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Old 01-20-2015
Copy specific file (different but same name) as folder name
I have to copy a particular file present in a main folder having part of the file-name present in many sub-folders to a new destination preserving the name of the source "part of the main folder" and previous file-name of the output file:

Example:

Code:
From /005_0/1000/005.xxx -> /copy/005_1000.xxx
From /005_0/1001/005.xxx -> /copy/005_1001.xxx
From /005_0/1002/005.xxx -> /copy/005_1002.xxx
From /005_0/1003/005.xxx -> /copy/005_1003.xxx
From /005_1/1004/005.xxx -> /copy/005_1004.xxx
From /005_1/1005/005.xxx -> /copy/005_1005.xxx
From /006_0/1006/006.xxx -> /copy/006_1006.xxx
From /006_1/1007/006.xxx -> /copy/006_1007.xxx
From /006_1/1008/006.xxx -> /copy/006_1008.xxx
...

Can someone give me the command to type under RedHat (csh and bash) please? - Many thanks Smilie
Last edited by Don Cragun; 01-20-2015 at 05:00 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 01-20-2015
Hello wappor,

Could you please try following and let me know if this helps.

Code:
cat test19.ksh
SOURCE=$1
DESTINATION=$2
awk  -vsource=`echo $SOURCE` -vdestination=`echo $DESTINATION` --re-interval 'BEGIN{match(source,/\/[0-9]{4}\//);A=substr(source,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2);match(source,/\/[0-9]+\./);B=substr(source,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2);match(source,/\..*/);C=substr(source,RSTART,RLENGTH);match(destination,/\/[a-zA-Z]+\//);D=substr(destination,RSTART,RLENGTH);print "cp " source " " D B"_" A C}'

We can run it as follows by providing 2 arguments first as source file path and second is destination file path as follows.
Code:
./test19.ksh /005_0/1000/005.xxx  /copy/
cp /005_0/1000/005.xxx /copy/005_1000.xxx

If you are happy with results above you can run following script then which will copy the files as follows.
Code:
cat test19.ksh
SOURCE=$1
DESTINATION=$2
awk  -vsource=`echo $SOURCE` -vdestination=`echo $DESTINATION` --re-interval 'BEGIN{match(source,/\/[0-9]{4}\//);A=substr(source,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2);match(source,/\/[0-9]+\./);B=substr(source,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2);match(source,/\..*/);C=substr(source,RSTART,RLENGTH);match(destination,/\/[a-zA-Z]+\//);D=substr(destination,RSTART,RLENGTH);print "cp " source " " D B"_" A C}' | sh

NOTE: Also if you are happy with results then you can read all the files which you want to copy to a destination directory and pass it to script then.


Thanks,
R. Singh
# 3  
Old 01-20-2015
Thanks for your help but unfortunately I have the following with my awk:

Code:
awk: not an option : --re-interval

Smilie
Last edited by Don Cragun; 01-20-2015 at 05:02 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags again.
# 4  
Old 01-20-2015
Hello wappor,

Kindly use code tags for commands in your posts as per forum rules. Could you please try following and let me know.
Code:
cat test19.ksh
SOURCE=$1
DESTINATION=$2
awk  -vsource=`echo $SOURCE` -vdestination=`echo $DESTINATION` 'BEGIN{match(source,/\/[0-9]+\//);A=substr(source,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2);match(source,/\/[0-9]+\./);B=substr(source,RSTART+1,RLENGTH-2);match(source,/\..*/);C=substr(source,RSTART,RLENGTH);match(destination,/\/[a-zA-Z]+\//);D=substr(destination,RSTART,RLENGTH);print "cp " source " " D B"_" A C}'

After running the script we will get following results.
Code:
./test19.ksh /005_0/1000/005.xxx  /copy/
cp /005_0/1000/005.xxx /copy/005_1000.xxx


Thanks,
R. Singh
# 5  
Old 01-20-2015
RedHat
Thanks for that again and Sorry about the code tags - I just registered and as everyone, I don't read the terms before clicking "I agree" Smilie

The 'cp ' doesn't appear in the command and could you please tell me more about RSTART and RLENGTH please... What does it take when coded?

Many thanks
# 6  
Old 01-20-2015
Hello wappor,

Could you please let me know what error you are getting while executing it?
Also RSTART and RLENGTH meaning is as follows.
Quote:
RSTART The index of the first character matched by match(); 0 if no match. (This implies that character indices start at one.)
RLENGTH The length of the string matched by match(); -1 if no match.
Thanks,
R. Singh
Last edited by RavinderSingh13; 01-20-2015 at 05:13 AM..
# 7  
Old 01-20-2015
If I'm right, you want to take the second directory in the path and use that as part of the file name in the common target directory.

If you use find to get the list of files and assuming that you can limit the search in some way, (e.g. define source_dirs as a space separated list of directories to search, define name_pattern as an expression, e.g. "*.xxx") you can do the following (in ksh and perhaps bash):-
Code:
for FQfile in $(find $source_dirs -type f -name "$name_pattern")
do
   dirsplit="${FQfile#/*/}"               # Remove first directory from fully qualified file name
   second_dir="${dirsplit%%/*}            # Extract just the next directory from the above
   file_name="${FQfile##*/}"              # Get just file file name part
   f1="${file_name%%.*}"                  # Get the first part of the file name (split at the full-stop)
   f2="${file_name##*.}"                  # Get the last part of the file name (split at the full-stop)
   print "cp -p $FQfile /copy/${f1}_${second_dir}.${f2}"
done

This may run marginally slower than the awk, but hopefully it shows you what is happening and the logic behind it. I'm using "variable substitution" to slice up the fully qualified file name to get the useful parts and then build the output line at the end.

You haven't said how you generate the list of files, so I've gone with a find command. If you have a file with them all listed, you could just change the loop to be:-
Code:
while read FQfile
do
   dirsplit=.......
   :
   :
done < input_file

I hope that this helps and that you can follow the logic.



Robin
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