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# 1  
Old 06-25-2012
Part of string with script
Hi All,
I have few files named.
abcd.docx
abcde.doc
abcdef.temp
I wish if I could extract the string upto .(dot),and not the extension.
Thanks a lot.
Kind regards,
Indranil.
# 2  
Old 06-25-2012
bash
Hi,

Try this one,
Code:
cd dir
for i in *
do
   filebase=${i%.*%}
   echo ${filebase}
done

Cheers,
Ranga:-)
# 3  
Old 06-25-2012
thanks.....but i have many files in many sub directories and I want to move all of them to .txt extension.....single line command would be handy......any idea....
thanks for replying.
# 4  
Old 06-25-2012
Hi, you may try this...
Code:
for i in `find . -type f `; do dirbase=`dirname ${i}`; fylbase=`basename ${i}`; fylname=${fylbase%.*}; mv ${i} ${dirbase}/${fylname}.txt; done

Last edited by Franklin52; 06-25-2012 at 03:18 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags for data and code samples
# 5  
Old 06-25-2012
Try this .. (include the highlighted part if the below command provides expected output)
Code:
$ find dir_location -type f | awk -F\. '{print "mv "$0" "$1".txt"}' | sh

Last edited by jayan_jay; 06-25-2012 at 03:48 AM..
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