[arch-general] renaming files

[XeCycle]

pete <p.nikolic1 at btinternet.com> writes:

> 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 

Install `moreutils' from [community], and use `vidir'.

Otherwise, if you use Emacs, then C-x C-q in dired does that in
the Emacs way.

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Carl Lei (XeCycle)
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