Questions tagged [filenames]
File name is a name used to identify a file uniquely on given file system.
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zgrep a column and print the matching filename
I am trying to match pattern for a particular column in the thousands of gzipped files on a Linux machine, and based on the match I want to print the file name how to do that.
Below options are not ...
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filenames with ' in, (we're) is messing with my script
I have a script that first move the selected files into a temp directory,scans the directory, takes the largest file and create a new directory with that name, and moving all files to the newly ...
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Sort files in directories based on filename
I have > 35,000 scanned diapositives from a scientific archive in one directory. (Fortunately, the filenames are rather uniformly formatted: {year}-{place}-{film-#}-{photo-#} OR {year}-{year}-{...
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How to test if one or more files with a prefix exists in bash? e.g. [[-f foo*]]
Is there a way to use a Filename Expansion within a test expression, more specifically, a bash conditional expression?
For example:
[[ -f foo* ]] && echo 'found it!' || echo 'nope!';
... will ...
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How to change end of filename
I am using Mac Terminal and I need to delete end of filename.
Example of filename : 1516092009.M432844P7000.camel5,S=14022,W=14295/2,
I need to delete the end /2, and I tried command:
rename 's/\/2,//...
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swap fields in file names
How can I do the following change in file names. I suppose this is possible with rename, but I do not know how.
A_B_C.pdf
to
C_A_B.pdf
A, B and C are different words in my file names, like ...
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How to replace part of a filename with input from stdin?
Let's say I've got a file ids.txt with several entries like
foo
bar
bam
...
for example.
I'd like to use this as input to run a command on some files containing the ids in the filename like foo_1.gz, ...
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String substitution to detect empty variables?
I have a script that iterates through files and does some string substitution to insert the date.
#!/bin/bash
f="/tmp/file.txt" # with .txt extension
timestamp="$(date +%H%M%S)"
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Why tar uses absolute path even though I have changed to dir via -C?
Having this:
$ls $des/bin
a.c analysis.hpp classify.hpp main.cpp split.hpp
a.cpp a.out grade.cpp main.out student.cpp
analysis.cpp classify.cpp grade.hpp ...
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Files names with an ' (apostrophe) inside of them
When I list files that have spaces in their names, most of the time I see them surrounded by apostrophes :
'famille, vacances, loisirs'
I had to edit a file whose name had to be : Chapitre 2 : L'accĆØs ...
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Compare multiple file suffixes containing date & time and do action on most recent
I have multiple files in a directory that follow the below pattern.
logA.log.$todayDate.$timeCreatedlogA.log.07222020.084355
I want to compare the $timeCreated part of all the files in the directory ...
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Find filenames that contain number
I would like to find file names which contain a number and list them in a range of numbers. For example, in my directory I have:
**
Ion_001_rawlib.bam
Ion_002_rawlib.bam
Ion_003_rawlib.bam
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How to find directories (or files, etc.) based on an expression that applies to the file pathname [duplicate]
I'm trying to find/extract directories based on an expression
that applies to the file path. For example, I used the command:
find . -type d -links 2
To get a list of directories that looks something ...
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Disable bash autocompletion for combinations of specific commands and specific filetypes
In the current directory, if we have a C++ source file, hello_world.cpp and the corresponding compiled executable binary hello_world, I'd like to have the autocomplete feature of bash to completely ...
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rsync cannot exclude relative files?
I know the exclude option in rsync can only accept relative paths, so I though I can make workaround with realpath --relative.
$ls /usr/local/bin
cppman demangle e fusuma rem triangle
$realpath --...
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How do I rename multiple files by removing everything but numbers?
I want to rename files like:
SL Benfica vs. SC Beira-Mar 136.mp4
SL Benfica vs. SC Beira-Mar 137.mp4
SL Benfica vs. SC Beira-Mar 138.mp4
SL Benfica vs. SC Beira-Mar Jogo 074.mp4
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Taking a specific part of the file name with shell script and put into loop
Let me explain, .SAC files are type of seismograms which SAC ( Seismic Analysis Code ) program use and the other files which contains *HH are response files. I want to remove insturment response which ...
