On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 5:40 PM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer <roto@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 ... You're welcome. The perl syntax isn't Debian-specific; I've used it on Fedora or RHEL but I can't remember whether it'd been installed with yum (and what the package might've been) or installed independently of the packaging system. On Debian, util-linux is installed by default. It brings in "rename.ul" and the alternatives system's used to create a "rename" symlink to it. If you then install "rename", it brings in "file-rename" and the alternatives system is used to switch the "rename" symlink to it. Different strokes for different distros... _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
