07-02-2007
trying to rename the files in dir
I have bunch of files in win xp machine with
123456 E15 filename
112333.E20 filename
123412.E11 filename
you get the pic, I mount that xp machine's share into linux and try to do a mass rename to something simpler
E15 filename
E20 filename and so on..
I wrote below thinking that it would work but it does not.. can someone advise?
#!/bin/sh
ls |
egrep "^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]" |
while read a
do
echo $a
yahoo=`sed 's/^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][ .]//gi'`
mv $a $yahoo ; mv $yahoo $a
done
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NAME
cfourcc - tool for changing FourCC in Microsoft RIFF AVI files
SYNOPSIS
cfourcc [-i] <file.avi>
cfourcc -u <CODE> <file.avi>
OPTIONS
-h Show summary of options.
-d CODE
Sets FOURCC codec decription string.
-f Force changing FOURCC on unsupported file
-i Display FOURCC information (default).
-u CODE
Set FOURCC codec.
None.
DESCRIPTION
Program identifies the codec used in AVI files (*.avi) and allows the user to change the FourCC description code (like fourcc-changer in
Windows). Useful for people working with Microsoft AVI file. A Linux clone of AviC fourcc changer tool.
EXAMPLES
Note that you only need to change the -u codec field most of the time and not touch the -d description:
cfourcc -u DIVX -d DIVX file.avi
ENVIRONMENT
None.
FILES
None.
SEE ALSO
ffmpeg(1) mplayer(1)
AUTHORS
cfourcc was written by Mohammad Hafiz bin Ismail aka "mypapit" <info@mypapit.net>.
This manual page was written by Jarno Elonen <elonen@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). Updated by Jari Aalto
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