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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Multiple file renaming Post 302244423 by BigTool4u2 on Wednesday 8th of October 2008 02:42:18 AM
Old 10-08-2008
Multiple file renaming
Quote:
Originally Posted by ghostdog74
if you have Python, you can use the script here
example usage
Code:
# ls -1
IMAG0001.JPG
IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2
IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2

 ## filerenamer.py -s "IMAG(\d+)\.JPG.*" -e "CUBA01:99.JPG" -l -n "IMAG*" #remove -l to commit
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0001.JPG ]==>[ /home/CUBA01.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA02.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA03.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA04.JPG ]
==>>>>  [ /home/IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2 ]==>[ /home/CUBA05.JPG ]
 
# filerenamer.py -s "IMAG(\d+)\.JPG.*" -e "CUBA01:99.JPG"  -n "IMAG*"
/home/IMAG0001.JPG  is renamed to  /home/CUBA01.JPG
/home/IMAG0002.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA02.JPG
/home/IMAG0003.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA03.JPG
/home/IMAG0005.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA04.JPG
/home/IMAG0006.JPG.ext2.ext2.ext2  is renamed to  /home/CUBA05.JPG


# ls -1
CUBA01.JPG
CUBA02.JPG
CUBA03.JPG
CUBA04.JPG
CUBA05.JPG

Thanks for your reply - I have python running on my system and it's the 1st time I've used it to be honest. Needless to say I do not know anything about it. The script that you've written, can it be used on any flavour of UNIX - I am using Mac OS X, I'm not sure if that has anything to do with the output which I'm getting of whether I do not know how to run the actual script.

I have tried t run it by copying the lines of code then pasting it in at the python prompt. When that happens I get the error

>>> [ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/IMAG0001.JPG ]==>[ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/CUBA01.JPG ]
File "<stdin>", line 1
[ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/IMAG0001.JPG ]==>[ /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Test/Picturefolder/CUBA01.JPG ]
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks & Rgds.
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

mrename

MRENAME(1)						      General Commands Manual							MRENAME(1)

NAME

       mrename - program to rename files

SYNOPSIS

       mrename 'pattern' prefix [option]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page  documents  briefly the mrename command.  This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the
       original program does not have a manual page.

       mrename is a tool for easy and automatic renaming of many files.  The 'pattern' is the pattern to search files to rename (quoted  to  avoid
       that  bash  resolve  it),  and prefix is the prefix that will be added to the name of each file. The two alternative options for copying or
       moving files in the new name are explained below.  All parameters are needed, and you have to stay and launch the script in the same direc-
       tory of the files to be renamed. The program should be able to write in this directory.

OPTIONS

       There are only the following three options.

       -c     The option -c will copy each file with the new filename.

       -m     The option -m will move each file in the new filename.

       -h     Display help.

EXAMPLE

       If  you	have  a  directory  with two jpeg images prof.jpg and forp.jpg and you want to add them a prefix like item0, item1 etc..  (that is
       item0prof.jpg, item1forp.jpg etc..) do this:

	  cd /path/to/the/images
	  mrename '*.jpg' item -c

       to copy each matching file into another with the new name

	  mrename '*.jpg' item -m

       to rename each file without keeping a copy with the previous name

Word-Wide-Web:
       http://alfalinux.sourceforge.net/mrename.php3

AUTHOR
:
       Giancarlo -rofus- Erra
       e-mail: rofus@mindless.com

       This manual page was written by Dr. Guenter Bechly <gbechly@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It is
       distributed under the GPL just like mrename itself.

								 October  22, 2000							MRENAME(1)
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