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Renaming file name with shell script
I have lots of file name like below;
KO.ADVT..HHE.D.2017.163.121959.SAC
KO.ADVT..HHN.D.2017.163.121957.SAC
KO.ADVT..HHZ.D.2017.163.121959.SAC
KO.ARMT..HHE.D.2017.163.121957.SAC
KO.ARMT..HHN.D.2017.163....
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How to list and put log's name to a file according to date
I have bunch of log files. And some of them are rotated. Say I want to put their name in a txt file.
-rw-r----- 1 admin staff 5120126 Apr 20 14:29 access.log00071
-rw-r----- 1 admin ...
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rename a dynamic generate file which contains BASIC
how can i use rename of mv shell command to rename a file where i don't know the exaxt name of but which contains always de word BASIC
rename Ex2WebR1_0WEBSHOP01_005443_B_BASIC.XML BASIC.XML
I have ...
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Shell replace forward slashes with backslashes [duplicate]
I have a question: how to replace forward slashes with backslashes?
I have string:
App/Models
And I need
App\Models
Thank you very much
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How do I output a command that acts on multiple files, to multiple files?
I am attempting to use the objdump command to disassemble all files in the current directory with the .o extension, and then put the output of this command for each .o file, into a .txt file with the ...
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What is The Best Approach to Duplicate File into Different Filename and Modify The Content in Unix?
I've been doing research for Unix Script these past 2 days. Since I never touch Unix script before and suddenly I need to create Unix script to support my program.
Basically I would like to seek an ...
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Tool to rename files with some logic involved
Any command line tools to rename files that don't already contain a string or a set of strings to then include that string?
So all files in a given folder should have high in the name for "high ...
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Does pipe change filenames? [duplicate]
I do this command:
$ locate config.yml | while read i; do sed -i '/(swipe)|(pinch)/s/[0-9].*/1/' $i; done
output:
sed: couldn't open temporary file /home/user/.config/fusuma/sedHhlVCW: Permission ...
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awk passing variable, files with spaces
I am new and I have small problem and I couldn't solve it by myself. Here is the issue that I am faced with:
I am trying to find the files with spaces in their names.
This part is working:
find $(...
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Naming files with decimal numbers in BASH
I want to name my files with the step in which they were created. The step size is in decimals and as far as I know dealing with decimals in bash is difficult. This is the code:
for i in $(seq 0.05 0....
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sort part of the name
I have multiple names that have the same prefix but the prefix is unknown.
I want to sort only by the digits in the name.
i.e
abcd_006-123
abcd_006-232
bbcd_w_006-112
so bbcd_w_006-112 should be ...
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ffmpeg across .avi files in subdirectories
Situation:
Running macOS 10.13.6 and using bash 5.0.17(1)
A lot of subdirectories which hold multiple files.
Need to filter out files in subdirectories with a specific extension
(.avi).
Need to ...
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Encrypting home folder without filename encryption using `ecryptfs`
ecryptfs encrypts home folders with filename encryption by default. However, because of this, filenames with more than 143 characters can not exist in the home folder (while an unencrypted ext4 home ...
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replace multiple strings in a file using ksh
I have a directory in which all the files are listed with .ear. I want to remove the .ear and keep only the file name. Is I possible?
When I try
cd /path/
ls >> file
then in the output file ...
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remove repeated names on file names
I have many files on my Linux machine with file names like this:
Veillonella-sp.-AF13-2-AF13-2.Scaf1.faa
Weissella-cibaria-strain-AM27-24-AM27-24.Scaf1.faa
Streptococcus-salivarius-strain-AF24-6AC-...
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How can I batch rename text files to be the first word in each text file?
I need to rename a few thousand text files to be the first word in the text file plus the file extension (.txt) using the terminal. All the files are in a single directory, and are currently named int ...
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Concatenating Files based on first characters of file names
In a folder I have files like below.
