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PostPosted: Fri 07 Sep 2012, 23:51    Post subject:  Split Index and File Name from string?
Subject description: How to do?		  
Hi.

I have list files containing strings like: 59170-"LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz" which is the last entry in one list file.

This command COUNT=$((`tail -1 $INDEXFILE | cut -d "-" -f1`)) gives me the 59170 as a result in $COUNT - coming from the last enry of the list file.

Let's say i have a single string (no file) 59170-"LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz" in $OUTSTR

What do i have to change in COUNT=$((`tail -1 $INDEXFILE | cut -d "-" -f1`)) to get the Index and File Name (without the double quotes) as a result in $INDEX and $FILENAME?

INDEX= ? ? ?
FILENAME= ? ? ?

Thanks

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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 01:48    Post subject:  
It could be easier if all your 'indexes' were 5 digits like in the example above. Are they? If so, then something like this:
Code:
STRING="59170-LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz"

FILENAME=`echo $STRING | sed 's/^.....//'`

COUNT=`echo $STRING | cut -d - -f 1`

#test content of variables

echo \$STRING = $STRING 
echo \$FILENAME = $FILENAME
echo \$COUNT = $COUNT 



testing outputs
$STRING = 59170-LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz
$FILENAME = -LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz
$COUNT = 59170
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 01:58    Post subject:  
Bruce B wrote:
It could be easier if all your 'indexes' were 5 digits like in the example above. Are they?

~

Unfortunately not.

Is there any bash function that gives me the position of - ? I could do the rest using string functions that i know and have already used. Just how to find the - ! Could do it in a loop, thought there would be any easier way to do that.
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 02:11    Post subject:  
I think a loop would be helpful

Please post about 10 or more actual filenames

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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 02:52    Post subject:  
Bruce B wrote:
I think a loop would be helpful

Please post about 10 or more actual filenames

~

Hi Bruce B.

Thanks for your code example. Please take the files below. Would be nice, to have a smarter solution.

How I did solve this:
Code:
INDEXSTR="108-"grubfd01.zip""
#INDEXSTR="1168-"FreeSans.zip""
#INDEXSTR="58992-"LazY-FReD-1.0.2.sfs.gz""
#INDEXSTR="58993-"LazY-FReD-1.0.2.pet""
#INDEXSTR="59170-"LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz""
nlen="`echo ${#INDEXSTR}`"
echo $nlen

doloop="true"
start=0
while $doloop; do
   s0=${INDEXSTR:$start:1}
   echo $s0
   if [ "$s0" = "-" ]; then
      doloop="false"
   fi
   ((start++))
   echo $start
done

s1=${INDEXSTR:0:$start-1}
s2=${INDEXSTR:$start-1:$nlen-$start+1}
echo $s2
nlen="`echo ${#s2}`"
echo $nlen
s3=${s2:1:$nlen-1}
echo $s1
echo $s3

I wonder, if it could be done to make this shown code a function in a single script that would be called from another script and would return $s1 and $s3 ---> or similar $COUNT and $FILENAME ?
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 03:28    Post subject:  
what the files have in common is the - after the numbers.

to get just the numbers you could use cut -d - -f 1
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 03:36    Post subject:  
I don't understand what you are trying to accomplish, if I knew it would be most helpful.

BTW if you want to remove quotes in the file name in the variable

I have a better idea, don't use quotes or any special characters or spaces. I don't and it makes writing scripts to handle files much easier.

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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 03:50    Post subject:  
I am working on a program that can download the attached files from murga forum, selectable from a list in a gui. Therefor i read out the database - using attach&id , which is in each download link of each attached file.

After building the index file i do get the listed names as a combination of the index and the file name, formatted as shown: 108-"grubfd01.zip"

To download the file i do need the number of its index. But the file is been downloaded as: viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=108 which gives me absolutely no information on what file type it is. Therefor i do need the file name. After downloading as viewtopic.php?mode=attach&id=108 i move the file and give it a new name ---> the file name.

This is the Project of it all.
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 05:05    Post subject:  
And this is the Application Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 06:12    Post subject:  
RSH wrote:
Bruce B wrote:
I think a loop would be helpful

Please post about 10 or more actual filenames

~

Hi Bruce B.

Thanks for your code example. Please take the files below. Would be nice, to have a smarter solution.

How I did solve this:
Code:
INDEXSTR="108-"grubfd01.zip""
#INDEXSTR="1168-"FreeSans.zip""
#INDEXSTR="58992-"LazY-FReD-1.0.2.sfs.gz""
#INDEXSTR="58993-"LazY-FReD-1.0.2.pet""
#INDEXSTR="59170-"LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz""
nlen="`echo ${#INDEXSTR}`"
echo $nlen

doloop="true"
start=0
while $doloop; do
   s0=${INDEXSTR:$start:1}
   echo $s0
   if [ "$s0" = "-" ]; then
      doloop="false"
   fi
   ((start++))
   echo $start
done

s1=${INDEXSTR:0:$start-1}
s2=${INDEXSTR:$start-1:$nlen-$start+1}
echo $s2
nlen="`echo ${#s2}`"
echo $nlen
s3=${s2:1:$nlen-1}
echo $s1
echo $s3

Maybe something like this:

Code:
#!/bin/bash

INDEXSTR="108-"grubfd01.zip""
#INDEXSTR="1168-"FreeSans.zip""
#INDEXSTR="58992-"LazY-FReD-1.0.2.sfs.gz""
#INDEXSTR="58993-"LazY-FReD-1.0.2.pet""
#INDEXSTR="59170-"LazY-Fred-English-Locals.tar.gz""

COUNT=`echo $INDEXSTR | cut -d '-' -f1`
FILENAME=`echo $INDEXSTR | cut -d '-' -f2-`

echo $INDEXSTR
echo $COUNT
echo $FILENAME


RSH wrote:
I wonder, if it could be done to make this shown code a function in a single script that would be called from another script and would return $s1 and $s3 ---> or similar $COUNT and $FILENAME ?

As far as I know there's no a simple way to communicate between scripts.
You can use a temporary file (script1 writes to -> script2 reads from) or you can try this:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=75778
I never tried it, however, so don't know how exactly use it.

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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 11:14    Post subject:  
RSH wrote:
I wonder, if it could be done to make this shown code a function in a single script that would be called from another script and would return $s1 and $s3 ---> or similar $COUNT and $FILENAME ?
RSH

If script1 sends its data to stdout using echo statements, then script2 can retrieve it with code like
Code:
OUT=$(script1)
COUNT=$(echo $OUT | cut -d " " -f 1)
FILENAME=$(echo $OUT | cut -d " " -f 2)
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 11:33    Post subject:  
All these loops and extraneous use of echo, sed and cut... Bash makes this very simple:
Code:

INDEX=${OUTSTR%%-*}
FILENAME=${OUTSTR#*-}
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 11:54    Post subject:  
amigo wrote:
All these loops and extraneous use of echo, sed and cut... Bash makes this very simple:
Code:

INDEX=${OUTSTR%%-*}
FILENAME=${OUTSTR#*-}

Thanks amigo.

Looks like this could be what i'm looking for. Will test it later.

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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 12:04    Post subject:  
[Edit] My mistake.
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PostPosted: Sat 08 Sep 2012, 13:03    Post subject:  
amigo wrote:
All these loops and extraneous use of echo, sed and cut... Bash makes this very simple:
Code:

INDEX=${OUTSTR%%-*}
FILENAME=${OUTSTR#*-}


Hi Amigo,
Could you give a breakdown on what the different characters represent in you code - or any links etc that might expand on such code further.

Thanks in advance.
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