i have a set of *.lst files. now i want to change the names from "lst" to "dat". how to do it?
ex.:
-rw-r--r-- 1 rram group 22 Sep 21 13:10 a.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 rram group 22 Sep 21 13:09 b.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 rram group 22 Sep 21 13:10 c.lst... (4 Replies)
Hi All,
Today I got a small problem while handling zipped files in PROD support.
There are files in this format and I had to grep them reading some contents
A.B.gz.C.D
where A,B,C and D stand for variables (like FIRST.NAME.gz.MIDDLE.LAST).
I know that these files are zipped files and If I... (1 Reply)
directory name = /usr/tom/1997
files -
ABC_1997_ST1_BCD.SQL
BCD_1997_ST1_EFG_SAB.SQL
TTT_EBC_1997_ST1_A.SQL
sub directory - /usr/tom/1997/jan
a) I want to just rename the all files ending with '.SQL' and also its contents in the 1997 directory(excluding subdirectories eg... (3 Replies)
Hello!
I am not familiar with UNIX and I have this problem:
I need to move files from a UNIX machine to a PC. UNIX file names contain ":" as special character which is not recognized in a PC.
How can I change ":" for "_" in the name of a bunch of files in UNIX?
Thanks for your help. (7 Replies)
I have a list of files named ab_*.csv
I would like to remane them all by removing the ab_ and have *.csv
I did the following but I am surely missing something.
/* wrong script */
for i in `ls -1 ab_*`; do mv ab_$i $i; done
Thanks in advance. (1 Reply)
Hi all,
using a utility image file was named starting with blank space and a blank space in between. I want to rename the files.
file names are in the format " sb 12.tif"," sb 13.tif"," sb 14.tif" the files are in thousands. i want to rename as 12.tif, 13.tif, 14.tif....
thanks. (3 Replies)
Hi All
I have a folder that contains hundreds of file with a names
3.msa
4.msa
21.msa
6.msa
345.msa
456.msa
98.msa
...
...
...
I need rename each of this file by adding "core_" in the begiining of each file such as
core_3.msa
core_4.msa
core_21.msa (4 Replies)
Hi,
I have a list of files in a folder with the same name ending (over 1000 files)
joe.jpy.jpeg
joe1.jpy.jpeg
joe2.jpy.jpeg
jon3.jpy.jpeg
jor5.jpy.jpeg
.....jpy.jpeg
etc.
I want to change jpy to hhk
So the output will be:
joe.hhk.jpeg
joe1.hhk.jpeg
joe2.hhk.jpeg
jon3.hhk.jpeg... (3 Replies)
Hello,
I am looking for a command line that will rename name files :
f700_abc_o_t_MASTERID_AS_AE_20130323.csv
like this
f700_abc_o_t_MASTERID_AS_AE_20130324.csv
The great idea could be to get the date stamp 20130323
and change any part of it, instead of just change the... (4 Replies)
Hi,
In sftp script to get files, I have to rename all the files which I am picking. Rename command does not work here. Is there any way to do this?
I am using #!/bin/ksh
For eg: sftp user@host <<EOF
cd /path
get *.txt
rename *.txt *.txt.done
... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: jhilmil
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LEARN ABOUT PHP
rename
RENAME(3) 1 RENAME(3)rename - Renames a file or directorySYNOPSIS
bool rename (string $oldname, string $newname, [resource $context])
DESCRIPTION
Attempts to rename $oldname to $newname, moving it between directories if necessary. If $newname exists, it will be overwritten.
PARAMETERS
o $oldname
-
Note
The old name. The wrapper used in $oldname must match the wrapper used in $newname.
o $newname
- The new name.
o $context
-
Note
Context support was added with PHP 5.0.0. For a description of contexts, refer to "Streams".
RETURN VALUES
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
| 5.3.1 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) can now rename files across drives in |
| | Windows. |
| | |
| 5.0.0 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) can now also be used with some URL |
| | wrappers. Refer to "Supported Protocols and Wrap- |
| | pers" for a listing of which wrappers support |
| | rename(3). |
| | |
| 4.3.3 | |
| | |
| | rename(3) may now be able to rename files across |
| | partitions on *nix based systems, provided the |
| | appropriate permissions are held. Warnings may be |
| | generated if the destination filesystem doesn't |
| | permit chown() or chmod() system calls to be made |
| | on files -- for example, if the destination |
| | filesystem is a FAT filesystem. |
| | |
+--------+---------------------------------------------------+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
Example with rename(3)
<?php
rename("/tmp/tmp_file.txt", "/home/user/login/docs/my_file.txt");
?>
SEE ALSO copy(3), unlink(3), move_uploaded_file(3).
PHP Documentation Group RENAME(3)