copy and change file name

[nikkon]

hi all.i am new on this forum and first of all sry for my english language(is not so good)
i need a bash script to do this:
in usr/xx/rrd i have some files x_y_by_ssh.rrd for e.g and i want to make a copy of that file in the same directory but, the new name must be x_y_by_nrpe.rrd and the old file must remain there.i must modifie all the x_y_by_ssh.rrd files to x_y_by_nrpe.rrd

thx alot for your help

[Franklin52]

If you have filenames ending with "_ssh.rrd", you can copy the files as follow:

find /usr/*/rrd/*_ssh.rrd|sed 's/\(.*_\).*\(\..*\)/cp & \1nrpe\2/'|sh

But try this first, the output must be the copy commands:

find /usr/*/rrd/*_ssh.rrd|sed 's/\(.*_\).*\(\..*\)/cp & \1nrpe\2/'

Regards

[nikkon]

thx man

[nikkon]

sry for another request....my boss want a perl script to do this...can be done?

[Franklin52]

Well, since I'm not familiar with perl your boss must have some patience until a perl adept comes along.

Regards

[nikkon]

thx...i have some day for this...but unfortunataly i don't know programming...i can wait for it
thx again.

[ghostdog74]

Do you want to share your salary with me?

#!/usr/bin/perl 
use File::Copy;
$dir="/usr/xx/rrd";
chdir $dir;
while (<*.rrd>) {
 $filename=$_;
 $filename =~ s/ssh/nrpe/g;
 copy($_ , $filename);
}

you should start reading a Perl book already.

[nikkon]

ya i know...i must learn some perl...i never made scripts because i nerver need...but now.....
well...i have some problems with the perl script
- use: command not found
- =/usr/rrd/*.rrd : no such file or directory
- chdir command not found
- syntax error near unexpected token `)'
- `while (<*.rrd>) {'