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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Greetings. I am working in a Linux environment and am trying to figure out a way to rename files in a directory by appending a unique strings that appears within a certain area in those files. I have gotten as far as identifying what that particular unique string is with a command like the... (10 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
Newbie here. First of all, sorry if I made any mistakes while posting this question in terms of rules. Correct me if I am wrong. :b:
I have a .dat file whose name is in the format of 20170311_abc_xyz.dat. The file consists of records whose first column consists of multiple dates in... (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
I can do simple file renaming but this task is slightly more troublesome
Ive got a guy that gives me multiple .pdf filles in a directory named
something like
3412345.pdf
4565465.pdf
8534534.pdf
And he also gives me a html file which is tabled with which shows the filenames above... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: messiah1
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a lot of files similar to the below order. I want to rename all the files .discrading the time stamp/numbers after cnf.
Existing files
id_info_20130405.cnf_20130801
in_info_20130405.cnf_20130891
iz_info_20130405.cnf_20130821
in_info_20130405.cnf_20130818... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: saravanapandi
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi friends ,
i want to change the filename as below
filename=ABC_HYND_JDHD_20130125120345.txt
expected output : ABC_HYND_JDHD_20130125.txt
i have tried using awk but not able to procedd futher. i am trying to do the above in single commad.
echo... (3 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I got a game that output map tiles of the session with the 0,0 position at the place you login/spawn.
That makes making a map somewhat troublesome since the 0,0 will move.
So I've been looking for a way to change the numbers in the filenames of all files in a folder by a certain value.
The... (5 Replies)
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have several files with name
b1.root, b2.root b3.root
I want to rename the "b" to "bkg", so finally is should be:
bkg1.root bkg2.root bkg3.root
I used command:
rename s/b/bsig/ b*root
Somehow it is working at some place and not working in other folder. I do not have any idea... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: nrjrasaxena
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi there,
Firstly, I have no experience with shell scripts so would really appreciate some help.
I have the following shell script that is causing some problems:
moveit()
{
&& set -x
if
then
DOUBLE_DELIVERY=$(grep... (6 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All,
I have a number of files in a directory that I would like to rename - I am quite aware that you can use the mv command to rename the files - I would like to rename them automatically from the command line instead of having to do them singly. I have searched the forum pertaining to... (4 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
In a shell script I would like to use a compressed file name, i.e. with suffix of .Z, as a file input $1. After the file in uncompressed, I would like to use the file name without the .Z . How do I do this?
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Discussion started by: bruceps
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