rename multiple files

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi all, I have some files like:

pickup.0000043200.t001.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t001.t002.data
pickup.0000043200.t002.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t002.t002.data
pickup.0000043200.t003.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t003.t002.data

I need to rename these files to

pickup.0000216000.t001.t001.data
pickup.0000216000.t001.t002.data
pickup.0000216000.t002.t001.data
pickup.0000216000.t002.t002.data
pickup.0000216000.t003.t001.data
pickup.0000216000.t003.t002.data

Thanks very much for you help
Abbas

2 
for SFILE in `ls pickup.0000043200.t001.t00?.data; do
  TFILE=`echo ${SFILE} | sed -e 's/0043200/0021600/'`
  mv ${SFILE} ${TFILE}
fi

Put an echo in front of the mv and check the output before using this for real.

Not the most elegant but it works.

3

useless ls.

for SFILE in pickup.0000043200.t001.t00?.data
...
...
4

if you have Python and is able to use it, you can use the script (in my sig called File renamer). eg usage

# ls -1
pickup.0000043200.t001.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t001.t002.data
pickup.0000043200.t002.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t002.t002.data
pickup.0000043200.t003.t001.data
pickup.0000043200.t003.t002.data

# filerenamer.py -p "043200" -e "216000" -l "*.data"
==>>>>  [ /home/pickup.0000043200.t002.t002.data ]==>[ /home/pickup.0000216000.t002.t002.data ]
==>>>>  [ /home/pickup.0000043200.t001.t001.data ]==>[ /home/pickup.0000216000.t001.t001.data ]
==>>>>  [ /home/pickup.0000043200.t003.t002.data ]==>[ /home/pickup.0000216000.t003.t002.data ]
==>>>>  [ /home/pickup.0000043200.t003.t001.data ]==>[ /home/pickup.0000216000.t003.t001.data ]
==>>>>  [ /home/pickup.0000043200.t002.t001.data ]==>[ /home/pickup.0000216000.t002.t001.data ]
==>>>>  [ /home/pickup.0000043200.t001.t002.data ]==>[ /home/pickup.0000216000.t001.t002.data ]

# filerenamer.py -p "043200" -e "216000"  "*.data" #remove -l to commit
/home/pickup.0000043200.t002.t002.data  is renamed to  /home/pickup.0000216000.t002.t002.data
/home/pickup.0000043200.t001.t001.data  is renamed to  /home/pickup.0000216000.t001.t001.data
/home/pickup.0000043200.t003.t002.data  is renamed to  /home/pickup.0000216000.t003.t002.data
/home/pickup.0000043200.t003.t001.data  is renamed to  /home/pickup.0000216000.t003.t001.data
/home/pickup.0000043200.t002.t001.data  is renamed to  /home/pickup.0000216000.t002.t001.data
/home/pickup.0000043200.t001.t002.data  is renamed to  /home/pickup.0000216000.t001.t002.data
# ls -1
pickup.0000216000.t001.t001.data
pickup.0000216000.t001.t002.data
pickup.0000216000.t002.t001.data
pickup.0000216000.t002.t002.data
pickup.0000216000.t003.t001.data
pickup.0000216000.t003.t002.data