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Hi I have abc_ahb_one.v
abc_ahb_two.v
abc_ahb_three.v
........l
like this
-----upto
abc_ahb_ninety.v in some directory.

I need to change those file names to like below.

abc_qsb_ahb_one.v
abc_qsb_ahb_two.v
abc_qsb_ahb_three.v...
Basically i need to change the file name from abc_ahb to abc_qsb_ahb..


Please sugggest the shell script for this problem


Thanks,
Praneeth

See if this thread will be helpful. I can't be sure, however, as I don't know whether the specified pattern is always true or this is just a bulk example.

Hi Itried to change the filenames using the link suggestion.
But not succedded.Please suggest me the suitable answer

Here you go.

$ ls
abc_ahb_four.v abc_ahb_three.v abc_ahb_two.v

for filename in `ls` ; do segment=`echo $filename | cut -d_ -f3` ; mv $filename abc_qsb_ahb_$segment ; done

$ ls
abc_qsb_ahb_four.v abc_qsb_ahb_three.v abc_qsb_ahb_two.v

Code:

bash-3.2$ cat test1
abc_ahb_one.v
abc_ahb_two.v
abc_ahb_three.v
bash-3.2$ sed 'p;s/abc/abc_qsb/g' test1 |xargs -n2 echo mv |sh

please try this and let me know if this works?
Thanks!

if you system has rename command

Code:

rename _ahb_ _qsb_ahb_ abc*.v