guess I thought it worked like rm -i where it prompts every time. but as far as I know gentoo doesn't set that alias. Infact I'm not sure I've seen them set any. I you want them, you set them yourself. but anyways my confusion. <div>On 4/8/06, Bruce Smith <<a href="mailto:blubdog@gmail.com">blubdog@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> "mv -i" only prompts to overwrite when the destination filename exists.  Without the "-i", mv will silently nuke the existing dest. file. Most distros have an alias in the default login script of "mv" to "mv -i" (and "cp" to "cp -i") which is why you may be seeing that behaviour in the shell now.  However aliases don't carry over to shell scripts, so you need to be careful. - BS On 4/8/06, Caleb Cushing <<a href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com">xenoterracide@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > I actually do have another question about this script. why doesn't mv -i > prompt me before changing the files when it's run like this? > > > On 4/7/06, Alec Warner <<a href="mailto:warnera6@egr.msu.edu">warnera6@egr.msu.edu</a>> wrote: > > Caleb Cushing wrote: > > > haven't tried it yet backing up the directory into a tarball that'll > take a > > > while. Do you think you could comment it for me? basically programming > of > > > any kind is a weak point for me. I'm trying to improve. but copying and > > > pasting someone elses code may fix my issue but it won't fix my > > > understanding. "give a man a fish... teach a man to fish..." sort of > thing. > > > > > >> > > >> > > >>On 4/6/06, Bruce Smith < <a href="mailto:blubdog@gmail.com">blubdog@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > >> > > >>>Disclaimer, backup the directory first!  :-) > > >>>And copy/paste exactly! > > >>> > > >>>You can test without changing anything by adding an "echo" in front of > > >>>the "mv" and optionally commenting out the "set" statements for better > > >>>readability. > > >>> > > >>>One bug (feature?) is it will replace multiple spaces with only ONE > > >>>underscore. > > >>> > > >>>You need to run it with the filename(s) as arguments.  i.e.: > > >>>  /path/to/scriptname * > > >>>  /path/to/scriptname a* > > >>>  /path/to/scriptname 'File to Test this  Thing on.TXT' > > >>> > > >>>- BS > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>#!/bin/sh            # Run using /bin/sh, the Bourne Shell > > >>>infile=upper > > >>>outfile=lower > > >>>for f                # Not sure where 'f' comes from, but it's looping > throught the standard input, IIRC > > >>>do > > >>>    if [ -f "$f" ]; then # man test will tell you what this does ;) > > >>>        l="$(echo $f|sed 's/ /_/g'|tr "[:${infile}:]" > "[:${outfile}:]")" # echo file, change ' ' to '_', globally, change upper to > lower > > >>> > > >>>        if [ "$f" != "$l" ]; then # If the new filename doesn't equal > the old filename.. > > >>>            set -x                # turn off echo > > >>>            mv -i "$f" "$l"       # rename the file > > >>>            set +x                # turn echo back on > > >>>        fi > > >>>     fi > > >>>done > > >>># end of script > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>On 4/6/06, Caleb Cushing < <a href="mailto:xenoterracide@gmail.com">xenoterracide@gmail.com </a>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>>I need/want to change the names of all the files and folders in my > > >>> > > >>>/music > > >>> > > >>>>directory to where they don't have spaces in them and all the names > > >>> > > >>>are in > > >>> > > >>>>lowercase. This is what I have so far: > > >>>> > > >>>>#!/bin/bash > > >>>> > > >>>>ls -R |                          # List directory recursively > > >>>>sed -e 's/ /_/g' |             # Remove spaces change them to > > >>> > > >>>underscore > > >>> > > >>>>tr [:upper:] [:lower:] |     #change letters from upper to lower > > >>>> > > >>>>that gives me the output of what I would want the directory and file > > >>>>structure to look like when I'm done. I am unsure however how to take > > >>> > > >>>that > > >>> > > >>>>output and move the files and directories to acually look like that > > >>> > > >>>when I > > >>> > > >>>>am finished. It's also the tricky part because if I don't do it > > >>> > > >>>right... > > >>> > > >>>>well it might be an even bigger pain to fix. I pretty sure I have a > > >>> > > >>>lot more > > >>> > > >>>>to do to get this workable... and I'm just having problems wrapping my > > >>> > > >>>brain > > >>> > > >>>>around it. > > >>>> > > >>>>snippet:before > > >>>>#ls -R > > >>>> > > >>>>./3 Doors Down: > > >>>>Away from the Sun  Seventeen Days  The Better Life   Thumbs.db > > >>> > > >>>desktop.ini > > >>> > > >>>>./3 Doors Down/Away from the Sun: > > >>>>01-When I'm Gone-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>02-Away from the Sun-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>03-The Road I'm On-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>04-Ticket to Heaven-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>05-Running Out of Days-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>06-Here Without You-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>07-I Feel You-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>08-Dangerous Game-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>09-Changes-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>10-Going Down in Flames-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>>11-Sarah Yellin'-3 Doors Down-Away from the Sun.mp3 > > >>>> AlbumArtSmall.jpg > > > >>>>AlbumArt_{C212FF41-147D-402C-BAC5-1284F8B4C802}_Large.jpg > > > >>>>AlbumArt_{C212FF41-147D-402C-BAC5-1284F8B4C802}_Small.jpg > > >>>>Folder.jpg > > >>>> Thumbs.db > > >>>>desktop.ini > > >>>> > > >>>>snippet:after > > >>>> > > >>>>ls -R > > >>>> > > >>>>./3_doors_down: > > >>>>away_from_the_sun > > >>>>seventeen_days > > >>>>the_better_life > > >>>>thumbs.db > > >>>>desktop.ini > > >>>> > > >>>>./3_doors_down/away_from_the_sun: > > >>>>01-when_i'm_gone-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > > >>>>02-away_from_the_sun-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > >>>>03-the_road_i'm_on-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > > >>>>04-ticket_to_heaven-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > > >>>>05-running_out_of_days-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > > >>>>06-here_without_you-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > >>>>07-i_feel_you-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > >>>>08-dangerous_game-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > >>>>09-changes-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > > >>>>10-going_down_in_flames-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > >>>>11-sarah_yellin'-3_doors_down-away_from_the_sun.mp3 > > >>>>albumartsmall.jpg > > > >>>>albumart_{c212ff41-147d-402c-bac5-1284f8b4c802}_large.jpg > > > >>>>albumart_{c212ff41-147d-402c-bac5-1284f8b4c802}_small.jpg > > >>>>folder.jpg > > >>>>thumbs.db > > >>>>desktop.ini > > >>>> > > >>>>_______________________________________________ > > >>>>linux-user mailing list > > >>>> <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu </a> > > > >>>><a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > linux-user mailing list > > > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > > > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user"> http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu"> linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> > > > </blockquote></div>