From: ichi@ihug.co.nz
To: BEN RITCHEY <linux-net@tcob1.net>
Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FSpecs
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:43:13 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DD50801.55ACE0D@ihug.co.nz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: MSGID_110=3a20=2f1_50638fc8@linuxnet
BEN RITCHEY wrote:
>
> Would it be possible in a Bash script to munge a
> Long File Name to the older DOS 8.3 format?
> In my case I need the first 8 characters and the
> last 4 (.xxx)
To which Paul Kraus replied:
> It would be a lot easier to do it with gawk or perl.
And hackob said:
> Use cut and/or gawk
Actually guys, all you need is bash:
--------------------------------------------------
example="long-filename.to.munge.txt"
echo ${example%${example#????????}}.${example##*.}
--------------------------------------------------
Cheers,
Steven
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-11-15 14:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-11-14 8:56 FSpecs BEN RITCHEY
2002-11-14 21:52 ` FSpecs Paul Kraus
2002-11-14 21:56 ` FSpecs hackob
2002-11-15 14:43 ` ichi [this message]
2002-11-15 2:57 ` FSpecs Ray Olszewski
[not found] ` <3DD54770.6EFEAF21@ihug.co.nz>
2002-11-15 20:42 ` FSpecs ichi
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