Programming :: Scheduled Copy Based On Filename?
Jun 17, 2010
Since I'm not building a specific piece of software but a shell script, I hope this is in the right forum. At work, we use RHEL for the basic system but have Windows clients attached as well. On the Win side, there's a program that I'm trying to duplicate on the Linux side. Because of established procedures, I can't change the way files are named so please don't suggest I do that (my boss would not be happy). We have files stored on an NFS share we manipulate on either side.
The program is used to copy files from one directory to another, based on the filenames. The first two characters of the filename are ignored (they're for human-readable sorting purposes only), the next four characters are the time, and then all characters after that are ignored. The time is read and the file gets copied at that time. (This was all done in VC++ many years ago, and nobody knows where the source code is.) For example, a file named 2d0730abcd.txt would be copied from the source directory to the destination directory at 7:30am.
It seems to me that it should be fairly straightforward to build a shell script on the Linux side to do the same thing, but darned if I can figure out which magical combination of commands to use. Would the shell script end up creating a giant pile of AT commands?
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Jul 6, 2010
I have a single directory of pairs of files, with the pairs sharing a string as the beginning of the filename:
SF1-27F1492R-clone01_T3_A18_001.ab1
SF1-27F1492R-clone01_T7_A20_002.ab1
SF1-27F1492R-clone02_T3_A19_003.ab1
SF1-27F1492R-clone02_T7_A21_004.ab1
...etc
I need to create a subdirectory for each pair then move the pair into the subdirectory.
I accomplished the first step using:
$find /foo -name '*T3*' -exec mkdir '{}.wrk' ;
I can use a regex to designate the pair and associate the directory, but how do I use regex in a path as the output of a move command?
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Dec 29, 2010
Originally Posted by Kenny_StrawnPlease wrap [CODE] tags aroung any code posted here. The full source that way could still be posted.I am trying to copy all the files in the directory based on the modification date (i.e created on Dec 29). Not able to find the proper command for this. This is what I have tried.
(none) login: root
#
# cd /mnt/hd/
[code]...
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Apr 8, 2010
I am working on the script parsing specific message "TEST" from multiple file. The log file name looks like:
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N6.2009-12-01-10-05-02.console.log.tar.gz
I am using the following command:
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Sep 13, 2011
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Jan 23, 2011
$ uname -a
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
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LSB Version: :core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
[Code].....
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something.mp3 → something.ogg
And why isn't this implemented in SoundConverter?
PS: {Filename} doesn't work.
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An example filename:
My failed tests:
Code:
Code:
Code:
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Code: Select all13_-_Mozart:_Sonata_in_A_major_KV_331.ogg
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Code:
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