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CelticTiger

2006-01-30 05:17 AM

Shell batch rename command/script

I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how to batch rename files recursively thru a directory on our server......ie I'd like to rename all files starting with "thumb_" to "tn_" leaving the remainder of the file name intact so that thumb_pic01.jpg would be renamed tn_pic01.jpg

Any help is greatly appreciated :)

swedguy

2006-01-30 05:36 AM

find . -name "thumb_*.jpg" -exec echo "mv '{}' '{}'" \; | sed 's/thumb_/tn_/2' | /bin/sh

CelticTiger

2006-01-30 05:55 AM

Nice one swedeguy Thanks alot! |thumb

Servhot

2006-01-30 06:44 AM

Also MMV is a very nice tool for the shell which can not rename only, you also can move files, folders etc.

rtv	2006-01-31 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swedguy

find . -name "thumb_*.jpg" -exec echo "mv '{}' '{}'" \; | sed 's/thumb_/tn_/2' | /bin/sh

You're genius! I wish I knew this earlier!

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