Multiple file renaming

BigTool4u2 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008

Hi All,

I have a number of files in a directory that I would like to rename - I am quite aware that you can use the mv command to rename the files - I would like to rename them automatically from the command line instead of having to do them singly. I have searched the forum pertaining to renaming multiple files but they do not seem to do what I want. What I would like to do is change the name of the file to whatever name I want for example Cuba1.JPG Cuba2.JPG etc etc. The files which I want to rename is shown below.

IMAG0001.JPG
IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2

Any help is appreciated.

Rgds.

ghostdog74 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-07-2008

if you have Python, you can use the script here
example usage

Code:

# ls -1
IMAG0001.JPG
IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2

 ## filerenamer.py -s "IMAG(\d+)\.JPG.*" -e "CUBA01:99.JPG" -l -n "IMAG*" #remove -l to commit
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0001.JPG ]==>[ /home/CUBA01.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA02.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA03.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA04.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA05.JPG ]
 
# filerenamer.py -s "IMAG(\d+)\.JPG.*" -e "CUBA01:99.JPG"  -n "IMAG*"
/home/IMAG0001.JPG  is renamed to  /home/CUBA01.JPG
/home/IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA02.JPG
/home/IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA03.JPG
/home/IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA04.JPG
/home/IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA05.JPG


# ls -1
CUBA01.JPG
CUBA02.JPG
CUBA03.JPG
CUBA04.JPG
CUBA05.JPG

BigTool4u2 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostdog74

if you have Python, you can use the script here
example usage

Code:

# ls -1
IMAG0001.JPG
IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2

 ## filerenamer.py -s "IMAG(\d+)\.JPG.*" -e "CUBA01:99.JPG" -l -n "IMAG*" #remove -l to commit
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0001.JPG ]==>[ /home/CUBA01.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA02.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA03.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA04.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA05.JPG ]
 
# filerenamer.py -s "IMAG(\d+)\.JPG.*" -e "CUBA01:99.JPG"  -n "IMAG*"
/home/IMAG0001.JPG  is renamed to  /home/CUBA01.JPG
/home/IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA02.JPG
/home/IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA03.JPG
/home/IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA04.JPG
/home/IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA05.JPG


# ls -1
CUBA01.JPG
CUBA02.JPG
CUBA03.JPG
CUBA04.JPG
CUBA05.JPG

Thanks for your reply - I have python running on my system and it's the 1st time I've used it to be honest. Needless to say I do not know anything about it. The script that you've written, can it be used on any flavour of UNIX - I am using Mac OS X, I'm not sure if that has anything to do with the output which I'm getting of whether I do not know how to run the actual script.

I have tried t run it by copying the lines of code then pasting it in at the python prompt. When that happens I get the error

>>> [ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/IMAG0001.JPG ]==>[ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/CUBA01.JPG ]
File "<stdin>", line 1
[ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/IMAG0001.JPG ]==>[ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/CUBA01.JPG ]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks & Rgds.

era · #4 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

Looks like you copy+pasted the example result rather than the actual code. The script you want is available from the link behind the text "here" in ghostdog74's posting; visit the web page and you'll find a piece of code which you can "save as" filerenamer.py -- it begins with the following

Code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys,os,getopt,glob,string,re,operator,fnmatch,time

etc.

Save into a file, chmod +x the file, and go.

ghostdog74 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-09-2008

save the script as filerenamer.py and make sure its executable, then you can either use ./filerenamer.py ... or python filerenamer.py <options>
I have got the script copied to one of the directories in my PATH variable, that's why i can use just "filerenamer.py"

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