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Old 04-28-2009
Remove characters from file name
Here is my code.
Code:
for file in *1.3.html ; do mv "$file" `echo $file | tr '.1.3' ''` ; done

For some reason I am getting an error.

Code:
mv: file.idlesince.1.3.html and file.idlesince.1.3.html are identical

Could this be done a different way?
# 2  
Old 04-28-2009
Apparently, the tr command is not doing what was inteded to do

You may want to use sed.

for file in *1.3.html ; do des=$(echo $file | sed 's/\.1\.3//g' );mv "$file" "$des" ; done


cheers,
Devaraj Takhellambam
# 3  
Old 04-28-2009
You can also try this?

for file in *1.3.html ; do mv "$file" ${file%%.*}.html ; done
# 4  
Old 04-28-2009
I noticed just now you wanted to keep the 'idlesince'? as in file.idlesince.html and remove everything after 1.3...?

Then technically this should be what you want:
Code:
for file in *1.3.html ; do mv "$file" ${file%%1*}html ; done

# 5  
Old 04-28-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrlayance
Here is my code.
Code:
for file in *1.3.html ; do mv "$file" `echo $file | tr '.1.3' ''` ; done

For some reason I am getting an error.
Code:
mv: file.idlesince.1.3.html and file.idlesince.1.3.html are identical


tr translates characters, not strings.
Quote:

Could this be done a different way?

Code:
for file in *.1.3.html
do
   mv "$file" "${file%.1.3.html}.html"
done

# 6  
Old 04-28-2009
Thanks for the responses.
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