Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

From a folder which contains like 250 *.txt files, I want to do egrep -i "can't|cannot|CANCELLED". for all the files and then save each file that can't run as

Code:

$id.can.txt

Example of the contents inside one of the *.txt file:

Code:

This version and especially its site packages were build with gcc and gfortran.
***** Use at your own risk! *****
inp:/folder/1402_3853
out:/folder/res/
id:1402_3853
Can't open file. No such file or directory.

Can someone please help me in doing this task with bash.
Thanks

Rossi

Moderator's Comments:

Please use CODE tags not only for code segments, but also for sample input files and sample output files.

Do you want to move the txt files, or the files they reference?

I agree with CarloM. The specification of what is wanted here is missing crucial information.

I'm guessing that if the input file given in the 1st message in this thread is named anything.txt you want to rename that file to be 1402_3853.can.txt. Is that correct?

Or, do you want a file literally named $id.can.txt that has one line in it containing the name of each file that contains one of the three strings can't, cannot, or CANCELLED (using a case insensitive match)?

Or, do you want something completely different from either of the above?

Hi,

I want to pick the name of the new file from id. So here the id is

Code:

1402_3853

and therefore the file name should be

Code:

1402_3853.can.txt

..

So I want a file named $id.can.txt that has one line in it containing the name of each file that contains one of the three strings can't , cannot , or CANCELLED .

So you want to rename the files containing those strings AND you want a file containing the names of the renamed files. Do you want the original names or the new names of the renamed files in $id.can.txt?

EDIT: Don reads better than I do .

MAybe it's more clear now

---------- Post updated at 09:18 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:15 PM ----------

In a folder there is a1.txt, b2.txt, c3.txt....

Code:

Inside a1.txt :
id : 73254
cannot find

Inside b2.txt :
id :dfgds
Done

Inside c3.txt:
id : 3467
CANCELLED

So I want files named:

Code:

73254.can.txt
3467.can.txt

---------- Post updated at 09:35 PM ---------- Previous update was at 09:18 PM ----------

SO any solutions now?