06-02-2013
Rename Multiple Files
Hey guys, I am the definition of a newbie. I am in the process of trying to rip all my dvds onto a new HTPC I setup. While doing this, I am also trying to organize a bunch of other files I already have to proper naming conventions. So far I have just been naming each file separately (I am on a Windows 7 machine). Somebody told me you can rename multiple files easily using cygwin (which I have installed) and shell scripting. However, I have NO CLUE how to do this. The files are named as so:
[WBDS]Show_Title_-_001_-_Episode_Name_[DR][x264][F26CC67E]
[AJGD]Show_Title_-_002_-_Episode_Name_[DR][x264][CBD6A73C]
and so on...
My goal is to end up with:
s01e01 - Episode Name
s01e02 - Episode Name
etc...
From lots of googling I know I need to follow:
rename oldname newname *.files
However, I have no clue how to set this up properly. Thanks for any help!
10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting
1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I want to rename multiple files at a time and I don't know how to do it.
I have various ".mp3" files, like "band name - music name.mp3" and I want to remove the "band name" from all files.
Anybody knows how to do it using shell script or sed or even perl?
Thanks (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: luiz_fer10
7 Replies
2. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
can anyone have a ksh script to rename multiple files (ie to remove .Z extension of the files)
can someone correct this?
for i in *.Z
do
var1 = substr($i, 1,at(".Z",$i)-1)
mv $i $var1
done
Thanks..
Antony (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: antointoronto
13 Replies
3. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have several hundred files in one directory which I need to move to another directory with the new extension, for example:
/bb/data/rptmgr* are in the source directory need to be moved to
/bb/data55/rptmgr*.new
Is there an efficient way to do it? Thanks -A (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: aoussenko
4 Replies
4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all, I have some files like:
pickup.0000043200.t001.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t001.t002.data
pickup.0000043200.t002.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t002.t002.data
pickup.0000043200.t003.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t003.t002.data
I need to rename these files to
... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: a_dor8
4 Replies
5. Shell Programming and Scripting
hello:
I have multiple files with names like: somestring_y2010m01d01
somestring_y2010m01d02
..........
somestring_y2010m12d31
How... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: sylcam
4 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
In my directory I have many files, for e.g.
file_123
file_124
file_125
file_126
file_127
Instead of renaming these files one by one, I would like to rename them at a same time using same command... they should appear like
123
124
125
126
127
What command(awk or ls or... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: juzz4fun
3 Replies
7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have hundreds of files with XXX in their file name and I want to rename all of them with YYY in place of XXX.
for ex:
$ ls -1
123XXX789
345XXX678
Output
$ ls -1
123YYY789
345YYY678
I know we can loop in each file and sed to replace and rename each file but ren *XXX* *YYY*... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: reddyr
4 Replies
8. Shell Programming and Scripting
I have multiple files in folder which i want to rename. hence I am using the below command in my script by I get an error:
export XXX_LOG_DIR="${LOG_DIR}/${XXX_HOST}/xxx/${REPORT_DATE}"
mv $XXX_LOG_DIR/*.audit.gz $XXX_LOG_DIR/*.audit.log.gz
But I get the below error:
mv: target... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: karan8810
5 Replies
9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hey guys,
I have wrote the following script to apply a module named "trinity" on my files. (it takes two input files and spit a trinity.fasta as output)
#!/bin/bash -l
#SBATCH -p node
#SBATCH -A <projectID>
#SBATCH -n 16
#SBATCH -t 7-00:00:00
#SBATCH --mem=128GB
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: @man
1 Replies
10. Shell Programming and Scripting
OS : Oracle Linux 6.8
shell : bash
As shown below, I have multiple files like below (query1-extract_aa, query1-extract_ab, query1-extract_ac, ....)
$ ls -l
total 235680
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reportusr reportusr 30M May 3 11:25 query1-extract_aa
-rw-rw-r-- 1 reportusr reportusr 30M May 3 11:25... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: kraljic
5 Replies
LEARN ABOUT PHP
pts_rename
PTS_RENAME(1) AFS Command Reference PTS_RENAME(1)
NAME
pts_rename - Changes the name of a Protection Database entry
SYNOPSIS
pts rename -oldname <old name> -newname <new name>
[-cell <cell name>] [-noauth] [-localauth]
[-force] [-help]
pts ren -o <old name> -ne <new name> [-c <cell name>]
[-no] [-l] [-f] [-h]
DESCRIPTION
The pts rename command changes the name of the user, machine, or group entry specified by the -oldname argument to the name specified by
the -newname argument. It is not possible to change a user or machine entry's name to look like a regular group entry's name (have a colon
in it).
Members of the system:administrators group can change a regular group name into a prefix-less name and vice versa. When changing a prefix-
less group name into a regular group name or a regular group name to another regular group name, the owner field of the new name (the part
before the colon) must correctly reflect the group's owner.
Changing a regular group's owner with the pts chown command automatically changes the owner field (the part before the colon) of the
group's name, but does not change the owner field of any groups owned by the group. Use this command to rename those groups to a form that
accurately reflects their ownership.
CAUTIONS
By convention, many aspects of an AFS user account have the same name as the user's Protection Database entry, including the Authentication
Database entry, volume, and mount point. When using this command to change a user name, also change the names of all related entities to
maintain consistency. For instructions, see the chapter on user accounts in the OpenAFS Administration Guide.
OPTIONS
-oldname <old name>
Specifies the current full name of the entry.
-newname <new name>
Specifies the new full name for the entry. For regular groups, the owner field (the part before the colon) of the new name must reflect
the actual ownership of the group.
-cell <cell name>
Names the cell in which to run the command. For more details, see pts(1).
-force
Enables the command to continue executing as far as possible when errors or other problems occur, rather than halting execution at the
first error.
-help
Prints the online help for this command. All other valid options are ignored.
-localauth
Constructs a server ticket using a key from the local /etc/openafs/server/KeyFile file. Do not combine this flag with the -cell or
-noauth options. For more details, see pts(1).
-noauth
Assigns the unprivileged identity anonymous to the issuer. For more details, see pts(1).
EXAMPLES
The following example changes the name of the group staff, owned by the privileged user "admin", to "admin:staff":
% pts rename -oldname staff -newname admin:staff
The following example changes the name of the group "admin:finance" to the group "finance". The issuer must belong to the
system:administrators group.
% pts rename -oldname admin:finance -newname finance
PRIVILEGE REQUIRED
To change a regular group name to a prefix-less name or vice versa, or to change a user or machine entry's name, the issuer must belong to
the system:administrators group.
To change a group name to a new name of the same type (regular or prefix-less), the issuer must own the group or belong to the
system:administrators group.
SEE ALSO
pts(1), pts_chown(1)
COPYRIGHT
IBM Corporation 2000. <http://www.ibm.com/> All Rights Reserved.
This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0. It was converted from HTML to POD by software written by Chas
Williams and Russ Allbery, based on work by Alf Wachsmann and Elizabeth Cassell.
OpenAFS 2014-04-08 PTS_RENAME(1)