On Sat, 2018-02-24 at 09:03 -0500, 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 Read the man page again. The pattern is just a text string, not a regex or sed-type command. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx