How to send output of convert to a writable directory in bash?











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I want to convert .tbl files to .csv in /data/ directory which I've got read-only access.
I'm using this command:



for i in `ls *.tbl`; do
sed 's/|$//' $i > ${i/tbl/csv}
echo $i
done


But I'm getting:



-bash: supplier.csv: Permission denied


And I don't know how to change the script such that it could save the output in a writable directory.
Any idea how to solve it?










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    I want to convert .tbl files to .csv in /data/ directory which I've got read-only access.
    I'm using this command:



    for i in `ls *.tbl`; do
    sed 's/|$//' $i > ${i/tbl/csv}
    echo $i
    done


    But I'm getting:



    -bash: supplier.csv: Permission denied


    And I don't know how to change the script such that it could save the output in a writable directory.
    Any idea how to solve it?










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      up vote
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      I want to convert .tbl files to .csv in /data/ directory which I've got read-only access.
      I'm using this command:



      for i in `ls *.tbl`; do
      sed 's/|$//' $i > ${i/tbl/csv}
      echo $i
      done


      But I'm getting:



      -bash: supplier.csv: Permission denied


      And I don't know how to change the script such that it could save the output in a writable directory.
      Any idea how to solve it?










      share|improve this question









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      I want to convert .tbl files to .csv in /data/ directory which I've got read-only access.
      I'm using this command:



      for i in `ls *.tbl`; do
      sed 's/|$//' $i > ${i/tbl/csv}
      echo $i
      done


      But I'm getting:



      -bash: supplier.csv: Permission denied


      And I don't know how to change the script such that it could save the output in a writable directory.
      Any idea how to solve it?







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          Just specify a different path:



          for tbl in *.tbl ; do
          sed 's/|$//' "$tbl" > /another/path/"${tbl%.tbl}".csv
          echo "$tbl"
          done


          Few minor fixes:




          1. Don't parse the output of ls, just iterate over an expanded wildcard pattern.


          2. Double quote variables (filenames can contain whitespace).


          3. I used Remove Matching Suffix instead of Substitution.







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            Just specify the path (here /path/to/writable/dir/) before the filename:



            for i in *.tbl; do
            sed 's/|$//' "$i" >"/path/to/writable/dir/${i/%tbl/csv}"
            echo "$i"
            done


            You should never parse the output of ls (Why?) and always quote variables like $i here. Adding % at the pattern’s beginning makes it match against the end of the string so that a filename like tbl.tbl becomes tbl.csv rather than csv.tbl. Read more about Parameter expansion here on bash-hackers.org.






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              Just specify a different path:



              for tbl in *.tbl ; do
              sed 's/|$//' "$tbl" > /another/path/"${tbl%.tbl}".csv
              echo "$tbl"
              done


              Few minor fixes:




              1. Don't parse the output of ls, just iterate over an expanded wildcard pattern.


              2. Double quote variables (filenames can contain whitespace).


              3. I used Remove Matching Suffix instead of Substitution.







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                Just specify a different path:



                for tbl in *.tbl ; do
                sed 's/|$//' "$tbl" > /another/path/"${tbl%.tbl}".csv
                echo "$tbl"
                done


                Few minor fixes:




                1. Don't parse the output of ls, just iterate over an expanded wildcard pattern.


                2. Double quote variables (filenames can contain whitespace).


                3. I used Remove Matching Suffix instead of Substitution.







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                  Just specify a different path:



                  for tbl in *.tbl ; do
                  sed 's/|$//' "$tbl" > /another/path/"${tbl%.tbl}".csv
                  echo "$tbl"
                  done


                  Few minor fixes:




                  1. Don't parse the output of ls, just iterate over an expanded wildcard pattern.


                  2. Double quote variables (filenames can contain whitespace).


                  3. I used Remove Matching Suffix instead of Substitution.







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                  Just specify a different path:



                  for tbl in *.tbl ; do
                  sed 's/|$//' "$tbl" > /another/path/"${tbl%.tbl}".csv
                  echo "$tbl"
                  done


                  Few minor fixes:




                  1. Don't parse the output of ls, just iterate over an expanded wildcard pattern.


                  2. Double quote variables (filenames can contain whitespace).


                  3. I used Remove Matching Suffix instead of Substitution.








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                      Just specify the path (here /path/to/writable/dir/) before the filename:



                      for i in *.tbl; do
                      sed 's/|$//' "$i" >"/path/to/writable/dir/${i/%tbl/csv}"
                      echo "$i"
                      done


                      You should never parse the output of ls (Why?) and always quote variables like $i here. Adding % at the pattern’s beginning makes it match against the end of the string so that a filename like tbl.tbl becomes tbl.csv rather than csv.tbl. Read more about Parameter expansion here on bash-hackers.org.






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                        Just specify the path (here /path/to/writable/dir/) before the filename:



                        for i in *.tbl; do
                        sed 's/|$//' "$i" >"/path/to/writable/dir/${i/%tbl/csv}"
                        echo "$i"
                        done


                        You should never parse the output of ls (Why?) and always quote variables like $i here. Adding % at the pattern’s beginning makes it match against the end of the string so that a filename like tbl.tbl becomes tbl.csv rather than csv.tbl. Read more about Parameter expansion here on bash-hackers.org.






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                          Just specify the path (here /path/to/writable/dir/) before the filename:



                          for i in *.tbl; do
                          sed 's/|$//' "$i" >"/path/to/writable/dir/${i/%tbl/csv}"
                          echo "$i"
                          done


                          You should never parse the output of ls (Why?) and always quote variables like $i here. Adding % at the pattern’s beginning makes it match against the end of the string so that a filename like tbl.tbl becomes tbl.csv rather than csv.tbl. Read more about Parameter expansion here on bash-hackers.org.






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                          Just specify the path (here /path/to/writable/dir/) before the filename:



                          for i in *.tbl; do
                          sed 's/|$//' "$i" >"/path/to/writable/dir/${i/%tbl/csv}"
                          echo "$i"
                          done


                          You should never parse the output of ls (Why?) and always quote variables like $i here. Adding % at the pattern’s beginning makes it match against the end of the string so that a filename like tbl.tbl becomes tbl.csv rather than csv.tbl. Read more about Parameter expansion here on bash-hackers.org.







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