05-11-2009
randomly renaming files
I have a directory of files that look like filename 001.ext, filename 002.ext, etc. I'd like to rename the files with unique random numbered names, so that the original filenames are stripped and the files are given a new, random number name. I'm not super new to UNIX, but I don't often use it for this kind of scripting. I'm going to keep browsing the forums for usable code, but any suggestions you may have quickly would certainly be very appreciated. Thanks always.
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