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# 1  
Old 10-25-2012
Renaming hundreds of files at the same time
Hi,

I am having issues trying to figure out how to rename files like this:

TEST1_B.tt

To

SQP_CAN_B.tt

I have hundreds of files like those, I need to rename them automatically.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
# 2  
Old 10-25-2012
Can you please list out some 5-10 file names, we just want to find a pattern and see how a code can be written to rename them all?
Last edited by Yoda; 10-25-2012 at 07:20 PM..
# 3  
Old 10-25-2012
Samples:

TEST1_B.tt
TEST1_B.txt
TEST1_B.tif
TEST1_B.mt
TEST1_B.q
TEST1_B.delta

I need them to be like:
Mar_L.tt
Mar_L.txt
Mar_L.tif
Mar_L.mt
Mar_L.q
Mar_L.delta

Thanks
# 4  
Old 10-25-2012
Code:
for i in TEST1_B.*
do
 echo mv "$i" "Mar_L.${i/#*.}"
done

Remove the echo if the mv command lines seem alright.
Last edited by elixir_sinari; 10-26-2012 at 03:05 AM..
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# 5  
Old 10-26-2012
That is a good one, but.. what does it happen if the files are in multiple folders and subfolders?
# 6  
Old 10-26-2012
Then you have to use find instead:-

Code:
for i in `find . -name "TEST1_B*"`

Note: But if you want to rename these files in their respective directories, you have to get the path of each files and provide it in the mv command.
Last edited by Yoda; 10-26-2012 at 12:50 AM..
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