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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Rename Multiple Files Post 302815853 by jim mcnamara on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 09:15:19 AM
Old 06-02-2013
One point - consider NOT having spaces in file names. When using cmd.exe or cygwin they can cause problems later on.

This is how it works for what you describe. I put a # in front of the command that renames files. That line is red. Leave it there until you have run through the script, seen the proposed outcomes. Then remove it. In shell # marks the start of a comment - the shell interpreter ignores the stuff after it.

c:/Users/Ralze34/media/mydirectory is a name I made up. Use the correct one. cygwin uses / instead of \ in file names.

this will not work if your files have spaces in the file names
Code:
cd c:/Users/Ralze34/media/mydirectory  # go to where the files are
count=1                                              # start counting at 1
for filename in *                                  # check every file in the directory
do
if  [ -f $filename ] ; then                       # if it a regular file - not a directory
    episode=$(echo "$filename" | awk -F '_'   '{print $6,"_",$7}' )
    newfilename=$(printf "s01e01_%s"  "$episode") # build new file name
    echo "rename $filename to $newfilename"    # show what we did
    # mv $filename $newfilename                  
fi
done

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 06-02-2013 at 09:05 PM..
 

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