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# 1  
Old 03-26-2013
Rename all files at a time
i have some bar files in a directory

Code:
appp1.APP.RTP.DEV1
appp2.APP.RTP.DEV1
appp3.APP.RTP.DEV1


need to be renamed as

Code:
appp1.APP.mmk.DEV1
appp2.APP.mmk.DEV1
appp3.APP.mmk.DEV1

i need to rename all files at a time.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 03-26-2013 at 03:04 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 03-26-2013
Can you search the forum
# 3  
Old 03-26-2013
Code:
$ ls -1
appp1.APP.RTP.DEV1  
appp2.APP.RTP.DEV1  
appp3.APP.RTP.DEV1

Code:
$ rename 's/RTP/mmk/' appp*.APP.RTP.DEV1

Code:
$ ls -1
appp1.APP.mmk.DEV1  
appp2.APP.mmk.DEV1  
appp3.APP.mmk.DEV1

Code:
$ uname -a
Linux lark 2.6.32-21-generic-pae #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 09:39:35 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Last edited by hanson44; 03-26-2013 at 02:20 AM.. Reason: Add Linux version
# 4  
Old 03-26-2013
Hello hanson44,

It's not working Smilie

Below is my output:
Code:
[root@dhcppc116 files]# ls
appp1.APP.RTP.DEV1  appp2.APP.RTP.DEV1  appp3.APP.RTP.DEV1
[root@dhcppc116 files]# rename 's/RTP/mmk' *.DEV1
[root@dhcppc116 files]# ls
appp1.APP.RTP.DEV1  appp2.APP.RTP.DEV1  appp3.APP.RTP.DEV1
[root@dhcppc116 files]# 

[root@dhcppc116 ~]# uname -a
Linux dhcppc116 2.6.18-92.el5 #1 SMP Tue Apr 29 13:16:12 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

# 5  
Old 03-26-2013
Maybe the following glitch?
Code:
rename 's/RTP/mmk' *.DEV1

vs

rename 's/RTP/mmk/' *.DEV1

Or maybe you just made an error when you copied and pasted?
# 6  
Old 03-26-2013
I will try that , anyway i solved it by following code :

Code:
for i in *.DEV1
do
fname1=`basename $i .RTP.DEV1`
mv "$i" "$fname1.mmk.DEV1"
done

Thanks!!
# 7  
Old 03-26-2013
Yes, the short shell script is a fine way.
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