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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Changing old file name to new one if the old file name satisfied certain condition Post 302168134 by balzzz on Sunday 17th of February 2008 08:28:13 AM
Old 02-17-2008
Changing old file name to new one if the old file name satisfied certain condition
Hi guys,

I desperately need your help on my problem:-

I got a folder in my directory that has many files in it. Most of the file's name is starting with certain prefix. Eg: ABC, CDE, EFG, etc. I only want to change file name that is starting from certain prefix and the rest I want them to remain the same. For example: I want to change the file name that has prefix ABC and CDE only to ADD_ABC, ADD_CDE and the EFG I want it to remain unchanged.

I want to put all the file name prefix that I want to change into a txt file and run a script based on the condition that I set.

Can you all please shed some light on this matter? I really clueless on how to link the script ( mv command) to the txt file.

Thanks in advance
 

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rmf

RMF(1)                                                               [nmh-1.5]                                                              RMF(1)

NAME

       rmf - remove an nmh folder

SYNOPSIS

       rmf [+folder] [-interactive | -nointeractive] [-version] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       Rmf removes all of the messages (files) within the specified (or default) folder, and then removes the folder (directory) itself.

       If  there  are  any  files  within the folder which are not a part of nmh, they will not be removed, and an error will be produced.  If the
       folder is given explicitly or the -nointeractive option is given, then the folder will be removed  without  confirmation.   Otherwise,  the
       user  will be asked for confirmation.  If rmf can't find the current folder, for some reason, the folder to be removed defaults to `+inbox'
       (unless overridden by user's profile entry "Inbox") with confirmation.

       If the folder being removed is a subfolder, the parent folder will become the new current folder, and rmf will produce  a  message  telling
       the user this has happened.  This provides an easy mechanism for selecting a set of messages, operating on the list, then removing the list
       and returning to the current folder from which the list was extracted.

       If rmf s used on a read-only folder, it will delete all the (private) sequences (i.e., "atr-seq-folder" entries) for this folder from  your
       context without affecting the folder itself.

       Rmf irreversibly deletes messages that don't have other links, so use it with caution.

FILES

       $HOME/.mh_profile          The user profile

PROFILE COMPONENTS

       Path:                To determine the user's nmh directory
       Current-Folder:      To find the default current folder
       Inbox:               To find the default inbox

SEE ALSO

       rmm(1)

DEFAULTS

       `+folder' defaults to the current folder, usually with confirmation
       `-interactive' if +folder' not given, `-nointeractive' otherwise

CONTEXT

       Rmf  will  set the current folder to the parent folder if a subfolder is removed; or if the current folder is removed, it will make "inbox"
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BUGS

       Although intuitively one would suspect that rmf works recursively, it does not.  Hence if you have a sub-folder within a folder,  in  order
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MH.6.8                                                             11 June 2012                                                             RMF(1)
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