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? -- A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
_______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
