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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Renaming multiple files Post 302214529 by amit4g on Monday 14th of July 2008 08:10:36 AM
Old 07-14-2008
Renaming multiple files
hi,

I've a machine running RHEL3,kernel version 2.4.
i need to rename multiple files under one directory as follows:
[root@venus ] ls
demo.c demo.S demo-1243.sw demo.xyz
and now i need to replace the occurrence of demo with demo_1 for each of the above file. the tedious way is to go ahead and do mv on each files, but if i've
huge number of such files and scattered around multiple directories then, a small
script would be of great help.
i think rename might help, but also note that the rename program on 2.4 and 2.6 is different.

~amit
 

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roundup-demo

ROUNDUP-SERVER(1)					      General Commands Manual						 ROUNDUP-SERVER(1)

NAME

       roundup-demo - create a roundup "demo" tracker and launch its web interface

SYNOPSIS

       roundup-demo [backend [nuke]]

OPTIONS

       nuke   Create  a  fresh	demo  tracker  (deleting  the  existing one if any). If the additional backend argument is specified, the new demo
	      tracker will use the backend named (one of "anydbm", "sqlite", "metakit", "mysql" or "postgresql"; subject to availability  on  your
	      system).

DESCRIPTION

       This command creates a fresh demo tracker for you to experiment with. The email features of Roundup will be turned off (so the nosy feature
       won't send email). It does this by removing the nosyreaction.py module from the demo tracker's detectors directory.

       If you wish, you may modify the demo tracker by editing its configuration files and HTML templates. See the customisation manual for infor-
       mation about how to do that.

       Once  you've fiddled with the demo tracker, you may use it as a template for creating your real, live tracker. Simply run the roundup-admin
       command to install the tracker from inside the demo tracker home directory, and it will be listed as an available  template  for  installa-
       tion. No data will be copied over.

AUTHOR

       This manpage was written by Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>.

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