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# 1  
Old 04-02-2008
Help removing the prefix of more than 10,000 files
I have more than 10,000 files that all start with "raw_ddd_04_*". How can I remove the prefix on these files in a single command?
# 2  
Old 04-02-2008
Code:
for file in raw_ddd*
do
     mv "$file" "$(echo "$file" | awk '{sub(/raw_ddd_04_\*/,"")}1')"
done

# 3  
Old 04-02-2008
Hey man, thanks for the command. It'll come in handy.

I should've mentioned this is a windows machine and I was looking for a perl script to do this. Unless I can run this through a UNIX machine and ftp or telnet into the windows box?
# 4  
Old 04-02-2008
Hi,

That's an option, ftp the files to a Unix box, rename them, and ftp them back to the Windows machine...

Or somebody else in the forum might have an equal code for windows.
# 5  
Old 04-02-2008
I was trying to prevent doing that. It's over 16GB in size. Guess I'll do it in groups.

Thanks all!
# 6  
Old 04-02-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by rubin
Code:
for file in raw_ddd*
do
     mv "$file" "$(echo "$file" | awk '{sub(/raw_ddd_04_\*/,"")}1')"
done

Something is not right with this command. It's trying to rename the file but using the same name. I'm getting errors that the 2 files are the same.
# 7  
Old 04-02-2008
Download and install Microsoft SFU (unix for windows), its free.
Then you won't have to copy all the files.
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