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e3399

12-08-2010 10:02 AM

How to rename some files to new filenames in ascending format.

Fox example.I want to rename the files below like this: test1.png、test2.png.....

-rw-rw-r--. 1 test test 20448 2010-12-08 20:11 2010-12-08-212440_1440x900_scrot.png
-rw-rw-r--. 1 test test 29799 2010-12-08 21:25 2010-12-08-212526_369x331_scrot.png
-rw-rw-r--. 1 test test 34167 2010-12-08 23:54 2010-12-08-235424_580x328_scrot.png
-rw-rw-r--. 1 test test 155202 2010-12-08 23:55 2010-12-08-235511_1440x900_scrot.png

Any help will be appreciated!

HELL_RAISER

12-08-2010 10:24 AM

Code:

x=0;for i in *.png; do let x++; mv "$i" "test${x}.png"; done

According to your request, this script will take any png file and rename it to testx.png where x is the ascending number.

Hope this helps

e3399

12-08-2010 07:07 PM

Thank you!

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