Mass Renaming Files - Revision history

Belial at 10:52, 29 November 2007

2007-11-29T10:52:24Z

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	This has the benefit of using a full regular expression in the sed part so you can do much more complex renames, it is also generally more widely available as rename is not available in as many places as ls, awk, sed and sh.		This has the benefit of using a full regular expression in the sed part so you can do much more complex renames, it is also generally more widely available as rename is not available in as many places as ls, awk, sed and sh.

	ls *.php \| awk '{print("mv "$1" "$1)}' \| sed 's/php/gif/2' \| /bin/sh		ls *.php \| awk '{print("mv "$1" "$1)}' \| sed 's/php$/gif/2' \| /bin/sh


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Belial at 10:51, 29 November 2007

2007-11-29T10:51:50Z

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	=== In the Bash shell ===		=== In the Bash shell ===
	for file in *.php; do mv "$file" "${file%.php}.gif"; done
			for file in *.php; do mv "$file" "${file%.php}.gif"; done

			=== Slightly more complex shell version ===
			This has the benefit of using a full regular expression in the sed part so you can do much more complex renames, it is also generally more widely available as rename is not available in as many places as ls, awk, sed and sh.

			ls *.php \| awk '{print("mv "$1" "$1)}' \| sed 's/php/gif/2' \| /bin/sh


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Receive at 01:43, 20 April 2007

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	=== In the Bash shell ===		=== In the Bash shell ===
	for file in *.php; do mv "$file" "${file%.php}.gif"; done		for file in *.php; do mv "$file" "${file%.php}.gif"; done

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Goldfish: /* In the Bash shell */

2006-03-25T13:09:09Z

In the Bash shell

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	=== In the Bash shell ===		=== In the Bash shell ===
			for file in *.php; do mv "$file" "${file%.php}.gif"; done
	~~OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n";~~ for file in *.php; do ~~newfile=`echo~~ $file ~~\| sed -e 's/\~~.php~~$/\~~.gif~~/'`; mv $file $newfile~~; done~~; IFS=$OLDIFS~~

Phil at 09:22, 8 February 2006

2006-02-08T09:22:42Z

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	In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension		In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension

			'''WARNING:''' always backup your files


	=== Using mmv ===		=== Using mmv ===

	mmv '*.php' '#1.gif'		mmv '*.php' '#1.gif'


	=== Using rename ===		=== Using rename ===

	rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php		rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php


	=== In the Bash shell ===		=== In the Bash shell ===

	OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n"; for file in *.php; do newfile=`echo $file \| sed -e 's/\.php$/\.gif/'`; mv $file $newfile; done; IFS=$OLDIFS		OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n"; for file in *.php; do newfile=`echo $file \| sed -e 's/\.php$/\.gif/'`; mv $file $newfile; done; IFS=$OLDIFS

Phil at 09:20, 8 February 2006

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	== Mass Renaming Files		== Mass Renaming Files ==

	=== Introduction		=== Introduction ===

	Mass renaming of files can vary depending on what platform and system you're on. If you're on Unix, and more specifically Unix, the following techniques should be available to you.		Mass renaming of files can vary depending on what platform and system you're on. If you're on Unix, and more specifically Unix, the following techniques should be available to you.
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	In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension		In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension

	=== Using mmv		=== Using mmv ===

	mmv '*.php' '#1.gif'		mmv '*.php' '#1.gif'

	=== Using rename		=== Using rename ===

	rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php		rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php

	=== In the Bash shell		=== In the Bash shell ===

	OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n"; for file in *.php; do newfile=`echo $file \| sed -e 's/\.php$/\.gif/'`; mv $file $newfile; done; IFS=$OLDIFS		OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n"; for file in *.php; do newfile=`echo $file \| sed -e 's/\.php$/\.gif/'`; mv $file $newfile; done; IFS=$OLDIFS

Phil at 09:16, 8 February 2006

2006-02-08T09:16:55Z

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== Mass Renaming Files

=== Introduction

Mass renaming of files can vary depending on what platform and system you're on. If you're on Unix, and more specifically Unix, the following techniques should be available to you.

If you're using RedBrick then both '''mmv''' and '''rename''' are available to you.

In this scenario, we are going to try and rename all .php files in the current directory so they have a .gif extension

=== Using mmv

mmv '*.php' '#1.gif'

=== Using rename

rename 's/\.php$/.gif/' *.php

=== In the Bash shell

OLDIFS=$IFS; IFS="\n"; for file in *.php; do newfile=`echo $file | sed -e 's/\.php$/\.gif/'`; mv $file $newfile; done; IFS=$OLDIFS