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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to rename multiple file names? Post 302943161 by balajesuri on Tuesday 5th of May 2015 11:58:14 PM
Old 05-06-2015
Renaming can be done using mv command. But you cannot rename multiple files at once. You need to script it. I can think of one solution:
Have two arrays with the values of X and Y. Loop over them and for each value of X and Y, rename the file to desired format.
Try it out and let us know.

Something like this:
Code:
X=( 1 2 3 4 5 )
Y=( 2 3 4 5 6 )
idx=0
while idx < length_of_array
do
    mv "form_source_file_name_string_yourself" "form_destination_file_name_string_yourself"
    increment idx
done

Last edited by balajesuri; 05-06-2015 at 01:08 AM..
 

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gvfs-rename

gvfs-rename(1)							   User Commands						    gvfs-rename(1)

NAME

       gvfs-rename - change the name of a file or directory using the VFS system

SYNOPSIS

       gvfs-rename source-URI new-name

DESCRIPTION

       gvfs-rename changes the name of a file or directory, using the virtual file system.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       source-URI	       Specifies the source file location in standard URI format.

       new-name 	       Specifies the new name for file or directory.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Rename a Local HTML File

       example%
	       gvfs-rename file:///home/user/index.html file:///home/user/index.html.old

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables: NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS

       The exit value 0 is returned regardless of success or failure.

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gvfs-rename    Executable to rename a file using the GVFS library

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-gvfs		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       gvfs-cat(1),  gvfs-copy(1),  gvfs-move(1), gvfs-info(1), gvfs-less(1), gvfs-ls(1), gvfs-mkdir(1) gvfs-monitor-dir(1), gvfs-monitor-file(1),
       gvfs-mount(1), gvfs-copy(1), gvfs-open(1), gvfs-rm(1), gvfs-save(1), gvfs-trash(1), gvfs-tree(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Alvaro Lopez Ortega, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    30 May 2008 						    gvfs-rename(1)
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