On 01-03-2012 23:18, Mauro Santos wrote: > 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 $file | cut -f1 -d\ )".jpg > done > Should be: IFS=$'\n' ... a little late here, not making much sense now :/ -- Mauro Santos
