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# 1  
Old 09-17-2009
Change all filenames in a directory
I have a directory of files and each file has a random 5 digit string at the beginning that needs to be removed. Plus, there are some files that will be identically named after the 5 digit string is removed and I want those eliminated or moved.
any ideas?
# 2  
Old 09-17-2009
Ad hoc (untested):

Code:
#! /bin/bash

for OLD_FILE in $( ls $FOLDER | egrep '^[0-9]{5}' )
do
  NEW_FILE=$( echo ${OLD_FILE} | sed 's/^[0-9]{5}//' )
  if [ -f $FOLDER/$NEW_FILE ]
  then
    rm $FOLDER/$NEW_FILE
  fi
  mv $FOLDER/$OLD_FILE $FOLDER/$NEW_FILE
done

exit 0

# 3  
Old 09-17-2009
Thanks for the response. I tried a test case with the code you gave and the filenames don't change.
Code:
#! /bin/bash

for OLD_FILE in $( ls | egrep '^[0-9]{5}' )
do
  NEW_FILE=$( echo ${OLD_FILE} | sed 's/^[0-9]{5}//' )
  if [ -f $NEW_FILE ]
  then
    echo $NEW_FILE'-duplicate'
  fi
  echo $OLD_FILE $NEW_FILE
done

exit 0

The code I think is not working is: ( echo ${OLD_FILE} | sed 's/^[0-9]{5}//' )
Any thoughts?
# 4  
Old 09-17-2009
the 'echo' is doing what was coded. I suspect that dr.house didn't want to assume how you wanted to move/modify/etc the files, so they just echoed the output to show that the logic was sound. This leaves it up to you to move/modify/etc the code to do what you want.
# 5  
Old 09-17-2009
I added the echo so if anything haywire happens then I don't mess stuff up. The echo shows the same filename, one after the other.
Is the 'sed' code correct? Am I doing something wrong?
# 6  
Old 09-17-2009
Sure enough, sorry about that.

It may not be the most elegant, but:

Code:
NEW_FILE=$( echo ${OLD_FILE} | sed 's/^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]//' )

# 7  
Old 09-17-2009
Cool. That did it. Here is my pseudo-final solution: -also not pretty but does the job.
Code:
#! /bin/bash

for OLD_FILE in $( ls | egrep '^[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]]' )
do
  NEW_FILE=$( echo ${OLD_FILE} | sed 's/^[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]]//' )
  if [ -f $NEW_FILE ]
  then
    echo $NEW_FILE'-duplicate'
  fi
  echo $OLD_FILE $NEW_FILE

done

exit 0
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