On Friday, Oct 6th 2006 at 11:07 -0400, quoth Anthony J Placilla:
=>Ok, my perl-fu is non-existent.
=>
=>I have a dir on an FTP server that contains multiple files that have a
=>naming structure like so
=>
=>a_20061002201644_b_R01C002_c_30_d_81230_e_FOO_f_02_g_blah.txt
=>
=>the value d_<whatever> will be a number that is actually can be mapped
=>to a name
=>for example, 81230 will be jsmith
=>82111 will be mdoe
=>
=>etc.
=>
=>I want to replace the number string with the name in each of, say 500
=>files & run it out of cron
=>
=>pointers or clues would be welcome. I am militantly unopposed to using
=>*any* tool, (perl, php, sed & awk or waving dead chickens) to get the
=>job done
=>
Done with 100% Pure Bash. No adulterations. Feel free to pee into it to
suit your taste.
#!/bin/bash
typeset -a ddat
typeset ii
typeset jj
typeset lpart # last part
typeset fpart # first part
typeset value
ddat[0]="81230:jsmith"
ddat[1]="82111:mdoe"
for ii in *.txt
do
lpart=${ii#*d_}
fpart=${lpart%%_*}
for jj in "${ddat[@]}"
do
[[ "$fpart" = ${jj%:*} ]] && mv $ii ${fpart}d_${jj#*:}_${lpart#*_}
done
done
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