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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All,
I need to copy files from one directory to another with the files to be renamed while copying if a file with the same name already exists in the target directory.
THanks,
Dev (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: dev.devil.1983
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Below is the script i have but i would like simplified but still do the same job.
I need a script to copy files not directories or sub-directories into a existing or new directory. The files, if have the same name but different extension; for example 01.doc 01.pdf then only copy the .doc file. ... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Gilljambo
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi
I think this should be relatively simple but I can't figure it out. I have several files with the same name in different folders within a directory (the output of a program that I ran). Something like this:
./myAnalysis/item1/round1/myoutput.txt
./myAnalysis/item1/round2/myoutput.txt... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I am looking for a script which renames all the files from the present directory.
Eg.:
In unix directory contains the below files
linux001.txt
linux002.txt
linux003.txt
......
.......
Now the files should be renamed to
unix001.txt
unix002.txt
unix003.txt
Could anyone... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: scriptscript
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi.
I am trying to automate the movement and renaming of a number of files in a directory. I am using the 'mv' command as I do not have access to 'rename'. I have the following scripted FILES=$(ls /transfer/move/sys/mail/20130123/)
if ; then
for i in ${FILES} ; do
mv... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: jimbojames
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I would like to rename all available files in a directory from Filename to Filename_Normal.
I tried to use below script but it is giving some error:
#!/bin/sh
for i in `ls`
do
echo Changing $i
mv $i $i_Normal
done
Error received:
Usage: mv src target
or: mv ... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: manishdivs
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I am a newbie in shell scripting. I have to copy a particular sub-directory (data) from a large no. of directories (all in the same folder) and paste them to another directory ( /home/hubble/data ) and then rename all the subdirectories (data) as the name of its parent directory.
please... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: sholay
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
So I am not sure if this should go in the shell forum or in the beginners. It is my first time posting on these forums.
I have a directory, main_dir lets say, with multiple sub directories (one_dir through onehundred_dir for example) and in each sub directory there is a test.txt. How would one... (2 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
suppose i have a few file like "a b c.txt" , "hello world.c" etc...(files that have space between them in their filenames).
how do i change their filenames to "a_b_c.txt" and "hello_world.c" respectively?
heres what i have tried...but failed
$ find -name "*" -exec mv "{}" "`echo {} | tr "... (4 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
can anybody help me in renaming all the file in a directory to lowercase? script will be helpful. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: vhariprasad
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