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Old 01-22-2014
[Solved] Appending beginning of filename to end
Hi Guys,

I have serveral directories like this:

Code:
(2013) blablabla(blabla) - blabla (blabla)

or
Code:
(1997) blablabla(blabla) - blabla (blabla)

and have to rename them to something like that:

Code:
blablabla(blabla) - blabla (blabla) (2013)

and
Code:
blablabla(blabla) - blabla (blabla) (1997)

Easy task, but I'm new to this and couldn't come up with a solution.

Thanks in advance!
Last edited by Nateshift; 01-22-2014 at 11:50 AM..
# 2  
Old 01-22-2014
Code:
for dir in *bla*
do
        if [ -d "$dir" ]
        then
                sfx="${dir%% *}"
                mv "$dir" "${dir#* } $sfx"
        fi
done

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# 3  
Old 01-22-2014
Works like a charm!

Thanks!
 
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