03-21-2009
Shell Script to rename files
Hi, i need a bit of help writting a tcsh script which renames all ascii text files in the current directory by adding a number to their names before the extension
so for example, a directory containing the files
Hello.txt
Hello.t
Hello
should have the following changes,
Hello.txt should be converted to Hello_a1.txt
Hello.t should be converted to Hello_a2.t
Hello should be converted to Hello_a3
so it should put a _a and a number incrementing accordingly.
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Im new to tcsh scripting, though i tried implementing it, and this is where i get to.
#!/bin/tcsh
set n = 1
foreach f ( * )
echo file $f == ascii
if ( $? == 0 ) then
mv "$f:r" "$f:r"_a$n
@ n += 1
endif
end
echo $n changed
I am aware that some parts are incorrect, and that I might be missing something, thats where i need help.
thanks.
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prename
RENAME(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide RENAME(1)
NAME
rename - renames multiple files
SYNOPSIS
rename [ -v ] [ -n ] [ -f ] perlexpr [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
"rename" renames the filenames supplied according to the rule specified as the first argument. The perlexpr argument is a Perl expression
which is expected to modify the $_ string in Perl for at least some of the filenames specified. If a given filename is not modified by the
expression, it will not be renamed. If no filenames are given on the command line, filenames will be read via standard input.
For example, to rename all files matching "*.bak" to strip the extension, you might say
rename 's/.bak$//' *.bak
To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use
rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *
OPTIONS
-v, --verbose
Verbose: print names of files successfully renamed.
-n, --no-act
No Action: show what files would have been renamed.
-f, --force
Force: overwrite existing files.
ENVIRONMENT
No environment variables are used.
AUTHOR
Larry Wall
SEE ALSO
mv(1), perl(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
If you give an invalid Perl expression you'll get a syntax error.
BUGS
The original "rename" did not check for the existence of target filenames, so had to be used with care. I hope I've fixed that (Robin
Barker).
perl v5.12.4 2011-08-10 RENAME(1)