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Copying ~wales/.inputrc to your home directory will also reduce your typing. It sets up ESC then . as the last item on the previous line and ESC then , and backward search in history matching the start of what you have already typed. |
Copying ~wales/.inputrc to your home directory will also reduce your typing. It sets up ESC then . as the last item on the previous line and ESC then , and backward search in history matching the start of what you have already typed. |
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| + | == Function to remove filename extensions == |
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| + | Place |
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| + | <pre> |
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| + | # rm filename extension |
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| + | function rmext() { |
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| + | find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f | grep $1 |\ |
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| + | sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/' | xargs -I {} mv {}.$1 {}; |
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| + | } |
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| + | </pre> |
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| + | in ~/.bash_aliases or ~/.bashrc then |
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| + | <pre> |
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| + | source ~/.bashrc |
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| + | </pre> |
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| + | Usage |
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| + | <pre> |
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| + | $ rmext <extension> |
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| + | </pre> |
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| + | Example |
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| + | <pre> |
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| + | $ ls -1 |
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| + | first.file.test |
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| + | second.file.test |
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| + | important.file |
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| + | </pre> |
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| + | <pre> |
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| + | $ rmext test |
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| + | $ ls -1 |
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| + | first.file |
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| + | second.file |
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| + | important.file |
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| + | </pre> |
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| + | == xpdf == |
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| + | <pre> |
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| + | # fit width and set geometry |
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| + | alias xpdf="xpdf -z width -geometry 1000x1000" |
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| + | </pre> |
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Revision as of 13:45, 27 February 2009
~wales/.bashalias
Copying ~wales/.inputrc to your home directory will also reduce your typing. It sets up ESC then . as the last item on the previous line and ESC then , and backward search in history matching the start of what you have already typed.
Function to remove filename extensions
Place
# rm filename extension
function rmext() {
find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f | grep $1 |\
sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/' | xargs -I {} mv {}.$1 {};
}
in ~/.bash_aliases or ~/.bashrc then
source ~/.bashrc
Usage
$ rmext <extension>
Example
$ ls -1 first.file.test second.file.test important.file
$ rmext test $ ls -1 first.file second.file important.file
xpdf
# fit width and set geometry alias xpdf="xpdf -z width -geometry 1000x1000"