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SUSE 10.0 xargs and opening different file extensions
I am using SUSE 10.0. I have some files that appear either as .zip or .txt randomly. Each file has a date / time stamp connected to them. They are in the following format.
BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00-05.
or
BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00-05.
The "BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00-" are standard. I can add in a date function to that portion of the file. The 05 is the second and that seems to be random within 20 seconds depending on when the script actually runs. I would like to determine if it is a txt or zip, extract if it is a zip, then change the file name to something that is not random (but keep the date functionality).
Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm giving alot of points for this as I want to test the script to get it working before giving out the points!
Awakenings
BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00-05.
or
BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00-05.
The "BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00-" are standard. I can add in a date function to that portion of the file. The 05 is the second and that seems to be random within 20 seconds depending on when the script actually runs. I would like to determine if it is a txt or zip, extract if it is a zip, then change the file name to something that is not random (but keep the date functionality).
Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm giving alot of points for this as I want to test the script to get it working before giving out the points!
Awakenings
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I would love the file name to be;
BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00.txt
BOBapp04-04-2006@19-00.txt
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Tim,
I am testing things here. You will have to forgive the fact I am a little slow. I am a windows guy attempting to learn Linux. I did some testing with some of this. I could type in unzip BOBapp04-04-2006* and it would unzip the file. I could type in mv BOBapp04-04-2006@15-00-??.
I must admit I did not fully understand the statements above as I am no programmer. How do I take this stuff and make it into a cron job? I have the date functionality down so that will be easy. I know how to do a cron job, but I am fuzzy on taking the random endings (txt or zip) and turn them into just functional txt file. I then intend to run another cron job to run the files through swatch. I am trying to automate a process to make things easier for me.
Thanks,
awakenings
I am testing things here. You will have to forgive the fact I am a little slow. I am a windows guy attempting to learn Linux. I did some testing with some of this. I could type in unzip BOBapp04-04-2006* and it would unzip the file. I could type in mv BOBapp04-04-2006@15-00-??.
I must admit I did not fully understand the statements above as I am no programmer. How do I take this stuff and make it into a cron job? I have the date functionality down so that will be easy. I know how to do a cron job, but I am fuzzy on taking the random endings (txt or zip) and turn them into just functional txt file. I then intend to run another cron job to run the files through swatch. I am trying to automate a process to make things easier for me.
Thanks,
awakenings
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Everything you mentioned so far is a one-liner.