Rename several files in the BASH.

Question

Hi, I would like to rename files numbering: I have a files with '???' format I need to put them in '????'.

myfile_100_asd_4 to myfile_0100_asd_4

Thanks Arman.

Not so elegant SOLUTION:

#/bin/bash
snap=`ls -t *_???`
c=26 
for k in $snap 
do 

     end=${k}
     echo  mv  $k ${k%_*}_0${k##*_}_asd_4
     (( c=c-1 ))

done

This works for me because I have myfile_100 files as well.

Answer 1

There's a UNIX app called ren (manpage) which supports renaming multiple files using search and substitution patterns. You should be able to cobble together a pattern that will inject that extra 0 into the filename.

Edit: Project page w/ download link can be found at Freshmeat.

Answer 2

Use rename, a small script that comes with perl:

rename 's/(\d{3})/0$1/g' myfile_*

If you pass it the -n parameter before the expression it only prints what renames it would have done, no action is taken. This way you can verify it works ok before you rename your files:

rename -n 's/(\d{3})/0$1/g' myfile_*

Answer 3

Try:

for file in `ls my*`
do
a=`echo $file | cut -d_ -f1`
b=`echo $file | cut -d_ -f2`
c=`echo $file | cut -d_ -f3,4`

new=${a}_0${b}_${c}
mv $file $new
done

Answer 4

just use the shell,

for file in myfile*
do
    t=${file#*_}
    f=${file%%_*}
    number=$(printf "%04d" ${t%%_*})
    newfile="${f}_${number}_${t#*_}"
    echo mv "$file" "$newfile"
done