Re: What language to manipulate text files

ross <rossnixon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> What are the ideal languages for the following examples?
>
> 1. Starting from a certain folder, look in the subfolders for all
> filenames matching *FOOD*.txt Any files matching in each folder should
> be copied to a new subfolder within the current folder called EATING
> with a new name of *FOOD*COPY.txt

Bash?

for f in *FOOD*.txt; do cp ${f} EATING/${f}COPY.txt; done

Or "mmv", a linux utility:

mmv '*FOOD*.txt' 'EATING/#1FOOD#2COPY.txt'

For the rest, I personally for choose python.

Dan
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