Filename Correction Script

[borgware]

I am writing a script for correcting filenames created by a Unix
application. Currently I am stuck on filenames containing a character I
cannot determine how to rename in the script. The character is ³, small
superfix 3 in the filename. This was originally saved as a degree symbol; I
would like to change it to "_deg".

Filenames examples:

FLGWN_F_0³
FLGWN_F_180³
FLGWN_F_270³
FLGWN_F_]0³

When the listing is output to a file, the result is:
FLGWN_F_0M-3
FLGWN_F_180M-3
FLGWN_F_270M-3
FLGWN_F_]0M-3


In an extended character map this is #179.

To test:
lsf /parts/iso/FLG* | tr "[\179]" "[\150]"
and
lsf /parts/iso/FLG* | awk '{ sub (/\M_3/, "_" print }'

Neither does anything to the names.

The desired end result would be to change FLGWN_F_0³ to FLGWN_F_0_deg

Thanks for exploring this with me,

Kirk

 

[jamisar]

for file in !ls *i!
do newname=!echo $file|sed -e 's/i$/_qqqqqqq/'!
mv $file $newname
done

NOTA ! are backquote (not in my kb)
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when they don't ask you anymore, where they are come from, and they don't tell you anymore, where they go ... you'r getting older !

 

[borgware]

jamisar,

Attempted to do what you suggested with the following results:

> ll FLGWN_F*
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 531 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_0³
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 530 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_180³
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 554 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_270³
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 540 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_90³

> ll FLGWN_F* |sed -e 's/i$/_qqqqqqq/'
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 531 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_0M-3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 530 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_180M-3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 554 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_270M-3
-rw-rw-rw- 1 201 users 540 Aug 19 1992 FLGWN_F_90M-3

I failed to mention in the original post that I would like this to work with this character being anywhere in the filename, not just at the end, like my misleading examples.

Thanks for your help,

Kirk