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# 8  
Old 07-25-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shell_Life
Code:
#!/bin/ksh
mInDir=$1       ## Parameter one
mOutDir=$2     ## Parameter two
mDTimeExp='_[0-9]\{8\}.[0-9]\{6\}.txt'
ls ${mInDir} | grep $mDTimeExp | \
while read mFile
do
  mFName=`echo ${mFile} | sed "s/\(.*\)${mDTimeExp}/\1/"`
  mOutFile=${mOutDir}${mFName}'.txt'
  sed '1d;$d' ${mFile} > ${mOutFile}
  rm -f ${mFile}
done

Shell_life,

i tried the above script and it didn't work..even its not going into do loop.
Please help me out
# 9  
Old 07-25-2007
Quote:
I tried the above script and it didn't work..even its not going into do loop.
Please help me out
Here is your answer:
Quote:
Would it possible if we pass input and output directories as parameters to this script.
The shell has two parameters, input_directory and output_directory.
# 10  
Old 07-25-2007
I did pass the correct parameters but it didn't work
# 11  
Old 07-26-2007
By any chance did you try out my script as mentioned above.
# 12  
Old 07-26-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by lorcan
By any chance did you try out my script as mentioned above.
I tried your script but it got result as bad substitution

Could you tell why its giving this error
fyi..file names could start with any characters not starts with file.
Please let me know if you need any further info.
# 13  
Old 07-26-2007
Please help me out Shell_reply, lorcan..

Thanks
# 14  
Old 07-26-2007
Ok.
Show me exactly how you are running the shell I wrote.
 
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