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1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I'm new to Unix, but have a directory which has many files in it, well over 1000. The files are called :
M07GO.STOPE0001
M07GO.STOPE0002
M07GO.STOPE0003
M07GO.STOPE0004
etc...
I would like to rename them to the following :
M070001.bin
M070002.bin
M070003.bin
M070004.bin
etc....... (4 Replies)
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2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello:
I have a very basic question. I'd like to select all files except for one file. For example, say I want to move all of the files in my current directory to a subdirectory called archive, I would use mv ./* archive/ But what if I want to move all files except for README.txt? Is there an... (19 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello everyone. My first time posting here.
I have a question that may seem very insignificant to some but is one that I've been trying to address for the past several days (haven't had any luck looking online).
I'm trying to clean a directory by removing old files that we no longer need.... (2 Replies)
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I'm trying to delete everything between ( and ) in a line, ie: ( start xxxx, end xxx ). there is uppercase, lowercase and numbers in the parans. and are of varied length.
I tried this:
sed 's/()//' infile > outfileI'm not understanding the wildcard use in brackets (2 Replies)
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5. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
These 2 websites do a GREAT job of explaining different types of wildcards. I learned about the categories of characters which I never knew about at all.
GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Guide - Wildcards
GREP (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: cokedude
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi All
Please excuse another straightforward question. When creating a tar archive from a directory I am attempting to use wildcards to eliminate certain filetypes (otherwise the archive gets too large). So I am looking for something along these lines.
tar -cf archive.tar * <minus all *.rst... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: C3000
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello
i am trying to use the wildcards with the if statement but it is displaying the error like this one
if * | ** | * ]
Any body can help me to for using the wild card option in the if case but i have used this code and working well with the case statement to enter the name without the... (14 Replies)
Discussion started by: murtaza
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
ok, I'm trying to write a script file that lists files with specific elements in the name into a txt file, it looks like this
ls s*.dat > file_names.txt
can't figure out whats wrong with that line, any ideas?
thanks in advance (10 Replies)
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
when writing a shell script (bourne) and using a unix command like 'ls' is there anything special you need to do to use a wildcard (like *)? (3 Replies)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I'm trying to delete lines from a large text file using VI.
Every line that I am wanting to delete start with 'S' - all others do not. (A list of users)
I've tried using * but doesn't seem to like it...any ideas...
Doesn't have to be VI - but I'm better with VI than sed/awk. (8 Replies)
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