11-11-2006
Rename files on the fly
Hi everyone, I am sort of new to shell scripting,
I have a bunch of files that begin with 'blah' and I want to rename those files with something different (renamedFile1, renamedFile2, renamedFileN). I don't want to go through each file and rename them with the mv command. Could I just use a for loop and iterate through them some way, renaming the files on the fly ?
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lltag_config
lltag_config(5) File Formats Manual lltag_config(5)
NAME
config - Configuration file for lltag
DESCRIPTION
The following options may be stored in /etc/lltag/config or the user's $HOME/.lltag/config, or in any file passed with --config.
Such a configuration file may also be generated with --gencfg.
Obtaining tags
format = "string"
Add a user-defined format [-R]. Might be used multiple times. Default is to guess if no user-defined formats and no default field
values are given.
guess = <0/1>
Try to guess if user-defined formats do not match [-G]. Default is 0 (disabled) when no user-defined formats and no explicit values
are given.
tag = <TAG=value>
Add an explicit tag [--tag]. Might be used multiple times.
Tweaking filename parsing
no_path = <0/1>
Do not use file path when matching filename [-p]. Default is 0 (disabled).
spaces = <0/1>
Allow no or multiple spaces [--spaces]. Default is 0 (disabled).
Cleaning obtained tags
edit = <0/1>
Edit tags immediately [--edit]. Default is 0 (disabled).
maj = <0/1>
Upcase first letters of words in tags [--maj]. Default is 0 (disabled).
regexp = "s/from/to/"
Replace from with to in all tags. title,number:s/from/to/ replaces in title and number tags only. Might be used multiple times
[--regexp]. Default is to not apply any regexp.
sep = "string"
Replace |-separated strings with space in tags. Default is to not replace any separator.
Configuration of tag application
type = <mp3|ogg|flac|none>
Force mp3, ogg of flac instead of by-extension detection [--mp3, --ogg and --flac]. Default is none.
clear_tags = <0/1>
Clear all tags of audio files. [--clear]. Default is 0 (disabled).
append_tags = <0/1>
Append tags only instead of replacing old ones. [--append]. Default is 0 (disabled).
no_tagging = <0/1>
Do not actually tag files [--no-tagging]. Default is 0 (disabled).
preserve_time = <0/1>
Preserve file modification time during tagging [--preserve-time]. Default is 0 (disabled).
Renaming
rename_format = "string"
Rename file according to format [--rename]. Default is to not rename.
rename_min = <0/1>
Lowcase tags before renaming [--rename-min]. Default is 0 (disabled).
rename_regexp = "s/from/to/"
Replace from with to in all tags before renaming. title,number:s/from/to/ replaces in title and number tags only. Might be used
multiple times [--rename-regexp]. Default is to not apply any regexp.
rename_sep = "string"
Replace spaces with a string in tags before renaming [--rename-sep]. Default is to not replace any separator.
rename_slash = "string"
Replace slashes with a string in tags before renaming [--rename-slash]. Default is to replace with a dash.
rename_ext = <0/1>
Assume the rename format provides an extension [--rename-ext]. Default is 0 (disabled).
Miscellaneous
dry_run = <0/1>
Do nothing but show what would have been done [--dry-run]. Default is 0 (disabled).
yes = <0/1>
Tag without asking for confirmation when guessing and rename without asking for confirmation [--yes]. Default is 0 (disabled).
ask = <0/1>
Always ask for confirmation before tagging [--ask]. Default is 0 (disabled).
recursive = <0/1>
Recursively traverse all given subdirectories [-R]. Default is 0 (disabled).
verbose = <integer>
Message verbosity level [-v and -q]. Default is 0 (only important messages). Other possible values are 1 (show usage information
when a menu is displayed for the first time) and 2 (always show usage information before a menu appears).
CDDB configuration
cddb_server_name = hostname
Change the CDDB server name. Default is www.freedb.org.
cddb_server_port = <port>
Change the CDDB server port. Default is 80 (HTTP).
SEE ALSO
lltag(1)
The config template file provided within the documentation directory.
AUTHOR
Brice Goglin
NOVEMBER 2006 lltag_config(5)