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Old 11-25-2011
Help with Unix file rename
Hi All,
I have a unix file which is ceated with variable name, for example:
FIRST_FILE_3456 and next time it will be FIRST_FILE_3457 and so on.
I need to rename this file like PREV_FIRST_FILE_XXXX where XXXX is the variable part of the file FOR Example 3456 or 3457, etc.
Please help to accomplish it.

Thanks....
# 2  
Old 11-25-2011
You don't mention your OS flavour but if you have the Perl-based rename command try this:

Code:
rename 's/FIRST_FILE_/PREV_FIRST_FILE_/' FIRST_FILE_*

# 3  
Old 11-25-2011
Thanks Verdepollo.
We are using "AIX" and rename command doesn't work.
# 4  
Old 11-25-2011
Code:
for f in FIRST_FILE_????; do mv "$f" "PREV_${f}"; done

# 5  
Old 11-25-2011
Similar to verdepollo but allowing for funny filenames (e.g. with spaces)
and large numbers of files which will easily break a "for" in AIX.

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
ls -1d FIRST_FILE_* 2>/dev/null | while read filename1
do
       # Prepend "PREV_" to new filename
       filename2="PREV_${filename1}"
       # Rename the file
       mv "${filename1}" "${filename2}"
done

 
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