On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 9:03 AM, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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.. Is "rename" provided by util-linux or is it a perl-provided script? The util-linux syntax is rename search_for replace_with <files> while the perl-script syntax is rename 's/search_for/replace_with/' <files> _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
