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# 1  
Old 02-08-2010
Script to replace numbers by string
Hi!

I need the following script:

- All numbers in a filename (0-9) have to be replace by a String ("Zero"-"Nine")
- The script has to go through all the files in the current directory and has to replace the numbers as described above...

I have no idea how to do this...

Thanks!
Michael
# 2  
Old 02-08-2010
Give a precise filename example please, ty.

---------- Post updated at 12:56 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:30 PM ----------

And if you want to try it on your own - here is an idea/components how you could do it:
  • ls to read directory content
  • while/read to read the directory listing line by line
  • inside the while/read loop parse the filenames with awk for example
# 3  
Old 02-08-2010
Oh, I'm sorry!

Examples:
---------
Car1Something.png --> CarOneSomething.png
Flower6Number_7.png --> FlowerSixNumber_Seven.png
Foo_5_Bar.png --> Foo_Five_Bar.png

I thought about it already, but thanks for the tips! Maybe I will get it by myself...

Thanks!
Michael
# 4  
Old 02-08-2010
Could try something like:

Code:
ls -1| while read LINE;
do
        mv "${LINE}" `echo $LINE| sed 's/1/One/g; s/2/Two/g'`
done

Three, Four, ... you have to add your own Smilie
# 5  
Old 02-08-2010
Uhhh!? That looks easy... Smilie I expected more code....

I have to study it! Smilie

Thanks a lot!

---------- Post updated at 09:19 AM ---------- Previous update was at 07:42 AM ----------

Works great! Thanks!

Tread closed!
# 6  
Old 02-08-2010
I don't know how well-known it is, but there's even a package for some such conversions. I'm not suggesting it for this task, necessarily, but it's fun to know about.

Code:
# number -l 102934
one hundred two thousand nine hundred thirty-four

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