How can I rename a unix file that has a spacing in in the charactyers? For example, I want to rename or move a file called "My OldFile.txt" to "MyNewFile.txt" or "My_New_file.txt"
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Whats the command in unix to do this ;
rename a bunch (3000) of files called ;
0001.jpg
0002.jpg
0003.jpg
0004.jpg
to
0001_LRG.jpg
0002_LRG.jpg
0003_LRG.jpg
etc.
i.e. adding the extension _LRG to the end of the filename ? (3 Replies)
Hey guys i'm creating a dos style rename script, so if a user types say q14.* as the 1st param and b14.* as the 2nd and will rename all q14 files to b14 but keep the extensions, so i've developed nearly the full script "i think", if i use echo(echo "if $1 had been renamed it would now be... (3 Replies)
File.jpg
I want to copy and rename this as 2008-12-02.jpg
I tried this copy File.jpg date '%y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S'.jpg
This doesnt work.... what do i do? (1 Reply)
Hi Thinkers,
On AIX 5.3, we have a monitor program that reads the log file and searching for a certain string pattern that we define(say "transactionException"), if it sees it then it will raise an alert by sending an email.
Because the log file XXX.log is rolling into XXX.log.0, XXX.log.1,... (2 Replies)
I need to be able to look for the last file in a dirctory in UNIX,
the file satrt with EFT
so this work file=$(ls -tr $EFT*.dat | tail -1) # Select the latest file
my last file is EFT1234.dat
then I need to be able to get a file that I just ftp and rename with this
name EFT1234.dat but... (5 Replies)
Dear All,
Please help !
i ham having 300 file with E.G. PMC1_4567.arc in seq. like PMC1_4568.arc,PMC1_4569.arc ...n and so on.. i want all those file to be rename like PMC_4567.arc ,PMC_4568.arc .. mean i want to remove 1 from first file name ..
pls help.. (6 Replies)
While executing a script, I am not being able to able to create a file as the file with the same name already exists. That existing file is not getting overwritten as I am not the owner of the file. So, Neither am I able to rename the file nor delete the existing file, so as to get my file created.... (2 Replies)
I have a specific set (all ending with .bam) of downloaded files in a directory /home/cmccabe/Desktop/NGS/API/2-15-2016. What I am trying to do is use a match to $2 in name to rename the downloaded files. To make things a more involved the date of the folder is unique and in the header of name... (1 Reply)
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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)