Change All File Names in a Directory - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

andou · #6 (**permalink**) 01-22-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by thana

Try this

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#!/bin/bash
dir="path name"
i=0
for filename in `ls -1t $dir/`
do
i=`expr $i + 1`
mv $dir/$filename $dir/ex$i
done

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I'm not sure what to do with filename. I tried *.jpg and "*.jpg" and end up with: `*.jpg': not a valid identifier and `"*.jpg"': not a valid identifier, respectively.