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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Using rename Post 303013384 by RudiC on Tuesday 20th of February 2018 02:08:07 PM
Old 02-20-2018
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Originally Posted by kristinu
Renaming files using rename on the following files

Code:
rename 'y/99999/99999.sac.pzs/' *.99999

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You are using the y command the wrong way. man rename:
Quote:
To translate uppercase names to lower, you'd use

rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' *

Last edited by RudiC; 02-20-2018 at 03:23 PM..
 

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explain_rename_or_die(3)				     Library Functions Manual					  explain_rename_or_die(3)

NAME
explain_rename_or_die - change the name of a file and report errors SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/rename.h> void explain_rename_or_die(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath); DESCRIPTION
The explain_rename_or_die function is used to call the rename(2) system call. On failure an explanation will be printed to stderr, obtained from explain_rename(3), and then the process terminates by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE). This function is intended to be used in a fashion similar to the following example: explain_rename_or_die(oldpath, newpath); oldpath The oldpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call. newpath The newpath, exactly as to be passed to the rename(2) system call. Returns: This function only returns on success. On failure, prints an explanation and exits. SEE ALSO
rename(2) change the name or location of a file explain_rename(3) explain rename(2) errors exit(2) terminate the calling process COPYRIGHT
libexplain version 0.52 Copyright (C) 2008 Peter Miller explain_rename_or_die(3)
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