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Commands using basename

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for i in ???.jpg; do mv $i $(printf %04d $(basename $i .jpg) ).jpg ; done
2010-11-18 23:48:41
User: carlesso
Functions: basename mv printf
Tags: rename cp printf
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Rename all (jpg) files written as 3 number in 4 numbers.

Useful if you have a list of images called 1 2 3 4 and so on, you can adapt it to rewrite it as 4 (in this example) 0-padded number.

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find /usr/share/figlet -name *.?lf -exec basename {} \; | sed -e "s/\..lf$//" | xargs -I{} toilet -f {} {}
2010-07-13 20:12:54
User: unixmonkey3987
Functions: basename find sed xargs
Tags: find
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Show demo of toilet fonts

Lists a sample of all installed toilet fonts

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find ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes\ Media/. -name \*.ipa -exec basename {} \; | cut -d \. -f 1 > ~/Desktop/MyAppList`date +%s.txt`
2010-06-16 15:14:32
User: IsraelTorres
Functions: basename cut find
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print your iTunes App for iPhone/iTouch/iPad to show your friends which ones you have

omit "> ~/Desktop/MyAppList`date +%s.txt`" if you don't want to print it to a file on your desktop and instead only want to display to console

created and tested on:

ProductName: Mac OS X

ProductVersion: 10.6.3

BuildVersion: 10D573

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removedir () { echo "Deleting the current directory $PWD Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=$(echo "$PWD" | sed 's/ /\\ /g'); foo=$(basename "$blah"); rm -Rf ../$foo/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; }
2010-01-17 11:34:38
User: oshazard
Functions: basename cd echo read rm sed
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Remove current directory

CHANGELOG

Version 1.1

removedir () { echo "You are about to delete the current directory $PWD Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=$(echo "$PWD" | sed 's/ /\\ /g'); foo=$(basename "$blah"); rm -Rf ../$foo/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; }

BUG FIX:

Folders with spaces

Version 1.0

removedir () { echo "You are about to delete the current directory $PWD Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=`basename $PWD`; rm -Rf ../$blah/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; }

BUG FIX:

Hidden directories (.dotdirectory)

Version 0.9

rmdir () { echo "You are about to delete the current directory $PWD. Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=`basename $PWD`; rm -Rf ../$blah/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; }

Removes current directory with recursive and force flags plus basic human check. When prompted type yes

1. [user@host ~]$ ls

foo bar

2. [user@host ~]$ cd foo

3. [user@host foo]$ removedir

4. yes

5. rm -Rf foo/

6. [user@host ~]$

7. [user@host ~]$ ls

bar

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find /proc -user myuser -maxdepth 1 -type d -mtime +7 -exec basename {} \; | xargs kill -9
2009-10-05 14:49:51
User: sharfah
Functions: basename find kill xargs
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Kill processes that have been running for more than a week
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find /dir | awk '{print length, $0}' | sort -nr | sed 's/^[[:digit:]]* //' | while read dirfile; do outfile="$(echo "$(basename "$dirfile")" | unaccent UTF-8)"; mv "$dirfile" "$(dirname "$dirfile")/$outfile"; done
2009-08-24 21:24:18
User: Patola
Functions: awk basename find mv read sed sort
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Unaccent an entire directory tree with files.

This command changes all filename and directories within a directory tree to unaccented ones. I had to do this to 'sanitize' some samba-exported trees. The reason it works might seem a little difficult to see at first - it first reverses-sort by pathname length, then it renames only the basename of the path. This way it'll always go in the right order to rename everything.

Some notes:

1. You'll have to have the 'unaccent' command. On Ubuntu, just aptitude install unaccent.

2. In this case, the encoding of the tree was UTF-8 - but you might be using another one, just adjust the command to your encoding.

3. The program might spit a few harmless errors saying the files are the same - not to fear.

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mv $1 $2 && ln -s $2/$(basename $1) $(dirname $1)
2009-05-25 08:54:36
User: svg
Functions: basename dirname ln mv
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Relocate a file or directory, but keep it accessible on the old location throug a simlink.

Used for moving stuff around on a fileserver

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find /var/www/html/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec basename {} \;
2009-05-07 21:05:47
User: lv4tech
Functions: basename find
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Search for files older than 30 days in a directory and list only their names not the full path
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