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Date: | Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:35:28 +0300 |
From: | "Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos" <npatsop AT cc DOT uoi DOT gr> |
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To: | Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net> |
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Subject: | Re: add folder name to filename |
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Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Nikolaos A. Patsopoulos on 9/14/2006 6:23 AM: > >> I used the following script but doesn't work under cygwin: >> >> for file in folder*/*; do >> dir=$(basename $(dirname $file) ) >> base=$(basename $file) >> mv $file $(dirname $file)/${dir}_${base} >> done >> > > What is the actual error message you are seeing? But I bet the problem is > due to your missing quoting, so your problem is not cygwin-specific. I > would guess that you are having issues due to spaces or other shell > metacharacters in the filenames being interpreted literally. > > >> Does anyone has a suggestion or where I should look? >> > > A good tutorial on shell programming? Hint: > > for file in folder*/*; do > dir=$(basename "$(dirname "$file")") > base=$(basename "$file") > mv "$file" "$(dirname "$file")/${dir}_${base}" > done > > (That won't work on filenames with \n as the last character, but > fortunately, unless you use cygwin managed mounts, that is not an issue on > cygwin). > > - -- > Life is short - so eat dessert first! > > Eric Blake ebb9 AT byu DOT net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFCUuD84KuGfSFAYARAn1BAJ41A85ZHvKBAWtKa3tWKO+4fLrh5gCgkw+j > fzK7C9kby5r6M26SQQk2pvo= > =CZVE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > I get the same error with my code and yours: Script started, file is typescript nothing happens, except an empty file called typescript in the parent directory -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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