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Old 03-24-2011
Copy files from one folder to another with rule
Hello!

Please, help me to find or write this simple bash-script.

I have first folder
/tmp/work/folder1
with such files:
name1.txt
name2.txt.1
name2.txt.2
name3.txt
name4.txt
name4.txt.1
name4.txt.2
name4.txt.3
etc..

I need to copy all files from folder1
to folder /tmp/work/folder2
with next names:
sss_name1.txt
sss_name2_1.txt
sss_name2_2.txt
sss_name3.txt
sss_name4.txt
sss_name4_1.txt
sss_name4_2.txt
sss_name4_3.txt

i.e. name.ext{.num} -> prefix_name{_num}.ext

Thank you!
# 2  
Old 03-24-2011
Here is how you can convert the file names:
Code:
sed 's/^/sss_/;s/\(.*\)\.\(.*\)\.\(.*\)/\1_\3.\2/' file_names

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