sed to rename files in a folder - please help with script
Hello,
I am new to shell scripting and stuck on renaming files in a folder. The files have the format
but I want them to have the following names:
I wrote a loop to delete the numbering from chp and insert "bloomy":
But the loop doesn't work and I get the following error message:
I also don't know how to remove the numbering and replace it with consecutive numbering at the end of the file names.
Can someone help please?
Cheers,
Bloomy
Last edited by Franklin52; 06-02-2011 at 10:29 AM..
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i have a folder that contains 100's of files: abc, bca, def, ghi....
i want to rename abc with 1, bca with 2, def with 3, ghi with 4 and so on.
my way, i create a file.txt with contents:
1
2
3
4
i use while loop to rename my files. without using file.txt, i just want to rename abc with... (4 Replies)
Hi Guys,
I have 5000 files in a folder. all are .DAT files.
I want to rename them as .TXT files.
I tried the following command.
mv *.DAT *. TXT
But it is throwing an error. Can you please tell me what am i doing wrong.
Thanks & Regards,
Magesh. (11 Replies)
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Input:
John - Paper_1.txt
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Output:
dir/John/Paper_1.txt
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Hi,
I want to rename all the files (more than 100 files) in a fodler to another folder with date&time stamp.
foe eg,
file1.dat
file2.dat
file3.dat
..
to be renamed as
file1100629_16_30_15.txt (yy-mon-dd_hh_mi_ss)
file1100629_16_30_16.txt
..
so on (2 Replies)
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Hi.
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Hi,
I'm really new at this but have several hundred files that i need to do something with and save with a new name. The files are 26 columns wide. I want to select some for renaming. I've figured out what to do to each file ("file-1.CSV"| grep -v "=" | cut -f 1-4,9,14,15,18,19,20,21,22,24,26... (2 Replies)
Hi All,
My requirement is as follows:
A file (say abc) will be having list of the .txt file names. I need to read this abc file line by line and rename the .txt file names inside it and move them to other folder/path.
Eg:
abc
-------
file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt
Output (should... (1 Reply)
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Currently I am using following code,
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
esdctl
esdctl(1) User Commands esdctl(1)NAME
esdctl - Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd) control program
SYNOPSIS
esdctl [-h] [-s hostname:port] command
DESCRIPTION
The esdctl utility is a command-line control program for the Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd).
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-s hostname:portContact the esd server on hostname at port. You can also specify this option as follows:
--server=hostname:port
-h Display help text, and exit.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
command The following commands are supported:
allinfo Get player and sample information from the server
cache sample Cache a sample in the server
free name Uncache a sample in the server
getid name Retrieve a sample id, given the sample name
lock Do not allow foreign clients to use the server
loop name Make a cached sample loop
off Suspend sound output so that other programs can use the audio device (this is the same as the standby
option)
on Resume sound output so that only esd can use the audio device (this is the same as the resume option)
pansample id lefSetidefault panning for a sample, where id is the sample ID, and left and right are integers in the range 0
to 255
panstream id lefSetipanning for a stream, where id is the stream ID, and left and right are integers in the range 0 to 255
play name Play a cached sample once
resume Resume sound output so that only esd can use the audio device (this is the same as the on option)
serverinfo Get server information from the server
standby Suspend sound output so that other programs can use the audio device (this is the same as the off option)
standbymode Check whether the server is on standby
stop name Stop the looping sample at the end
unlock Allow foreign clients to use the server
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Putting esd into Standby Mode
example% esdctl standby
Example 2: Ending Standby Mode
example% esdctl resume
Example 3: Loading a sample into the esd cache
example% esdctl cache info.wav
Sample <3> uploaded. Name = esdctl:info.wav
This output indicates that the sample id is 3, and the sample name is esdctl:info.wav.
Example 4: Getting a sample id from the esd cache
example% esdctl getid esdctl:info.wav
Example 5: Playing a sample from the esd cache
example% esdctl play esdctl:info.wav
Example 6: Playing and looping a sample
example% esdctl loop esdctl:info.wav
Example 7: Stopping a looped sample that is being played
example% esdctl stop esdctl:info.wav
Example 8: Removing a sample from the esd cache
example% esdctl free esdctl:info.wav
Example 9: Setting panning for a stream
example% esdctl panstream 1 100 155
Example 10: Setting panning for a sample
example% esdctl pansample 1 155 100
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/esdctl Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon control program
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-audio |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO esdcat(1), esdplay(1), esdrec(1), esdsample(1), esdmon(1), esd-config(1), libesd(3)NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.
SunOS 5.10 8 Jan 2003 esdctl(1)