On 01-03-2012 23:13, pete wrote: > Hi folks > > Bit sort of off topic but hopefully ok > > I have some 350 picture files with names along the lines of > "IMG_7127 EOS-1D Mark III copy.jpg" i would like to rename them all > to more like "IMG_7127.jpg" i have tried a few times tonight and cant > get my head around it anyone got a script that can do it > > Thanks Pete . > > Assuming you don't mind bash scripts, maybe something like: IF=$'\n? for file in *.jpg do mv "$file" "$(echo $file | cut -f1 -d\ )".jpg done -- Mauro Santos