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# 1  
Old 11-22-2013
Change name of multiple files
Hi Guys

Please can you help me.

I have a lot of files whit wrong name

example
Code:
00000500_001.segd
00000501_001.segd
00000502_001.segd
00000503_001.segd
00000504_001.segd

I would like to remove _001 in all files

So, the files shouldbe
Code:
00000500.segd
00000501.segd
00000502.segd
00000503.segd
00000504.segd

Thansk a lot for your help
Last edited by jiam912; 11-22-2013 at 12:07 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
# 2  
Old 11-22-2013
Try:
Code:
rename s/_001// *segd

Or
Code:
 
for f in *.segd ; do mv $f ${f/_001/} ; done

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jiam912
# 3  
Old 11-22-2013
Thanks a lot
Quote:
Originally Posted by Subbeh
Try:
Code:
rename s/_001// *segd

Or
Code:
 
for f in *.segd ; do mv $f ${f/_001/} ; done

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