script help request

[Paul Lemmons]

Apology... I read "opposed" in your note instead of "unopposed". This 
makes *much* more sense! Give me a minute and I can have something for 
you in perl pretty quick. I prefer perl over chickens because when it 
dies it does not smell as bad :)

-------- Original Message  --------
Subject: script help request
From: Paul Lemmons <paul.lemmons at tmcaz.com>
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Date: 10/06/2006 09:41 AM
> Hmmm.. is a man without tools really a man? Just how do you expect to 
> do this without at least a chicken?
>
> -------- Original Message  --------
> Subject: script help request
> From: Anthony J Placilla <anthony_placilla at SUTH.COM>
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Date: 10/06/2006 08:07 AM
>
>> Ok, my perl-fu is non-existent.
>>
>> I have a dir on an FTP server that contains multiple files that have a
>> naming structure like so
>>
>> a_20061002201644_b_R01C002_c_30_d_81230_e_FOO_f_02_g_blah.txt
>>
>> the value d_<whatever> will be a number that is actually can be mapped
>> to a name
>> for example, 81230 will be jsmith
>> 82111 will be mdoe
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> I want to replace the number string with the name in each of, say 500
>> files & run it out of cron
>>
>> pointers or clues would be welcome. I am militantly unopposed to using
>> *any* tool, (perl, php, sed & awk or waving dead chickens) to get the
>> job done
>>
>>
>

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