Hi all,

I am looking for a script which renames all the files from the present directory.

Eg.:
In unix directory contains the below files

linux001.txt
linux002.txt
linux003.txt
......
.......

unix001.txt
unix002.txt
unix003.txt

its a sample code..try with relevant names/paths. use the mv command instead.

for i in `seq -f 'linux%03.f.txt' 1 100`; do  echo $i; echo $i|awk '{ gsub(/^linux/,"unix",$0);print}'; done

for i in `seq -f 'linux%03.f.txt' 1 100`; do  mv $i  `echo ${i/linux/unix}`; done

for i in linux*.txt
do
cp -p "$i" unix"${i#*x}" && rm "$i"
done

busyboy is on the right track! Try

$ for i in linux*; do echo mv $i ${i/linux/unix}; done
mv linux001.txt unix001.txt
mv linux002.txt unix002.txt
mv linux003.txt unix003.txt

Hello everybody,

I'm still a newbie, but here's my attempt:

$ for i in * ; do mv $i uni${i##linu}; done

# i=linux001.txt
# echo $i
linux001.txt
# echo ${i#*x}
001.txt
# echo unix${i#*x}
unix001.txt
#

#! /bin/bash
list=(`ls`);
j=0;
len=${#list[*]};
while [ $j -lt $len ]
do
mv ${list[$j]} $(echo ${list[$j]} | sed 's/linux/unix/g');
j=`expr $j + 1`;
done