On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:16:38PM +0000, Richard Lyons wrote: > For things like saving photos to hard disk, I tend to use a few bash scripts > to rename the files, keeping the numerical part and coding something else in > place of the "cimg". For example, I might change all the files cimg1234.jpg > to cimg1299.jpg to be called foobar234.jpg to foobar299.jpg. I tend to > modify these scripts when need arises, but the latest one shows an oddity I > cannot understand. > The renaming can be more efficiently accomplished using the rename command. It is part of Perl and uses Perl-type REs, go figure. Anyhow, something like this would do what you want:
rename 's/cimg/foobar/' *.jpg Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
