Orginal files directory Suppose the directory ~/IFT383/Bash/archive contains the

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Orginal files directory

Suppose the directory ~/IFT383/Bash/archive contains the following files:

DeductionRequest_To_IA_07142017_040109.csv.PGP

LifeSpace_To_IA_CAD20170710.csv.pgp

Herr Foods Inc_To_IA_CAD_20170705.csv.pgp

new directory files

Write a script called changename.sh to change the filenames to the below and place them in ~/IFT383/Bash/inbound:

DeductionRequest_To_IA_07142017_040109.csv.pgp

LifeSpace_To_IA_CAD_20170710.csv.pgp

HerrFoodsInc_To_IA_CAD_20170705.csv.pgp

Include a rst line that calls the Bourne shell as the interpreter Add a comment to state the purpose of the script and other comments to make the script easier to read

Writing a unix script moving from one directory to another directory.

Explanation / Answer

Hi,

We can use "mv" command to rename the file in the linux.

Syntax-

mv <old_file_name> <new_file_name>

Below are the contents of the changename.sh file-

#!/bin/bash

#########Below code renames the files in the ~/IFT383/Bash/archive path###############
cd ~/IFT383/Bash/archive

mv DeductionRequest_To_IA_07142017_040109.csv.PGP DeductionRequest_To_IA_07142017_040109.csv.pgp

mv LifeSpace_To_IA_CAD20170710.csv.pgp LifeSpace_To_IA_CAD_20170710.csv.pgp

mv Herr Foods Inc_To_IA_CAD_20170705.csv.pgp HerrFoodsInc_To_IA_CAD_20170705.csv.pgp

#########Below code is to transfer the files to ~/IFT383/Bash/inbound/ path##############
cp DeductionRequest_To_IA_07142017_040109.csv.pgp ~/IFT383/Bash/inbound/DeductionRequest_To_IA_07142017_040109.csv.pgp

cp LifeSpace_To_IA_CAD_20170710.csv.pgp ~/IFT383/Bash/inbound/LifeSpace_To_IA_CAD_20170710.csv.pgp

cp HerrFoodsInc_To_IA_CAD_20170705.csv.pgp ~/IFT383/Bash/inbound/HerrFoodsInc_To_IA_CAD_20170705.csv.pgp

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