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# 1  
Old 11-21-2012
Renaming portion of multiple files
Hi,

I have some files as below.
Temp6001_5025.cpp
Temp6002_5025.cpp
Temp6003_5025.cpp
Temp6004_5025.cpp
Temp6005_5025.cpp
Temp6006_5025.cpp
Temp6007_5025.cpp
.
.
Temp6100_5025.cpp

i want to replace 5025 to 5026 in all files and the result should be
Temp6001_5026.cpp
.
.
Temp6100_5025.cpp
can anybody help me for the same?

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Last edited by vbe; 11-21-2012 at 08:49 AM..
# 2  
Old 11-21-2012
What shell are you using? In bash, this would do the job:
Code:
for i in Temp60*5.cpp; do echo mv $i ${i/25./26.}; done
mv Temp6001_5025.cpp Temp6001_5026.cpp
mv Temp6002_5025.cpp Temp6002_5026.cpp
mv Temp6003_5025.cpp Temp6003_5026.cpp
mv Temp6004_5025.cpp Temp6004_5026.cpp
mv Temp6005_5025.cpp Temp6005_5026.cpp
mv Temp6006_5025.cpp Temp6006_5026.cpp
mv Temp6007_5025.cpp Temp6007_5026.cpp

Remove the echo when happy with the result.
# 3  
Old 11-21-2012
Code:
rename 5025 5026 Temp600*.cpp

# 4  
Old 11-22-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by complex.invoke
Code:
rename 5025 5026 Temp600*.cpp

Wouldn't work on my linux perl v5.14.2. rename 's/5025/5026/' Temp600*.cpp would.
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