Hello, I am renaming files by removing parentheses from them. These are image files which were sorted in Windows (by placing them in the desired order and then by renaming them in batch mode in Windows explorer -- couldn't do this in Linux).
Here is an example: 20030113_Lohri_ (107).jpg -> is to be named as: 20030113_Lohri_ 107.jpg This I can accomplish by: $> nn=`echo "20030113_Lohri_ (107).jpg" | tr -d "()"`; echo $nn which spits out the modified name (in variable nn) and the output is: 20030113_Lohri_ 107.jpg However, I also want to remove that space preceding the opening parenthesis in the input filename. I am trying to do this via sed, something like (the following is one long line): $> nn=`echo "20030113_Lohri_ (107).jpg" | sed -e s/\(.*\)\.[Jj][Pp][Gg]/\1.jpg/`; However, this is not working. The above should give just the basename and then I add an extension of ".jpg" to it. I am guessing the parentheses in the input filename is causing the problem. How do I match parenthesis in sed then? thanks, ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
