rename using mv ?

simon2000 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004

Hi all
how can can remove the underscore from this number in this series

_1234567.abc
_1234567.abcd

I was trying mv _1234567* 1234567

but did not work ?

thanks
s

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004

Try:

Code:

for filename in _1234567.*
do
    newname=`echo $filename | sed '/_//'`
    mv $filename $newname
done

Ygor · #3 (**permalink**) 03-19-2004

Or ...

Code:

for file in _*
do
    mv $file ${file#_}
done

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