Can this be done with Scripts ??

**Ashcrow** · 11-05-2002, 06:33 PM

[quote author=Compunuts link=board=9;threadid=5504;start=0#53145 date=1036479299]

I moved about 10 mails and run the script. It replace all 10 mails with only one file, 1. It wiped the 9 mails that I needed to preserve.

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Code:

ash@nwsupplies:~/test$ ls
11111111  22222222  33333333  44444444  55555555 534985789345 test.sh
ash@nwsupplies:~/test$ sh test.sh
ash@nwsupplies:~/test$ ls
1  2  3  4  5  6 test.sh
ash@nwsupplies:~/test$

is the output it gives. I have absolutly no clue why it would replace mails with one file.

**Compunuts** · 11-06-2002, 05:18 AM

[quote author=Ashcrow link=board=9;threadid=5504;start=0#53182 date=1036524802]
I have absolutly no clue why it would replace mails with one file.
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Here is my test.

Code:

[compunuts@dvdplayer test]$ ls
[1036090007.1941.VQYn:2,S
1036102905.1941.7y5S:2,S
1036110705.1941.VrHm:2,S
1036090008.1941.3pVR:2,S
1036104405.1941.HBda:2,S
1036111006.1941.3lVy:2,S
1036090008.1941.Ch3p:2,S
1036105606.1941.RMt6:2,S
1036117912.1941.RHZl:2,S
1036090008.1941.OwGj:2,S
1036106505.1941.nTBV:2,S
1036118207.1941.m2Xd:2,S
1036094804.1941.LDS3:2,S
1036107406.1941.xTKF:2,S
1036119107.1941.eTnT:2,S
[compunuts@dvdplayer test]$ sh test.sh
[compunuts@dvdplayer test]$ ls
1    test.sh

So I also have no idea what went wrong... ???

**Compunuts** · 11-06-2002, 06:13 AM

[quote author=GnuVince link=board=9;threadid=5504;start=0#53171 date=1036519233]
You install Ruby, then do:

Code:

chmod +x script.rb
./script.rb my_dir_full_of_files

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Here is the results ...

Code:

[compunuts@dvdplayer test]$ ls
1036090007.1941.VQYn:2,S
1036102905.1941.7y5S:2,S
1036110705.1941.VrHm:2,S
1036090008.1941.3pVR:2,S
1036104405.1941.HBda:2,S
1036111006.1941.3lVy:2,S
1036090008.1941.Ch3p:2,S
1036105606.1941.RMt6:2,S
1036117912.1941.RHZl:2,S
1036090008.1941.OwGj:2,S
1036106505.1941.nTBV:2,S
1036118207.1941.m2Xd:2,S
1036094804.1941.LDS3:2,S
1036107406.1941.xTKF:2,S
1036119107.1941.eTnT:2,S
script.rb
test.sh
[compunuts@dvdplayer test]$ ./script.rb /home/sysadmin/test/
./script.rb:12:in `rename': wrong argument type Fixnum (expected String) (TypeError)
from ./script.rb:12
from ./script.rb:11:in `foreach'
from ./script.rb:11

So now, what do I do??

Please help ...

**Compunuts** · 11-06-2002, 06:53 AM

[quote author=redhead link=board=9;threadid=5504;start=0#53155 date=1036485179]
It will assure, the $TMPVAR is climbing, but if you reach MAX_LENGTH of assignment for the $TMPCNT it will start from 0 again.
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Ah, your script seems to do what I wanted to do ...

THANK YOU !! THANK YOU !!

But I also likes to know what is the therotical MAX_LENGTH of your script?? If I ever got it working of what I wanted to do, I will work with you to summit the scripts to either KMail group or Sylpheed group which you will take credit for it.

Thanks again.

**redhead** · 11-08-2002, 07:06 AM

[quote author=Compunuts link=board=9;threadid=5504;start=0#53213 date=1036569200]But I also likes to know what is the therotical MAX_LENGTH of your script?? [/quote]
I can't remember what it is, but is it the max length of a string you can assign to a variable in a bash script..

Its gotta be mentioned in the man page somewhere..