Re: formatting a string
From: Carl Reynolds (redhat-list_at_hyperbole-software.com)
Date: 03/06/05
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Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:55:39 -0500 To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Steve Buehler wrote:
> I am writing a shell script (#!/bin/sh) that will change some file
> names around but am having trouble formatting a string. If I have a
> string like this:
> 20050202
> How can I change it to:
> 2005-02-02
>
> I have about a thousand files so it isn't really feasable for me to be
> changing the names manually. All of the files are similar to this and
> I have everything in the script to make the change but this one problem.
> I have looked into "printf" and "awk/split", but I don't think either
> one of these would work for me. Maybe one would, but I just couldn't
> figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
newname=`date -d $filename +"%Y-%m-%d"`
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