Re: [arch-general] renaming files

On 02.03.2012 00:13, pete wrote:

Hi folks

Bit sort of off topic but hopefully ok

I have some 350 picture files with names along the lines of "IMG_7127 EOS-1D Mark III copy.jpg" i would like to rename them all to more like "IMG_7127.jpg" i have tried a few times tonight and cant get my head around it anyone got a script that can do it

If the string is always the same use this: rename " EOS-1D Mark III copy" "" *.jpg If not: for file in *.jpg; do mv "$file" "$(echo "$file" | sed 's/regex here//')" done This won't be fast, but it gets the job done. -- Florian Pritz