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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Heyas
As i often have decide things upon a filename its extension, i thought i'd write a script:
Just wondering if there would be a more efficent way?
out=""
FN=$( echo "$1" | sed s," ","",g) # Remove any spaces and make it a single string
for chance in $(echo "$FN"|sed s,"\."," ",g) # Use... (7 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need to write a shell script to display the output of ls command like this
ls -ltr *txt
I get this
-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 51912704 Dec 11 10:27 /usr/local/sam/test12112012101247AM.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 7 Dec 11 11:58 /usr/local/sam/test.txt
but I just need the latest... (7 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Is there an easy way to strip off a filename's extension?
For example, here's a filename:
blahblahblah.thisisok.thisisnotok
I want to get rid of .thisisnotok from the filename, so that what's left is
blahblahblah.thisisok
Thanks. I have a directory full of filenames that need to be... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: daflore
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I need a small script (sh) to remove in a variable the filename extension.
Example:
f = "testfile.txt"
and I need a $a with "testfile".
Some one a idea? (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Essbaumer
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello all,
I need to change file extension for all .doc files to .txt file in multiple folders. I know the way to rename them by going to each folder and doing that, but I need something which I can run from home directory so that It does the renaming in all the nested directories.
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am running my script from "/abc/" this path and it has no ".csv files" but has a ".txt" files namely temp1.txt
My script goes as below, wherein it is suppose to find files with *.txt extension and *.csv extension in another path namely "/abc/xyz/":
#!/bin/ksh
PATH1="/abc/xyz/"
value="*.csv... (1 Reply)
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello, everyone! :]
I'm having an issue with my camera/uploading to Photobucket.
When my camera transfers it's photos to my hard drive, it transfers them as .JPG. Unfortunately, when I go to upload to my Photobucket account, it only accepts .jpg & .jpeg files. Every time I want to upload, I... (6 Replies)
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I have a list of files in a particular folder
Example:
File name - sample.F1.test
I want to change the extension of the above file to .csv
The final file should be renamed as sample.csv (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: mazhar803
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi ,
I need to replace the file name extension with txt to csv,i wrote the below script when executing its giving the below error.Please anyone how to do this?
$ a2.sh
mv: *.: cannot access: No such file or directory
./a2.sh: o: bad number
$ vi a2.sh
a2.sh
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#!/bin/ksh
txt=$1... (4 Replies)
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10. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi (warning: newbie question),
I am writing a script to run a series of tests on a program, which involves a line:
for file in `ls test_suite/*.args`
but later I want to send the output to file.out. But I need to separate the filename and extension somehow...Also $file contains... (2 Replies)
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