Thanks all for the responses to my question. I will try the suggestions, specially the one about the date command. I am still somewhat concerned about the introduction of extraneous characters. I would like to know if indeed sed (at least the version I am using) is responsible for the extra characters.
On Saturday 18 November 2006 14:52, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 12:39:26PM -0500, Jesus Arocho wrote: > } I want to rename a series of photo files downloaded from a camera; the > intent } is to append the date to the beginning of the file name. The > relevant lines } are: > } > } newdir=`date +%F | sed 's/-//g'` #newdir used to make the directory and > to } rename the files. > } > } new=??`echo $i | sed -e 's/_//'` # strip the current file name of the > underline } in the middle dsc_0001.jpg to dsc0001.jpg > } > } mv -f $i $newdir'_'$new #rename the current file > } > } The resulting file name may contain an extraneous character (does not > print) } located just after the _ ; as if the echo/sed combination had > added a } character. The processing continues because the loop is > selecting all jpg or } nef files, but trying to do something with the file > from the command line } results in file not found. I can see the extra > character in konqueror. > > Various people have suggested how to rename things already, but I'll point > out that you aren't using date to its fullest to begin with: > > newdir=`date +%Y%m%d_` > > No need for sed in that one. > > --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
