I am trying to strip the .wav file extension from a file name so that I can pass the result to lame encoder. I started to write a BASH script that looks like this:
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for f in /home/user/wavfiles*; do FILE=basename $f .wav; lame $FILE; done
It doesn't work very well though. For the life of me I can't seem to discover how to use basename in a suitable way for a script like this.
I need to split a filename into its filename and extension, so I can append a datestamp to the filename. I'm using bash.
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I am in need of a way to check that the same file exists within two different directories using a filename as a variable. Here is the process which requires it: The script is reaches out (via ftp) and pulls down a file(s) and delete it afterwards. This is halfhazard because in the instance it doesnt pull down the file, yet still deletes it, we are up a creek. I am looking to pull it down to a temp location and then verify that file exists in the location in which it needs to be present to process before deleting it, adding a little extra layer for security. The script itself is finished.If I put a file name in manually it works perfect. I just need a way to pump the filename into the variable.
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Linux a 2.6.35.10-74.fc14.i686.PAE #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 16:10:47 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: :core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
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How can I set a pattern that will output a filename equal to the original filename? E.g.
something.mp3 → something.ogg
And why isn't this implemented in SoundConverter?
PS: {Filename} doesn't work.
my script has a variable which comes in the form +00.00 +0.00 -00.00 or -0.00 (the numbers can be any in that form) for any that have a + symbol I need to remove the +, but if it has a - symbol it needs to stay.
i need to make a new variable with the string from the old variable btut without any plus sign. I have tried a lot of different ways with no success, each thing I tried either left the + or removed the entire string. I think this should work but doesn't
foo=+12.40
bar=${foo#+}
I know this is possible in GUI gnome. But is it possible to do it too in shell command? Let say if i type this in shell:
#file.txt
then it will open gnome-editor in nautilus which open file.txt. gnome is the desktop manager. nautilus is the explorer windows in gnome. gnome-editor is one like notepad in MS windows.
What is the difference between filename and ./filename? Under what circumstances is one preferred to the other?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI would like to get the filename (without extension) and the extension separately. The best solution I found so far is:
Let FILE="thefilenameofsomefilesfor_instance.txt"
Code:
NAME=`echo "$FILE" | cut -d'.' -f1`
EXTENSION=`echo "$FILE" | cut -d'.' -f2`
I think it would be better to count the len and remove 3 chars to right to get the extension, but it can be macintosh filenames with have 4 chars for extensions.
I'm trying to make an environmental variable RPMS that will resolve to a website. I know I have to make the changes in .bash_profile, but all the things I try don't seem to want to work.
I've tried:
PATH=$RPMS:ftp://rha-server/pub/os/rhel5/Server/
or simply just making the variable itself
$RPMS=ftp://rha-server/pub/os/rhel5/Server/
The second one made a variable just fine, but when I attempted to run this command:
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i am runing the below script
foo..
if [ "$type" == "ok" ]
then string=ZZZZ:I=$number
elif [ "$type" == "NOK" ]
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the code inside sc2.sh needs to read the input from the variable (string) above. is there any way to make this variable recognized inside the sc2.sh
I've spent all day trying to sort this out and I'm beginning to think this problem is specific to a Mac because I've managed to build this extension just fine on a debian vpsI'm trying to build the PECL extension amfext.I download the source to a folder and run the following:
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sudo phpize --clean
sudo phpize
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The CD contains file named "SC92031.c", the instructions tell me to do the following "Compile the driver source files and it will generate sc92031.o"
I'd like to know how I can modify an existing GNOME extension to call Code: Select allsystemctl hibernate
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I'm using Fedora Core 11 on Dell Machine Precision 360
how to assign a local variable value to a global variable....
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Then in the first terminal I type:
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A=$(pwd)
And in the second I type:
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echo $A
that doesn't work though.
I have tried also with
Code:
export A=$(pwd)
and
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alias A=$(pwd)
but nothing seems to work. Is there a way to do this?
I have a program I am writing where I have a for loop and I want to make it substitute the variable twice like:
for ((i=0;i<5;i++)) do
echo $"$i"
done
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How can i make a variable in a bash script, to refer each file in a folder,and to switch it to the next file,until the last file of the folder?
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I must explode dialog in loop and add options? or something like that?
can i use the value of one variable to generate a name for another variable? for example i want to use the counter from a "do while" loop to name and define a variable each time the loop executes. for example
objectnames1=`ls -a`
objectnames2=`ls -a`
etc.
i don't have a script yet but each time through the loop i intend to cd to a particular directory and then define a variable containing a list of each object in that directory as values. for the rest of the script to work, each variable generated has to be unique, and i can't think of a good way to accomplish this.
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I am trying to alter the character position of residue numbers above 999 in a pdb file.The following script is an attempt to:1) Get all unique pdb residue numbers (in column 5) using awk and assign it to a variable i.2) Loop through all the values in $i and if it is greater than 999, shift that number one character to the right using sed.However, the script only manages to alter the final residue numberCould anyone please advise how I can loop through all values in $i and shift it one character to the right?
#!/bin/bash
# Script to alter position of residue number in pdb file for resid above 999
i=$(awk '{print $5}' wt-test.pdb | uniq)
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After upgrading to 11.2, I get the following error when starting any xclient. Worse, its usually repeated a few times for each client.
Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display <my_ip>
I get this both when using Xming and nomachine.
i have filename like the following
1_40_37573.dbf
1_41_37573.dbf
1_42_37573.dbf
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actually i want to extract the substring between 2 underscores
e.g. in case of 1_40_37573.dbf i need 40 and in case of 1_101_37373.dbf i need 101 and so on
I have some school work that involves creating a script that creates a backup of my /home folder, everything goes well but the problem is with the filename.
I am supposed to create a .tgz with the filename : hostname-day-date-HH:MM:ss.tgz
The .tgz gets created with the correct filename but when I try to unpack it the filename can't be resolved, it's the : that mess things up.