COUNTRY_US_20200401.TXT
COUNTRY_GB_20200401.TXT
COUNTRY_FR_20100328.TXT
COUNTRY_US_20200406.TXT
COUNTRY_GB_20200410.TXT
I want to check for first 10 characters ...
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Move all files of certain filetype in all sub directories up one level
I have a directory with lots of sub-directories. The sub-directories each have unique names.
I would like to take every file ending with '.nc' in the sub-directories and move those files up one level....
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how to keep a filename with only 20 characters and a file extension .txt
I have a bunch of files like this:
hhsLog.8020.20200330}1585594173}0}coll_DefaultCollectorGroup_1_158594166_132642}1036942}0}0
I just want to keep the first 20 characters and add a .txt extension. ...
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Using grep --exclude-dir on OSX
I am trying to find a file that contains the text "The default interactive shell". I am trying to use the following grep command to find it:
grep -r --exclude-dir='/{var,Volumes,bin,cores,dev,sbin,...
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Convert only parts of a filename to uppercase
In a shell script program, I need to convert the filenames to uppercase if the converted filename does not already exist. In this particular case I need to change only the basename to uppercase ...
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Some files in CIFS directory cannot be overwrite once created/copied
I have encountered a strange behavior in one of the CIFS mount directory. For example, I copy a file to the directory, cp /mnt/source/movie.mp4 /mnt/target/ . First time it runs successfully. But when ...
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zsh completion rules - remove file extension from completion result
I am trying to create simple zsh completion rules for a password manager script pass.
pass stores its passwords in directory structure, the files itself are .gpg files.
I want to complete ...
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Copy a file containing date in the file name to a folder for that date
I looked for similar questions, but it was hard to get a clear answer in my case.
I use my synology DS1515+ and DSM 6.2.2.
First of all, I have been made daily folder containing a date using script ...
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How to remove specific section in filename
I use my synology DS1515+ and DSM 6.2.2.
I'd like to remove specific section in name of many files.
For example;
abcde(test).mp4 ā abcd.mp4
love(1).mp4 ā love.mp4
Section that from ( to ) in ...
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how to remove string in multiple file name after a specific character?
I have multiple file in a folder with this format of name
01. file one-sdvanv-12lknl.srt
01. file one-sdvanv-12lknl.mp4
02. file two-afdsmakl-asdfafdaf.srt
02. file two-afdsmakl-asdfafdaf.mp4
03. ...
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Find commonality/pattern in a bunch of files
Let's say, I have a folder with hundreds or thousands of files, all named after the following schema:
<random number of variable length>_<date code in YYYYMMDD format>.jpg
Example:
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How can I make realpath never resolve symlinks?
I'm looking for a command to return the absolute path of a file, without resolving symlinks. In general, realpath does this well.
$ mkdir /tmp/test; cd /tmp/test
$ mkdir foo
$ ln -s foo bar
$ ...
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Copy a file containing a date in the file name to a folder for that date
I'm newbie in stack overflow.
I need your help. Thank you for your reply in advance.
I looked for similar questions, but it was hard to get a clear answer in my case.
I use my synology DS1515+ and ...
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File name character encoding gets confused when called with find -exec
I'd like to simplify the example, but any further simplification removes the problem ā¦ I already stripped my script down to this:
#!/bin/sh
echo "$1" | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]]//g'
This does what I ...
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Pad file names so Unix lists them in numerical order
I have a folder with several files formatted as follows:
C Block Scan copy 1.pdf
C Block Scan copy 2.pdf
C Block Scan copy 3.pdf
C Block Scan copy 4.pdf
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.
.
One issue I'm having is that when I run ...
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Can't remove directory with weird name [duplicate]
While creating a new folder I didn't realise that in BASH ' is a special character, which means I ended up with a folder named
One Flew Over the Cuckoos\ Nest\ \(1975\)?quit?quit()?ls??????????
or ...
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Sort files based on similarity of file names
I have a directory structure which contains many files. I want to find similar files recursively and sort them based on their names.
The easy part: find all files named f*.ext and move them to a ...
