
I want to remove "family" case insensitive from the filenames;
find /media/Rock/pics/pics_bak/ -type f "*family*" | sed 's#family##gI'
# works for... (2 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am new to shell scripting and stuck on renaming files in a folder. The files have the format
chp01_00001.wav
chp01_00002.wav
....
chp02_00001.wav
chp02_00002.wav
....
but I want them to have the following names:
chp_bloomy_00001.wav
chp_bloomy_00002.wav
chp_bloomy_00003.wav... (8 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
hi gooday
I need some help with a rename I am attempting.
I'd like to rename a bunch of files in a folder
example
list.dat.old to list_N.dat
query.dat.old to query_N.dat
note the two periods in (.dat.old) to become _N.dat
I tried using sed like this
ls *.dat.old | sed... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: johnstrong
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have gotten myself totally lost trying to sort this out and just need some help please..
I will have a multiple directories using the following naming convention with an undetermined number of files in each directory.
9780743582094_05of5_Accountable.wav
I need to batch rename all files... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: glev2005
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Greetings,
I am very new to the UNIX shell scripting and would like to learn. However, I am currently stuck on how to process the below sample :
Filename : DOCabcdef24387987ab90d.xml
Pattern "DOC"+any character using and +".xml"
And i want to change the second part of that file (any... (20 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I'm rather new to the world of regular expressions and sed, though am excited by its possibilities. I have a particular task I'd like to achieve, and have googled the topic quite a bit. However, having found some codes that perform a task very similar to what I'd like to do, I can't for... (2 Replies)
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