On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 11:13:03PM +0000, 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 If you don't mind graphical tools, try metamorphose2, it's available in the aur, and is an extremely powerful renamer, and quite easy to use too. -- O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org