Changing multiple filenames with a script
 

howdy,


I hava a directory that contains around 200 files with the following naming scheme: CCTP.asm, CCAS.asm, etc. I want to change all of those file names to CCTP40.asm, CCAS40.asm, etc. Basically, I want to add 40 to the end of each file name.

How can I do this in a simple script?

Thanks in advance

'man rename'

code:
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rename .asm 40.asm *.asm
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rename all files from .asm to 40.asm using mask of *.asm

Try this...

for i in *.asm; do j=`echo $i | awk -F. '{print $1"40.asm"}'`; mv "$i "$j"; done

That won't work. You have to keep the original 4 characters of the name and the .asm extension. In other words, the file CCAW.asm needs to be changed to CCAW40.asm. This needs to be done in a for loop for over 200 files.

Therefore, I must seperate the CCAW part from the extension part of the filename and append 40 to CCAW and then append .asm to that.

In order of commands:

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[xxx@xxx xxx]$ ls *.asm
CCAS.asm CCAW.asm CCTP.asm
[xxx@xxx xxx]$ rename .asm 40.asm *.asm
[xxx@xxx xxx]$ ls *.asm
CCAS40.asm CCAW40.asm CCTP40.asm
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Isn't that the results you would like?

Guess that means you aren't going to try it. ?

Homey,

Thanks a lot. Your script worked like a charm.

for i in *.asm; do j=`echo $i | awk -F. '{print $1"40.asm"}'`; mv "$i "$j"; done

Well the rename thing by jazernorth works also. Just that my script is more sexy looking. :)

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