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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi
Am trying to move a file from one name to another
When I do "ls" to check for the moved filename
I can see the file but when I try the same with a script am unable..
I think am doing some pretty silly error.. please help..
toMove=`ls | grep -E "partition.+"`
mv $toMove partition._org... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: Priya Amaresh
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I found a closed thread that helped quite a bit. I tried adding the URL, but I can't because I don't have enough points... ?
Modifying the syntax to remove ! ~
find . -type f -name '*~\!]*' |
while IFS= read -r; do
mv -- "$REPLY" "${REPLY//~\!]}";
done
These messages are... (2 Replies)
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I've got files with names like this :
_Some_Name_178_HD_.mp4
_Some_Name_-_496_Vost_SD_(720x400_XviD_MP3).avi
Goffytofansub_Some name 483_HD.avi
And iam trying to rename it with a regular pattern. My gola is this :
Ep 178.mp4
Ep 496.avi
Ep 483.avi
I've tried using sed with... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: VLaw
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have to rename a large number of files so that the name of each file corresponds to a code number that is given side by side in a list (textfile).
The list contains in column A the filename of the actual files to be renamed and in column B the name (a client code, 9 digits) that has to be... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: netfreighter
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
have this shl that will FTP a file from the a directory in windows to UNIX, It get the name of the file stored in this variable $UpLoadFileName then put in the local directory LocalDir="${MPATH}/xxxxx/dat_files" that part seems to be working, but then I need to take that file and rename, I am using... (3 Replies)
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
How can I rename files named like these
iq - 000001 - 2008.07.31 - 14.49.47 - location1.bin
iq - 000001 - 2008.07.31 - 14.49.47 - location12.bin
iq - 000008 - 2008.07.31 - 14.52.01 - location500.bin
to
iq_2008.07.31_14.49.47_location1.bin
iq_2008.07.31_14.49.47_location12.bin... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: larne
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have 100k+ files in a directory. I wanna create new directories and move each 2500 files into a new directory. Thank you very much. (2 Replies)
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hello,
I am wanting to know a way to shell (ksh)script-edit a file by having a script that searches for a specific string, and then input lines of text in the file after that specific string. Please help, as I will be up all night if I can't figure this out. (16 Replies)
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9. AIX
Is it possible in VI to do a global change but take the search patterns and the replacement patterns from an external file ?
I have cases where I can have 100,200 or 300+ global changes to do. All the new records are inside a file and I must VI a work file to change all of them.
Also, can... (1 Reply)
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hey all. I have a file that has roughly 115,000 lines in it. There are a few lines of information that I don't want in it, but I don't want to search through all of the lines to find the ones that I don't want. Is there a way to do a mass delete of the lines that I don't want?
Thanks for the... (4 Replies)
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