On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:16:06 +0100 Florian Pritz <bluewind@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02.03.2012 00:13, 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 > > > > If the string is always the same use this: > > rename " EOS-1D Mark III copy" "" *.jpg > > If not: > > for file in *.jpg; do > mv "$file" "$(echo "$file" | sed 's/regex here//')" > done > > This won't be fast, but it gets the job done. > Morning All Thanks for the scripts ect problem now solved and plenty of ideas stashed so that hopefully next time i dont need to holler for help . I maintain a web site for my local car club there is a large collection of photo's from the various events we do each year so it gets big and was in need of a bit of TLC .. Thanks Pete . -- Linux 7-of-9 3.2.8-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Feb 27 21:51:46 CET 2012 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) 9600B Quad-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
