UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Frankly speaking, I dont know which part is not working. So, please be specific.

What error are you encountering ?

vino

Hi,

I am using the following code:

for file in *
do
if [ "$file" = *_jun* ] ; then

#Extract the maximum from the filename.
#The ending pattern for the file will be _jun05 et al..
FILE=${file##*_}
cp $file $FILE

elif [ "$file" = *_jul* ] ; then
cp $file $file

fi ;
done

Error I'm getting is as folows:

filecp.sh: bad substitution

Thanks
Shash

shashi_kiran_v, as vino indicated, cross/duplicate posting is not allowed in these forums. Please review the rules.

I have merged the threads.

Thanks
ZB

Which shell are you using ?

Also, change this line

FILE=${file##*_}

to

FILE=${file%%_*}

vino

I am heading no where on this.... Can anyone please help.

I should not copy the file if the month & year is not the latest else I should copy the file.

If the following files are created in a directory. No matter even if the file bas100e1_aug05 is created before the may month's file.

bas100e1_jun05
bas100e1_aug05
bas100e1_may05

I should copy only the contents of bas100e1_aug05 to bas100e1.

Thanks
Shash

Hi Vino,

I am using Korn shell.

Its still not working....

Shash

How about this ?

Code:

#! /bin/sh

MONTH=$(date +%b)
YEAR=$(date +%y)
month=$(echo $MONTH | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')

for file in *
do
if [ "$file" = *_$month$YEAR* ] ; then
FILE=${file%%_$month$YEAR}
cp $file $FILE
fi ;
done

It should work well with ksh also.

Unless you are in Solaris (?)

vino