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Old 05-06-2012
How to Rename List of files in a directory
How can i rename list of files in a directory?
# 2  
Old 05-06-2012
By using the mv command.

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# 3  
Old 05-06-2012
sorry

scenario

for ex in a directory i have 3 files with names as
oldfile111.txt
oldfile222.txt
oldfile333.txt

i want this to be renames to
newfile111.txt
newfile222.txt
newfile333.txt

Thanks in advance...
# 4  
Old 05-06-2012
Code:
while read fname
do
   newname=$(echo "$fname" | sed 's/oldfile/newfile/')
   mv $fname $newname
done < list_of_files.txt

# 5  
Old 05-06-2012
Alternatively try:
Code:
oldname=oldfile newname=newfile
for file in "${oldname}"*; do
  mv "$file" "${newname}${file#$oldname}"
done

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