On Jan 9, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > I have several files in this format: > > rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 20085 Jan 9 19:30 1357744249.26989.mbox:2, > -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 24419 Jan 9 19:30 > 1357744250.26989.mbox:2, > -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 418 Jan 9 19:30 > 1357744251.26989.mbox:2, > -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 418 Jan 9 19:30 > 1357744252.26989.mbox:2, > -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 78426 Jan 9 19:30 > 1357744254.26989.mbox:2, > -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 2561 Jan 9 19:30 > 1357744255.26989.mbox:2, > -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 6971 Jan 9 19:30 > 1357744257.26989.mbox:2, > -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe johndoe 11270 Jan 9 19:30 > 1357744259.26989.mbox:2, > > I'd like to rename them so that the filenames are in the format below: > > -rw------- 1 johndoe johndoe 197702 Jan 10 03:00 > 1357776052.V803I33939aM83469.mail.domain.me.net:2, > -rw------- 1 johndoe johndoe 14579 Jan 10 03:31 > 1357777873.V803I33939bM614733.mail.domain.me.net:2, > -rw------- 1 johndoe johndoe 29212 Jan 10 03:46 > 1357778798.V803I33939cM995892.mail.domain.me.net:2, > -rw------- 1 johndoe johndoe 2834 Jan 10 04:30 > 1357781421.V803I33939dM597872.mail.domain.me.net:2, > -rw------- 1 johndoe johndoe 10593 Jan 10 06:18 > 1357787890.V803I33939eM865700.mail.domain.me.net:2, > -rw------- 1 johndoe johndoe 43565 Jan 10 07:10 > 1357791044.V803I33939fM193189.mail.domain.me.net:2, > -rw------- 1 johndoe johndoe 15492 Jan 10 07:42 > 1357792926.V803I3393a0M601349.mail.domain.me.net:2, > > > The first part of the filename is unique, so I just need to substitute > 26989.mbox:2, with V803I33939aM83469.mail.domain.me.net:2, hoping there > will be no clash:( >
sh -c 'for file in *.26989.mbox:2; do mv $file ${file%%.*}.V803I33939aM83469.mail.domain.me.net:2; done' -- Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"