censoring files

trscookie · 11-02-2004, 07:25 AM

hi im trying to make a shell script that censors filenames then moves them to a location if the filename matches one of those names in a case statment.
the program is called censor.sh

so if was to type

./censor move these words please

it would move the files "move" and "words" into a different location

the code i have got so far is:

#!/bin/sh
num=$#
while [ "$num" -ge 1 ]
do

done
exit 0

i know its not much, but im a beginer your help would be much appreciated!

jim mcnamara · 11-02-2004, 12:25 PM

try something like this:

Code:

#! /bin/ksh
set -A myarray `echo "$@"`
let i=0
while [ $i -lt ${#myarray[*]} ]
do
       if [ -f  ${myarray[i]} ] ; then
            newfile="/new/path/${myarray[i]}"
            mv ${myarray[i]} $newfile
       fi
       let i=$i+1
done
exit

trscookie · 11-02-2004, 03:36 PM

thanks for the reply, but i couldnt get your code to work, it ran but nothng happend, did you use the korn shell?

i think that it should look something like this? maybe?

#!/bin/sh
num=$#
while [ "$num" -ge 1 ]
do
echo (($1 + 1)) '#this is the line that doesnt work
num=$((num -1))
done
exit 0

./censor this data please
this
data
please

this is how i want it to work, i would use the $1, $2 but you need to specify howmany inputs you are expecting

trscookie · 11-02-2004, 05:25 PM

#!/bin/sh
num=$#
while [ "$num" -ge 1 ]
do
echo ${num}
num=$((num -1))
done
exit 0

./censor this data please

ok this loop will count through the words it will now count down like this

1
2
3

but i STILL cant get it to go

please
data
this

/bin/bash · 11-03-2004, 12:01 AM

#!/bin/sh
num=$#
files=( $@ ) #Put the arguments in an array
num=$((num -1)) #Must do this because arrays start at 0, not 1.
while [ "$num" -ge 0 ]
do
echo "$num = ${files[$num]}"
#
# You put your move statement here
#
num=$((num -1))
done
exit 0

trscookie · 11-03-2004, 07:20 AM

hi, thanks for the response but when i run the code it says:

./censored this is a test
./censored: $num = ${files[$num]}: bad substitution

i have also tried : echo "$num=${files[$num]}"
but it say the same thing
i tried echo "$num=$($files[$num])"
and it said;

bash$ ./censored this is a test
./censored: this: command not found
3=
./censored: this: command not found
2=
./censored: this: command not found
1=
./censored: this: command not found
0=

trscookie · 11-03-2004, 01:16 PM

for any one wondering i found the answer elseware it is:

#!/bin/sh
while [ $# -ge 1 ]
do
echo $1
shift
done
exit 0

/bin/bash · 11-04-2004, 04:15 AM

Quote:

hi, thanks for the response but when i run the code it says:

./censored this is a test
./censored: $num = ${files[$num]}: bad substitution

Humm.. sorry but it works for me.