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Extracting names from filename in bash
The Next CEO of Stack Overflowbash escaping and find commandUnexpected anwer from the following regex?Extracting URL links from a FileExtracting specific data in a file using regexExclude directories from inotifywaitHow to specify a filename while extracting audio using youtube-dl?Bash create custom stringRegular expressions VS Filename globbingRegular expression to pull db table names from .sql filesHow to check for a matching pattern in bash?
I will admit to being a noob with regards to complex regex;
Here is my problem. I have a directory filled with thousands of files in the format LastnameFirstnameYYYYMMDD.pdf. The Last and First name will always been in Title case.
I'd like to extract the last name so I can move these files to a directory structure of First Letter of Last Name/Lastname/Full filename. Example: DoeJohn20190327 would be moved to D/Doe/DoeJohn20190327
Thanks in advance for the help.
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I will admit to being a noob with regards to complex regex;
Here is my problem. I have a directory filled with thousands of files in the format LastnameFirstnameYYYYMMDD.pdf. The Last and First name will always been in Title case.
I'd like to extract the last name so I can move these files to a directory structure of First Letter of Last Name/Lastname/Full filename. Example: DoeJohn20190327 would be moved to D/Doe/DoeJohn20190327
Thanks in advance for the help.
regex
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Check out 'sed' and 'awk'
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I will admit to being a noob with regards to complex regex;
Here is my problem. I have a directory filled with thousands of files in the format LastnameFirstnameYYYYMMDD.pdf. The Last and First name will always been in Title case.
I'd like to extract the last name so I can move these files to a directory structure of First Letter of Last Name/Lastname/Full filename. Example: DoeJohn20190327 would be moved to D/Doe/DoeJohn20190327
Thanks in advance for the help.
regex
asked 18 mins ago
Joseph MoorJoseph Moor
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New contributor
Joseph Moor is a new contributor to this site. Take care in asking for clarification, commenting, and answering.
Check out our Code of Conduct.
I will admit to being a noob with regards to complex regex;
Here is my problem. I have a directory filled with thousands of files in the format LastnameFirstnameYYYYMMDD.pdf. The Last and First name will always been in Title case.
I'd like to extract the last name so I can move these files to a directory structure of First Letter of Last Name/Lastname/Full filename. Example: DoeJohn20190327 would be moved to D/Doe/DoeJohn20190327
Thanks in advance for the help.
regex
regex
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Check out 'sed' and 'awk'
– Tintin
16 mins ago
add a comment |
Check out 'sed' and 'awk'
– Tintin
16 mins ago
Check out 'sed' and 'awk'
– Tintin
16 mins ago
Check out 'sed' and 'awk'
– Tintin
16 mins ago
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