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Old 01-27-2011
Have you already got this list ? Do we need to cross-reference something to decide what the new name should be ?
Or do you just want to go through each file in the list and decide on the correct name ?
If its the latter, you just have to tweak part of the command:
Code:
-print > outfile

to
Code:
-print | sed -e 's/^/mv "/g' -e 's/$/" /g' > outfile

run it, then edit the "outfile" and append the proper name to the end of each line, and then run the file:
Code:
sh ./outfile

I hope this helps...
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