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Old 05-04-2012, 04:17 AM   #1
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Wink Create a folder from a file name


I have a files called STMam.bam.

Now i want to create a directory with the same name as the file but it should exclude the .bam extension.

The folder created should be named as STMam.
 
Old 05-04-2012, 04:27 AM   #2
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erm... "mkdir STMam" will do that... if you're after help with scripting or programming, you need to provde more useful information here. the basename tool will probably help you a lot.
 
Old 05-04-2012, 04:50 AM   #3
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Sg like this
Code:
FILENAME=stmam.bam; DIRNAME="${FILENAME%\.*}"; echo $DIRNAME
 
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Old 05-04-2012, 05:35 AM   #4
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While I like the solution I am curious why the escape? A period is not special when globbing nor to the shell so the escape, as far as I can tell, serves no benefit.
 
Old 05-04-2012, 05:39 AM   #5
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While I like the solution I am curious why the escape? A period is not special when globbing nor to the shell so the escape, as far as I can tell, serves no benefit.
FNAME=file.ext
DIRNAME=$(echo ${FNAME/.*/})
echo $DIRNAME will show you directory name


mkdir "${FN%.*}"

DIR_NAME=$(echo ${FILENAME} | awk -F. '{ print $4 }')
mkdir ${DIR_NAME}
 
Old 05-04-2012, 07:16 AM   #6
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I am not sure what you are trying to show here? Well apart from the fact that you are using your own solution and not the example by NevemTeve
 
Old 05-04-2012, 07:26 AM   #7
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Sure, I checked the manual again, dot doesn't have special meaning in this context, so it is unnecessary to escape it. My fault.
 
  


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