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I have a file which has the names of many files in a directory in the following format:



A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0945-0950_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0940-0945_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0935-0940_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0000-0005_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0100-0105_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0105-0110_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0110-0115_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0115-0120_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0120-0125_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.1400-1405_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


The naming convention of the above files is A<YYYYMMDD>.HHMM-HHMM_<city>_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob.



These files are created for every 5 minute for all the hours each day such that, for every hour i get 12 files and for every day 12X24 files. I have generated a file which has got the names of all the 12x24 files and have a while loop in bash script where I am trying to do some processing per hour. I want to find a way by which I could create another file which contains the 12 files for each hour. For this, I am having a while outer loop which gives the hour value and inner minute loop which gives the minutes value. These files has the time information in their names. Ex:



A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


gives the information of 09-50 AM to 09-55 AM.



How do I use grep to extract the filenames from the file which contains all the 12X24 file names and put them in a separate file such that a new file contains the following file names:



A20150824.0900-0905_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0905-0910_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0910-0915_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
A20150824.0915-0920_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
.
.
.
A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


I already have a variable hour which has the currently being processed hour information, I was trying to use the following but it doesn't work:



grep -E '.$hour' FILE_with_ALL_FILENAMES


where .$hour is targeted for .09 in the above file name. How do i fix this?










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    I have a file which has the names of many files in a directory in the following format:



    A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0945-0950_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0940-0945_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0935-0940_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0000-0005_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0100-0105_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0105-0110_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0110-0115_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0115-0120_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0120-0125_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.1400-1405_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


    The naming convention of the above files is A<YYYYMMDD>.HHMM-HHMM_<city>_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob.



    These files are created for every 5 minute for all the hours each day such that, for every hour i get 12 files and for every day 12X24 files. I have generated a file which has got the names of all the 12x24 files and have a while loop in bash script where I am trying to do some processing per hour. I want to find a way by which I could create another file which contains the 12 files for each hour. For this, I am having a while outer loop which gives the hour value and inner minute loop which gives the minutes value. These files has the time information in their names. Ex:



    A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


    gives the information of 09-50 AM to 09-55 AM.



    How do I use grep to extract the filenames from the file which contains all the 12X24 file names and put them in a separate file such that a new file contains the following file names:



    A20150824.0900-0905_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0905-0910_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0910-0915_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    A20150824.0915-0920_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
    .
    .
    .
    A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


    I already have a variable hour which has the currently being processed hour information, I was trying to use the following but it doesn't work:



    grep -E '.$hour' FILE_with_ALL_FILENAMES


    where .$hour is targeted for .09 in the above file name. How do i fix this?










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      I have a file which has the names of many files in a directory in the following format:



      A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0945-0950_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0940-0945_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0935-0940_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0000-0005_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0100-0105_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0105-0110_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0110-0115_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0115-0120_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0120-0125_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.1400-1405_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


      The naming convention of the above files is A<YYYYMMDD>.HHMM-HHMM_<city>_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob.



      These files are created for every 5 minute for all the hours each day such that, for every hour i get 12 files and for every day 12X24 files. I have generated a file which has got the names of all the 12x24 files and have a while loop in bash script where I am trying to do some processing per hour. I want to find a way by which I could create another file which contains the 12 files for each hour. For this, I am having a while outer loop which gives the hour value and inner minute loop which gives the minutes value. These files has the time information in their names. Ex:



      A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


      gives the information of 09-50 AM to 09-55 AM.



      How do I use grep to extract the filenames from the file which contains all the 12X24 file names and put them in a separate file such that a new file contains the following file names:



      A20150824.0900-0905_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0905-0910_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0910-0915_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0915-0920_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      .
      .
      .
      A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


      I already have a variable hour which has the currently being processed hour information, I was trying to use the following but it doesn't work:



      grep -E '.$hour' FILE_with_ALL_FILENAMES


      where .$hour is targeted for .09 in the above file name. How do i fix this?










      share|improve this question
















      I have a file which has the names of many files in a directory in the following format:



      A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0945-0950_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0940-0945_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0935-0940_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0000-0005_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0100-0105_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0105-0110_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0110-0115_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0115-0120_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0120-0125_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.1400-1405_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


      The naming convention of the above files is A<YYYYMMDD>.HHMM-HHMM_<city>_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob.



      These files are created for every 5 minute for all the hours each day such that, for every hour i get 12 files and for every day 12X24 files. I have generated a file which has got the names of all the 12x24 files and have a while loop in bash script where I am trying to do some processing per hour. I want to find a way by which I could create another file which contains the 12 files for each hour. For this, I am having a while outer loop which gives the hour value and inner minute loop which gives the minutes value. These files has the time information in their names. Ex:



      A20150824.0950-0955_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


      gives the information of 09-50 AM to 09-55 AM.



      How do I use grep to extract the filenames from the file which contains all the 12X24 file names and put them in a separate file such that a new file contains the following file names:



      A20150824.0900-0905_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0905-0910_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0910-0915_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      A20150824.0915-0920_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob
      .
      .
      .
      A20150824.0955-1000_jambala_CcnActiveSessionCounterJob


      I already have a variable hour which has the currently being processed hour information, I was trying to use the following but it doesn't work:



      grep -E '.$hour' FILE_with_ALL_FILENAMES


      where .$hour is targeted for .09 in the above file name. How do i fix this?







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          Assuming:



          hour=09


          Just use that:



          grep ".$hour" file


          With the single quotes in your example, the variable is not interpreted as variable. Therefore the pattern searches for $hour. Also the dot has to be escaped, else it would match any character.






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          • Maybe also use $(printf %02d $hour) as it might be integer values without leading zeros. This would also allow using e.g. a simple for loop from 1 to 12.

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          Assuming:



          hour=09


          Just use that:



          grep ".$hour" file


          With the single quotes in your example, the variable is not interpreted as variable. Therefore the pattern searches for $hour. Also the dot has to be escaped, else it would match any character.






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          • Maybe also use $(printf %02d $hour) as it might be integer values without leading zeros. This would also allow using e.g. a simple for loop from 1 to 12.

            – Fiximan
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          Assuming:



          hour=09


          Just use that:



          grep ".$hour" file


          With the single quotes in your example, the variable is not interpreted as variable. Therefore the pattern searches for $hour. Also the dot has to be escaped, else it would match any character.






          share|improve this answer























          • Maybe also use $(printf %02d $hour) as it might be integer values without leading zeros. This would also allow using e.g. a simple for loop from 1 to 12.

            – Fiximan
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          Assuming:



          hour=09


          Just use that:



          grep ".$hour" file


          With the single quotes in your example, the variable is not interpreted as variable. Therefore the pattern searches for $hour. Also the dot has to be escaped, else it would match any character.






          share|improve this answer













          Assuming:



          hour=09


          Just use that:



          grep ".$hour" file


          With the single quotes in your example, the variable is not interpreted as variable. Therefore the pattern searches for $hour. Also the dot has to be escaped, else it would match any character.







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          Maybe also use $(printf %02d $hour) as it might be integer values without leading zeros. This would also allow using e.g. a simple for loop from 1 to 12.

          – Fiximan
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          Maybe also use $(printf %02d $hour) as it might be integer values without leading zeros. This would also allow using e.g. a simple for loop from 1 to 12.

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