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Surpisingly, I've only found information regarding removal of files with special characters in the name. My problem is this: files are downloaded to my Unix box from mainframe, and each one has a pound sign as the first character of the filename.

original:

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what I need:

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Can anyone point me in the right direction here? I feel as though it's "on the tip of my tongue" so to speak.

Thanks,
kristy

Try this script:

Code:

#! /usr/bin/ksh
for file in \#* ; do
     new=${file###}
     if [[ -f $new ]] ; then
         echo $new already exists
     else
         echo mv $file $new
         mv $file $new
     fi
done
exit 0

that is awesome!
You an element I am not familiar with...Could you explain the line:


Thanks

I get that a lot

${file##x} removes x from the front of a variable. See this post for more info.

oh gosh, USED I meant.

Thanks again, I had no idea.