script help request

[Paul Lemmons]

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
> 
> 

-- 
Murphy Says:
A mvs/xa system produced by expanding virtual storage of a mvs/sp 
system, does not behave nor should be maintained like the mvs/sp system
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