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# 1  
Old 11-17-2009
Renaming a file and replacing the special character in the name with date
HI all,

How can i rename some files and replace the special character in the name with todays date

ex: Name#file1.txt
Name#file2.txt

to be renamed as

Name.20091119.file1.txt
Name.20091119.file2.txt
# 2  
Old 11-17-2009
One way:

Code:
ls *#*.txt | awk -v var=$(date "+%Y%m%d") '{s=$0;sub("#",var);print "mv "s " "$0}' | sh

Try it first without the pipe command (the colored part).
# 3  
Old 11-17-2009
great help;

its working with the pipe
# 4  
Old 11-17-2009
Code:
d=$(date +%Y%M%d)
for file in Name*.txt
do 
    newfile=${file/Name/Name."$d".}
    echo mv $file ${newfile//#} 
done

Or if you have Python 2.4+ and don't mind, you can use this Python script.
usage:
Code:
$ filerenamer.py -p "Name#" -e "Name.`date +%Y%m%d`." -l "*"
==>>>>  [ /home/Name#file2.txt ]==>[ /home/Name.20091117.file2.txt ]
==>>>>  [ /home/Name#file1.txt ]==>[ /home/Name.20091117.file1.txt ]

remove -l option to commit changes
Last edited by ghostdog74; 11-17-2009 at 11:36 AM..
# 5  
Old 11-18-2009
can we achieve this using sed??
# 6  
Old 11-18-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by abhinav192
can we achieve this using sed??
Something like this?

Code:
sed 's/\(.*\)#\(.*\)/mv & \1.'"$(date "+%Y%m%d")"'.\2/' | sh

# 7  
Old 11-18-2009
hi FRanklin,

As always, great help...

Can you please explain this command in parts...It would be a great help
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