Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-28 Thread T. Ribbrock
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:52:29AM -0700, Marco S Hyman wrote: > > for FILE in *jpg; do > > NEW=$(echo $FILE | sed -e 's/\.jpg$/_thumb.jpg/') > > mv "${FILE}" "${NEW}" > > done > There is no need for echo and sed. OpenBSD sh and ksh support > ${var%suffix} which evalua

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:37:07PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > > to: > > file_thumb.jpg > file1_thumb.jpg > file_2_thumb.jpg given

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Marco S Hyman
> for FILE in *jpg; do > NEW=$(echo $FILE | sed -e 's/\.jpg$/_thumb.jpg/') > mv "${FILE}" "${NEW}" > done There is no need for echo and sed. OpenBSD sh and ksh support ${var%suffix} which evaluates to the contents of var less the suffix. for f in *.jpg; do mv $f ${f%.

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Han Boetes
Pieter Verberne wrote: > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list > of files like: > > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > > to: > > file_thumb.jpg > file1_thumb.jpg > file_2_thumb.jpg for i in *.jpg; do echo mv $i ${i%.jpg}_thumb.jpg done # Han

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread terry tyson
On 6/27/07, Will Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:37:07PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > > How do I rename multiple files at once? > > This is a function of your shell, not mv. See ksh(1), zsh(1), etc... > > Alternatively, you could wri

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Andreas Kahari
On 27/06/07, Olivier Mehani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:37:07PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > to: > file_

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Marian Hettwer
Hi Pieter, On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:37:07 +0200, Pieter Verberne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > > to: > > file_thum

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Sebastian Benoit
Pieter Verberne([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 2007.06.27 14:37:07 +: > Hi there, > > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > > man mv(1) says nothing about REGEX. (although I don't know REGEX > (yet)) I like this one, from th

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Landry Breuil
2007/6/27, Martin Schrvder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 2007/6/27, Pieter Verberne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > > files like: > > mmv is in ports. Or, if you're lazy and use X and all that k

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Will Maier
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:37:07PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > How do I rename multiple files at once? This is a function of your shell, not mv. See ksh(1), zsh(1), etc... Alternatively, you could write a simple script/function to address the same problem: for FILE in *jpg;

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Olivier Mehani
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 02:37:07PM +0200, Pieter Verberne wrote: > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > to: > file_thumb.jpg > file1_thumb.jpg > file_2_thumb.jpg Using bash, you can do som

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Martin Schröder
2007/6/27, Pieter Verberne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of files like: mmv is in ports. Best Martin

Re: Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Antoine Jacoutot
On Wednesday 27 June 2007 14:37:07 Pieter Verberne wrote: > Hi there, > > How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of > files like: > > file.jpg > file1.jpg > file_2.jpg > > to: > > file_thumb.jpg > file1_thumb.jpg > file_2_thumb.

Rename multiple files at once

2007-06-27 Thread Pieter Verberne
Hi there, How do I rename multiple files at once? I want to rename a list of files like: file.jpg file1.jpg file_2.jpg to: file_thumb.jpg file1_thumb.jpg file_2_thumb.jpg man mv(1) says nothing about REGEX. (although I don't know REGEX (yet)) Kind regard, Pieter Verberne