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pople 03-10-2014 05:49 PM
Bash Comparing similar strings
 
I am writing a bash script to rename complex files names to somehting simpler. Is there a way in bash to find part of a string that is similiar as opposed to exactly the same? For example: test1 and random_complex_file_test1.txt would match and the file could then be renamed test1.

pople 03-10-2014 06:31 PM
This is where I'm at:

Code:
#! /bin/bash

echo -n "Username file?: "
read usersfile
echo $usersfile
echo $PWD/$usersfile

while read users
do 
    for file in *.pdf
do
        if [[ $users =~ $file ]]
        then
            cp $file $users".pdf"
        fi
    done
done < $PWD/$usersfile

pople 03-10-2014 09:37 PM
This kind of works will add extra features later. Here it is if anyone else wantes to try this:

Code:
#! /bin/bash

echo -n "Username file?: "
read usersfile
echo "Using the user list file: $PWD/$usersfile"
echo "Converting"
sleep 1
while read users
do 
    for file in *.pdf
    do
        if [[ $file =~ $users ]]
        then
            echo $users
            mv "$PWD/$file" "$PWD/$users"".pdf"
        fi
    done
done < $PWD/$usersfile

grail 03-10-2014 10:07 PM
If you wish to place a string after a variable name, simply enclose the variable in {}:
Code:
mv "$PWD/$file" "$PWD/${users}.pdf"


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