I program in WPF C#. I have e.g. the following path: C:\Program Files\hello.txt and I want to extract hello from it. The path is a string retrieved from a database. Currently I’m using the following code to split the path by ‘\’ and then split again by ‘.’: string path = “C:\\Program Files\\hello.txt”; string[] pathArr … Read more
Can anyone recommend a safe solution to recursively replace spaces with underscores in file and directory names starting from a given root directory? For example: $ tree . |– a dir | `– file with spaces.txt `– b dir |– another file with spaces.txt `– yet another file with spaces.pdf becomes: $ tree . |– … Read more
I have a string that I want to use as a filename, so I want to remove all characters that wouldn’t be allowed in filenames, using Python. I’d rather be strict than otherwise, so let’s say I want to retain only letters, digits, and a small set of other characters like “_-.() “. What’s the … Read more
This question already has answers here: Extract filename and extension in Bash (38 answers) Closed 5 years ago. Given file names like these: /the/path/foo.txt bar.txt I hope to get: foo bar Why this doesn’t work? #!/bin/bash fullfile=$1 fname=$(basename $fullfile) fbname=${fname%.*} echo $fbname What’s the right way to do it? 9 Answers 9
I want to get all file names from a folder using Ruby. 20 Answers 20
This question already has answers here: How to read all files in a folder from Java? (33 answers) Closed 2 years ago. I need to create a list with all names of the files in a folder. For example, if I have: 000.jpg 012.jpg 013.jpg I want to store them in a ArrayList with [000,012,013] … Read more
I want to create a .htaccess file manually and discovered it seems impossible through the Windows UI. I get a “you must type a filename.” message. There has to be a way to create files with . as a prefix in Windows. Can this be done manually? 16 Answers 16 Windows 7, 8 & 10 … Read more
Given a string file path such as /foo/fizzbuzz.bar, how would I use bash to extract just the fizzbuzz portion of said string? 14 Answers 14 Here’s how to do it with the # and % operators in Bash. $ x=”/foo/fizzbuzz.bar” $ y=${x%.bar} $ echo ${y##*/} fizzbuzz ${x%.bar} could also be ${x%.*} to remove everything after … Read more
I know that / is illegal in Linux, and the following are illegal in Windows (I think) * . ” / \ [ ] : ; | , What else am I missing? I need a comprehensive guide, however, and one that takes into account double-byte characters. Linking to outside resources is fine with me. … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 2 years ago. The community reviewed whether to reopen this question 5 months ago and left it closed: Original close reason(s) were … Read more
