|
|
Sponsored Content
Top Forums
UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Easy way to mass rename files?
Post 19876 by Thermopylae on Wednesday 17th of April 2002 01:49:13 PM
04-17-2002
|
|
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Don't tell me DOS can do something UNIX can't do! I want to copy a number of files from one directory to another, and at the same time change the names. The name changes would be common, e.g., all files starting with the letter 'L' and ending in '30.NEW554', with the copied or new files also... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: lwilsonFG
6 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
Are there any sample scripts to change content like file paths, profile paths etc., from test version to production , instead of changing one by one, i would like to pass the in file (prod version/Test version) to convert to test or prod verions.
any help is appreciated!!
~R (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: terala
1 Replies
3. AIX
Is it possible in VI to do a global change but take the search patterns and the replacement patterns from an external file ?
I have cases where I can have 100,200 or 300+ global changes to do. All the new records are inside a file and I must VI a work file to change all of them.
Also, can... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Browser_ice
1 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi again. Sorry if it seems like I'm spamming the boards a bit, but I figured I might as well ask all the questions I need answers to at once, and hopefully at least get some.
I have installed Solaris 10 on a server. The default text editors are there (vi, ex, ed, maybe others, I know emacs is... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: EugeneG
4 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Basically, I have a huge amount of files (ripped audiobooks) that all have the same garbage in their filenames. I'm wondering how to go about writing a bash script to mass rename them. Example filenames as they stand now:
The First CD - 1x01 - Title 1.mp3
The First CD - 1x02 - Title 2.mp3... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: audiophile
4 Replies
6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi.
I've got 75 mp3s that have the word 'Émission' in their filename.
They are all in this format:
Émission bla1 bla1.mp3
Émission bla2 bla2.mp3
Émission bla3 bla3.mp3
etc...
I would just like to mass replace 'Émission' by 'Emission'; basically replace 'É' with 'E'. The rest of the... (10 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kingzy
10 Replies
7. Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions
I have files existing with same names in the folders with date as display below
c:\2010-09-10 <==== folder
arr1.jpg
arr2.jpg
arr3.jpg
arr4.jpg
c:\2010-09-09 <==== folder
arr1.jpg
arr2.jpg
c:\2010-09-08 <==== folder
arr2.jpg
arr3.jpg
arr4.jpg
... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: jville
5 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I've got files with names like this :
_Some_Name_178_HD_.mp4
_Some_Name_-_496_Vost_SD_(720x400_XviD_MP3).avi
Goffytofansub_Some name 483_HD.avi
And iam trying to rename it with a regular pattern. My gola is this :
Ep 178.mp4
Ep 496.avi
Ep 483.avi
I've tried using sed with... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: VLaw
8 Replies
9. Programming
Hello,
I'm manipulating a batch of about 2,000 HTML files. I just need to make some small changes, but to all the files at once.
For example, I want to delete the lines that have "embed_music" in all the files, or change all instances of the word "Paragraph" to "Absatz".
This is my... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: pxalpine
2 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have a few hundred text files that are currently numbered files. I would like to rename each one with the text from the first line in the file. I would prefer this is perl script rather than a one liner as it wil be after many alterations to the file via an existing script. Any help would be... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: GWhizz
1 Replies
LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
gvfs-rename
gvfs-rename(1) User Commands gvfs-rename(1) NAME
gvfs-rename - change the name of a file or directory using the VFS system SYNOPSIS
gvfs-rename source-URI new-name DESCRIPTION
gvfs-rename changes the name of a file or directory, using the virtual file system. OPERANDS
The following operands are supported: source-URI Specifies the source file location in standard URI format. new-name Specifies the new name for file or directory. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Rename a Local HTML File example% gvfs-rename file:///home/user/index.html file:///home/user/index.html.old ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH. EXIT STATUS
The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure. FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gvfs-rename Executable to rename a file using the GVFS library ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-gvfs | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |Volatile | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
gvfs-cat(1), gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-move(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1) gvfs-monitor-dir(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1), gvfs-mount(1), gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-open(1), gvfs-rm(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5) NOTES
Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008. SunOS 5.11 30 May 2008 gvfs-rename(1)