H.S. wrote: > 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 > >
There was a mistake in my earlier sed command. The following seems to work: nn2=`echo "$fn" | sed -e 's%\(.*\)\ (\([0-9][0-9][0-9]\))\.[Jj][Pp][Gg]%\\1\2.jpg%'`; where $fn is the input filename and $nn2 will be the new filename. ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
