A quick solution that pops out of my head, but it is pretty stupid,
and certainly not the easiest:
ls -1 > rename;
cat rename;
group-1-member-01.txt
group-1-member-02.txt
group-2-member-01.txt
vi rename; then do the following:
:1,$s/\([a-z]*\)\(-[0-9]-\)\([a-z\-]*\)\([a-z0-9\.]*\)/\1\2\3\4 result\2\4/g
:1,$s/^/mv /g
exit out vi, and cat rename:
mv group-1-member-01.txt result-1-01.txt
mv group-1-member-02.txt result-1-02.txt
mv group-2-member-01.txt result-2-01.txt
chmod +x rename;
./rename
Hope this helps.
Shao.
Arcady Genkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What would be the easiest way to rename a bunch of files
>
> foo-[0-9]-bar-[0-9][0-9].txt
>
> into
>
> blah-[0-9]-[0-9][0-9].txt
>
> Note, that all of the files have identical portions `foo-', `-bar-',
> and `.txt' in the filenames. Different are two numerical parts.
>
> For example:
> ,----
> | group-1-member-01.txt
> | group-1-member-02.txt
> | ...
> | group-2-member-01.txt
> | ...
> `----
>
> The resulting files should have an identical portion `blah', and
> retain the original numerical parts.
>
> ,----
> | result-1-01.txt
> | result-1-02.txt
> | ...
> | result-2-01.txt
> | ...
> `----
>
> Thanks for any suggestions!
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