On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:14:49 -0500 Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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> thanks for the latter sed syntax - good to know on Debian, IINM ... And this: a modern nautilus now does batch renaming of files/folders, it seems ... Regards, -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
