Re: basic issue/question -- renaming in mass a bunch of files

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On 02/24/18 22:42, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018, Ed Greshko wrote:
>
>> On 02/24/18 22:03, bruce wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> Have a bunch of files with the basic naming of:
>>> ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa_1__WGS_7500_001__parse.dat
>>> ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa_1__WGS_7500_002__parse.dat
>>> etc..
>>>
>>> I'd like to simply remove the 1st part ztcloud_nfs_parsezt from the
>>> files, renaming the files to the rest of the filename..
>>>
>>> Thought it should be simple using rename
>>>
>>> rename 's/ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa/aa/' zt*.dat
>>>
>>> However, this didn't work... so.. hmm..
>>>
>>> How would you guys solve this?
>>>
>>> SO has a bunch of different solns as well.
>> If I understand correctly you want ztcloud_nfs_parseztaa_1__WGS_7500_001__parse.dat
>> renamed to aa_1__WGS_7500_001__parse.dat, etc?
>> And all the files follow the pattern with the same length?
>>
>> If so, the simple script
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>>
>> for file in *dat
>>
>> do
>> name=`echo $file | cut -c20-48`
>> mv $file $name
>> done
>>
>> does it.
>   fedora has a "rename" command that would seem to be designed for
> just this sort of thing.
>

I've not used "rename".  And the OP said what he tried didn't work.  So, you have the
answer or you are just saying you don't like my script?


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