Hi
I need to reanme the multiple file using unix script
I have multiple file
like:
sample_YYYYMMDD.xls
test new_YYYYMMDD.xls
simple_YYYYMMDD.xls
I need to rename this file
sample.xls
testnew.xls
SIMPLE.xls
thanks
does this help?
echo "sample_YYYYMMDD.xls
test new_YYYYMMDD.xls
simple_YYYYMMDD.xls"|awk '{a="mv "$0" "; gsub(/_.*xls/,".xls",$0);a=a$0; print a}'|sh
you can change the echo part with your own find/ls command
Please use code tags when pasting code or sample input/output.
On most linux distros, there is a utility, called 'rename' that does the job.
However, I am aware of two different implementations, so check 'man rename' and make a test on copies of the files first, before you actually rename them all.
On redhat/centos systems the syntax would be
rename "_[0-9]*" "" *.xls
on debian/Ubuntu, the syntax is perl-like
rename 's/_[0-9]*//' *.xls
The second variant is sometimes called 'prename' (perl rename) on some systems. Again, check the man pages.
rename "_[0-9]*" "" *.xls
can you please explace above post where i need to use this
just type it in the terminal in the directory with the files you want to rename.
Type
rename --help
If you see something like
Usage: rename [-v] [-n] [-f] perlexpr [filenames]
, then you have the second mentioned version of rename.
Type
rename -n 's/_[0-9]*//' *.xls
Which will not rename anything, just do a dry-run and tell you what it would do. If you are happy, just run it wihtout the -n switch.
modification source fole format
I have receive the file below format
2010_simple_test_20100912.xls
2010_information_new_20100912.xls
I need to rename the above two file in below format
simple.xls
information.xls
can you please guide me on this
rename(1) is your best bet. I still don't know what version of rename you have, though.
If the above worked for you, why don't you just use it twice?
rename 's/^[0-9]*_//' *.xls #will strip the leading numbers and underscore
rename 's/_[0-9]*//' *.xls #strip the underscore followed by number
Another one,
ls -1 | sed 's/\(.*\)_.*/mv & \1.xls/g' | sh
im in the same boat, but having issues because the system re-names the files with wild card characters when it gets moved to history...
Origional File Name:
110726000053699.850
When it goes into history:
110726000053699.850*15913*34969.7527
i have 56 files for 1 day like this, and i need to pull them out of history, and remove all of the info after 850 :wall: