PQPZ3.DATR.QRL.R9529.D090295.T19501.das.1333332287722.1.2.err
I have AIX so I can't use rename hopeing for something easier but I need to find all the files in the directory and then any of them that have a .err on them I need to be able to rename them back all the way to the .das
So I need to go from
PQPZ3.DATR.QRL.R9529.D090295.T19501.das.1333332287722.1.2.err
to
PQPZ3.DATR.QRL.R9529.D090295.T19501.das
When I have many .err's one quick script to rename them all back to the .das
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cd /path/to/files find . -name '*.err' |\ while read file do tmp=${file%%.das*} mv $file "$file".das doneTest it somewhere first!
I tried something like this but it just adds a .das at the end of the whole file...
for i in *.das; do mv "$i" `basename $i`.das; done
You have to use either ksh (zsh) or bash to do this - ie., a modern shell with pattern matching.
cd /path/to/files
find . -name '*.err' |\
while read file
do
tmp=${file%%.das*}
mv $file "$file".das
doneTest it somewhere first!
This just added the .das at the end of the .err I need something to remove it all the way back tot he .das
PQPZ3.DATR.QRL.R9529.D090295.T19501.das.1333332287722.1.2.err
to
PQPZ3.DATR.QRL.R9529.D090295.T19501.das
Change mv $file "$file".das to mv $file ${tmp}.das . It was just a typo.
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