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How to rename multiple files with a common suffix
Hi,
There are multiple files like file1_11 file2_11 file3_11.....and so on. How to rename them such tht the suffix _11 is removed and they become file1, file2, file3. Any help is appreciated. Regards er_ashu 
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With zsh:
Code:
zsh 4.3.4% ls
file1_11 file2_11 file3_11
zsh 4.3.4% autoload -U zmv
zsh 4.3.4% zmv '*' '${f/_11/}'
zsh 4.3.4% ls
file1 file2 file3
Code:
zsh 4.3.4% ls file1_11 file2_11 file3_11 zsh 4.3.4% type rename rename is /usr/bin/rename zsh 4.3.4% rename 's/_11//' *_11 zsh 4.3.4% ls file1 file2 file3 Code:
$ ls
file1_11 file2_11 file3_11
$ for f in *_11;do mv "$f" "${f%_11}";done
$ ls
file1 file2 file3
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