On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 04:57:45PM -0400, Chris Mason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Can anyone give me a shell script that wil take all the fies, named > whatever.jpg, and rename them in a sequential numbered sequence, i.e., > 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, etc. They will always be JPGs, so the extensions won't > change. > Much appreciate the help.
Untested code:
i=1; for file in *.jpg; do mv $file $i.jpg; i=$(( i + 1 )); done
Try running it with an 'echo' first:
i=1; for file in *.jpg; do echo "mv $file $i.jpg"; i=$(( i + 1 )); done
...you'll see what commands are issued.
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