i am trying to make a script in which i can drag a file (with spaces in file name ) and it will scp the file to another computermy code is
Code:
echo "--------------------------------------------"
echo "drag file now"
[code]....
Is it possible, in Linux, to rename a file from something without spaces to something containing spaces? I know I can create directories and files with spaces by doing:
mkdir "new dir" and:
touch "new file.txt"
I want to rename files from:
imgp0882.jpg to something like:
20091231 1243 some topic.jpg
And how would it look in a shell script that uses parameters like:
for i in *.jpg do
rename "$i" "$somepath/$mydate $mytime $mytopic$extension"
?
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Iam reading a file using C-sh script after manipulating the variables I need to dump into a new file. This in working fine but I couldn't retain the multiple spaces and tabs in a same line. For readability I want to print it back as I read. Now script treating multiple tabs as onl tab or space.
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Code:
if [ -s f_test.txt ] && [ -f f_test.txt ]; then
echo "File Exists !!"
while read -n1 char; do
[code]....
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this command :
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put a space also before the extension iso ??
How can I rename files from
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[code]....
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Code:
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