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Old 10-08-2013
Renaming files in bulk.
Hi,
I have a bunch of files which are named something like:

Code:
Company Name~1234~X1234~X1-123.pdf

I need to get them renamed something like:

Code:
Company Name~1234(X1234)X1-123.pdf

Once I have the X1234 inside () I have a piece of software which can use the X1234 bit. I will be receiving hundreds of these files per week and I want a script to do it. Ultimately I'd like the files produced with () or the piece of software amended to look for ~'s as well as () but for now a script like this would solve my problem.

I'm hoping there are some command line prompts to achieve this.

Thanks,
Jim.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-08-2013 at 05:49 PM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 10-08-2013
On what OS should this be running? and what shell are you using?
# 3  
Old 10-08-2013
Renaming files in bulk
Hi,
It's SCO Openserver 6.0 and sh.

Thanks,
Jim.
# 4  
Old 10-08-2013
Hello jcborland,

Could you please use the following code, hope it may help you.

Code:
echo "Company Name~1234~X1234~X1-123.pdf" | awk 'sub("~X1234~","(X1234)")'

Output will be as follows.

Code:
Company Name~1234(X1234)X1-123.pdf

Let us know if we can help you further.




Thanks,
R. Singh
# 5  
Old 10-08-2013
Renaming files in bulk
Hi Ravinder,
That might work if X1234 was always the text between the ~'s. I need to get what ever is between the 2nd and 3rd ~ placed between a ( and a ). It won't be a constant "X1234". The length of the file name can vary the number of characters between ~'s will vary.

Thanks for help.

Regards,
Jim.
# 6  
Old 10-08-2013
Hi,

try this :

Code:
 echo "Company Name~1234~X1234~X1-123-abc123.pdf" | sed 's/\([0-9a-zA-Z ]*~[0-9]*\)~\([^~]*\)~/\1(\2)/'
Company Name~1234(X1234)X1-123-abc123.pdf
echo "Company Name~1234~XYZ1234567az~X1~zxd123~abc123.pdf" | sed 's/\([0-9a-zA-Z ]*~[0-9]*\)~\([^~]*\)~/\1(\2)/'
Company Name~1234(XYZ1234567az)X1~zxd123~abc123.pdf

# 7  
Old 10-08-2013
Or:
Code:
sed 's/~/(/2; s/~/)/2'

-or, try-
Code:
ls "Company Name"~*~*~*.pdf | 
while IFS="~" read f1 f2 f3 f4
do 
  mv "$f1~$f2~$f3~$f4" "$f1~$f2($f3)$f4"
done

(As long as the file names do not contain newlines)
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 10-08-2013 at 06:03 PM..
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